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Reading Comprehension of ("Australia" by Cheryl Striveildi) -…
Reading Comprehension of ("Australia" by Cheryl Striveildi)
Non fiction text structures
Description
This is a paragraph about Australia. It is a description, because the paragraph is describing some facts about Australia, which are the full name, common language, the amount of people that lives there, etc.
Compare and contrast
It's compare and contrast because it explains both similarities and differences between the Eastern part of the Western Plateau and the Central Lowlands in Australia. The author draws attention to the shared characteristic of flat terrain in both regions to present a point of comparison
East of the Western Plateau are the Central Lowlands. The Central Lowlands and the Western Plateau are mostly flat. In fact, Australia is the flattest continent among other countries.
Cause & Effect
The Central Lowlands in Australia is too dry for farming because it has a flat, grassy land.
This sentence includes a cause and effect. The effect is the Central Lowlands in Australia being too dry, and the cause of it is because it has a flat, grassy land.
Problem and Solution
Australia’s desert land is not good for farming. But wild plants can grow there.
The problem is that Australia’s desert land is not good for farming, and the solution is that the place can be used as a source for wild plants instead.
Non fiction text features
Title
Heading
Maps
Glossary
Table of contents
Photograph
Caption
Index
Special print
This non-fiction book is about all kinds of facts about Australia in each of the locations in Australia. This book contains most kinds of non fiction text structures and features, which makes it interesting to read. The reading strategies that I used when reading this book are re-reading, predicting, and synthesizing.
