Why does the poster tell what the money will buy?
Analyze and Evaluate Information and Ideas · TELPAS Grade 2 reading. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
Reporting category 3: make inferences, draw conclusions, and think about why the author wrote a text and how it is built.
Read the poster. Then answer the questions.
The Bake Sale
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Bake Sale
Saturday, 10:00 to 12:00
School cafeteria
Cookies 25¢
Cupcakes 50¢
Banana bread 50¢
The money will buy new books for our library.
The question
Choose the best answer.
Why does the poster tell what the money will buy?
- To tell how much each of the cookies will cost
- So people will want to help by buying somethingCorrect answer
- To show where the library is
- So people will bring their old books to the sale
Why “So people will want to help by buying something” is correct
The poster does not say "please come," but telling people that the money will buy library books gives them a good reason to buy something. Thinking about why a writer includes a sentence is part of the analyze category.
Why the other answers are wrong
- To tell how much each of the cookies will cost — The prices are in a different part of the poster.
- To show where the library is — The poster does not say where the library is.
- So people will bring their old books to the sale — The money will buy books. No one is asked to bring books.
Practice more of this
More reading practice for Grade 2, or see the TELPAS practice test for 2nd grade.
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