Craft and StructureMediumTwo views on reading aloud and vocabulary
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Reading aloud to toddlers builds vocabulary; children read to daily know hundreds more words by age three.
Text 2
Vocabulary at three closely tracks the parents' own vocabulary. Daily reading may be a marker of talkative households rather than the cause of the gain.
How would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Text 1?
- A. By suggesting that reading aloud may be a sign of a language-rich home rather than the cause of the vocabulary gain.Correct
- B. By denying that children read to daily know more words.
- C. By recommending that parents read less.
- D. By agreeing that reading causes the gain.
Answer: A. By suggesting that reading aloud may be a sign of a language-rich home rather than the cause of the vocabulary gain.
A marker, not a cause.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By denying that children read to daily know more words.
- Text 2 accepts the difference in words.
- C. By recommending that parents read less.
- Not recommended.
- D. By agreeing that reading causes the gain.
- Text 2 doubts the cause.
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