Reading Strategies and Fluency

Question 9 • TX-English II A-CR

Which details best help readers monitor comprehension by visualizing the scene? Select two options.

Answer

“She was distressed at the poverty of her dwelling, at the bareness of the walls, at the shabby chairs, the ugliness of the curtains.”

“The sight of the little Breton peasant who did her humble housework aroused in her despairing regrets and bewildering dreams.”

“All those things, of which another woman of her rank would never even have been conscious, tortured her and made her angry.”

“She sat down to dinner, before the round table covered with a tablecloth in use three days, opposite her husband, who uncovered the soup tureen.”

“Mathilde suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born to enjoy all delicacies and all luxuries.”

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