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Standard 2.0 Comprehension of Informational Text

Indicator 2. Identify and use text features to facilitate understanding of informational texts

Objective d. Use organizational aids such as titles, chapter titles, headings, subheadings, tables of contents, numbered steps, glossaries, indices, transition words, other organizational aids encountered in organizational texts

Assessment limit: In the text or a portion of the text

Selected Response Item
Read the story 'Air Travel' and answer the following question.

Under which subtitle would you find information about the Concorde?

  1. The World's First Airplane
  2. Airliners
  3. Supersonic Jets
  4. The Future of Air Travel
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Correct Answer:
C
Resources for Objective 2.A.2.d:
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