Question

Camila is taking notes as she re-reads the following passage: Aisha slunk out the backdoor, glad to finally have a break. As the heavy door closed behind her, the din of loud lunch goers barking orders over the deli counter was swallowed. Aisha leaned against the cool metal of the door and let the gentle sounds of the distant city ease her tension. If she closed her eyes, she could nearly convince herself she was on a bench at the park. A loud clatter broke the spell. Aisha opened her eyes just long enough to see a big rat run across her feet. Camila circles words in the passage such as "loud" and "barking" and "din." Then she underlines "gentle" and "cool". Under the paragraph, she writes "Although it never states it directly, it is clear that Aisha is fed up with her job. The back alley, even though she would rather be at a park, is described in much more positive terms than the restaurant inside. The rat, likely there for food from the restaurant, is a reminder of where she really is and is another negative associated with her job. The author is showing us how she feels instead of telling us." Camila is... Select one: a. Interpreting b. Reading and Responding c. Evaluating

Answer 1

Answer: a. Interpreting

Step-by-step explanation:

Interpreting means using the information we can gather from the setting to think about what it means in the context of the story. The fact that Camila circles certain words and uses them to think about ideas that are not stated in the text but can be inferred to get a better understanding of the character, her feelings, and context.

It´s not an evaluation, because Camila doesn´t create ideas outside of the realm of the text by adding her personal experiences and interpretations, nor is she Reading and Responding, which would require for her to connect what she´s reading with her own experience.