GACE Elementary Education Test I Exam
Questions and Verified Answers
What are the three levels of reading comprehension? - ✔✔Literal, inferential,
evaluative
True or false
The different forms of reading comprehension work together to allow for a
deeper understanding of and connection to a text - ✔✔True
True or false
It is important for teachers to actively develop skills in all levels of
comprehension - ✔✔True
Identify the type of reading comprehension:
- Understanding facts from what has been read - ✔✔Literal
Identify the type of reading comprehension:
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,- Can infer or understand parts of what has been read without it being stated
explicitly - ✔✔Inferential
Identify the type of reading comprehension:
- Evaluate or analyze the text through questioning - ✔✔Evaluative
The following list is an example of _______ comprehension:
- Identifying the stated main idea
- Recalling details
- Identifying point-of-view - ✔✔Literal
The following list is an example of _______ comprehension:
- Drawing conclusions
- Inferring cause-and-effect relationships
- Determining morals, lessons, and themes
- Making predictions - ✔✔Inferential
The following list is an example of _______ comprehension:
- Analyzing character development
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, - Evaluating word choice
- Detecting faulty reasoning
- Explaining point of view of a text - ✔✔Evaluative
What is the simplest form of reading comprehension? - ✔✔Literal
comprehension
True or false
Literal comprehension has to happen for students to be able to develop
inferential or evaluate comprehension - ✔✔True
What are the two main types of literary genres? - ✔✔Fiction and nonfiction
Literary genre based on factual, true information - ✔✔Nonfiction
Literary genre created from the imagination (not true events) - ✔✔Fiction
What is a common purpose of nonfiction writing? (the author's purpose) -
✔✔To inform or persuade
The following are genres of _________
- Informational texts
- Expository texts
- Procedural texts
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Questions and Verified Answers
What are the three levels of reading comprehension? - ✔✔Literal, inferential,
evaluative
True or false
The different forms of reading comprehension work together to allow for a
deeper understanding of and connection to a text - ✔✔True
True or false
It is important for teachers to actively develop skills in all levels of
comprehension - ✔✔True
Identify the type of reading comprehension:
- Understanding facts from what has been read - ✔✔Literal
Identify the type of reading comprehension:
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,- Can infer or understand parts of what has been read without it being stated
explicitly - ✔✔Inferential
Identify the type of reading comprehension:
- Evaluate or analyze the text through questioning - ✔✔Evaluative
The following list is an example of _______ comprehension:
- Identifying the stated main idea
- Recalling details
- Identifying point-of-view - ✔✔Literal
The following list is an example of _______ comprehension:
- Drawing conclusions
- Inferring cause-and-effect relationships
- Determining morals, lessons, and themes
- Making predictions - ✔✔Inferential
The following list is an example of _______ comprehension:
- Analyzing character development
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, - Evaluating word choice
- Detecting faulty reasoning
- Explaining point of view of a text - ✔✔Evaluative
What is the simplest form of reading comprehension? - ✔✔Literal
comprehension
True or false
Literal comprehension has to happen for students to be able to develop
inferential or evaluate comprehension - ✔✔True
What are the two main types of literary genres? - ✔✔Fiction and nonfiction
Literary genre based on factual, true information - ✔✔Nonfiction
Literary genre created from the imagination (not true events) - ✔✔Fiction
What is a common purpose of nonfiction writing? (the author's purpose) -
✔✔To inform or persuade
The following are genres of _________
- Informational texts
- Expository texts
- Procedural texts
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