FTCE General Knowledge Exam-Reading| 219 questions| with complete solutions

Main Idea correct answer: Most important point being made by the author Topic correct answer: Subject of a text or what the text is about Supporting Details correct answer: -Proves the main idea. Pertinent details correct answer: Relevent details Ineffective details correct answer: -Not producing any significant or desired effect -based on opinion or assertions that can't be proven Seldom correct answer: Rarely, Not often Theme correct answer: -Central message -are seldom expressed directly in a text -an issue, idea, or a question raised by the text Author's Position correct answer: -Can be objective or impractical, like textbooks have some sort of position or bias Purpose for an author correct answer: -Entertain -Informative -Persuasion -Description Entertain correct answer: -Enjoy reading -Some may seem to try to inform or persuade you -Telling a story, more interested in holding the attention of the reader than in making a point or delivering a message Informative correct answer: -Facts -Main idea is clear from the beginning -Always non-fiction Persuasion correct answer: -Begins with a claim, then makes various arguments to support that claim -Opinions presented as facts -Author is trying to convince you -author makes it hard to detect -author's try to have an entertaining tone to amuse the reader into agreement or informative tone, hoping to create and authority and objectivity tone Wary correct answer: Showing caution