Which practice is associated with improving comprehension by asking what's happening, making predictions, and retelling?

• A. Improving Comprehension
• B. Literal Comprehension
• C. Context Clues
• D. Tone

Answer: (A)

Active reading strategies that build understanding involve asking what's happening, making predictions, and retelling. Asking what's happening helps you keep track of meaning as you go, noticing when events or ideas don’t fit or when you need more information. Making predictions gives you a purpose for reading and keeps you engaged, while checking those guesses as you progress strengthens your grasp of the text. Retelling in your own words confirms you can summarize the main events and details, reinforcing memory and understanding. Put together, these practices actively support comprehension and help you monitor and deepen what you read. Context clues relate to figuring out word meanings from nearby text, literal comprehension focuses on recalling explicit facts, and tone concerns the author's attitude—useful pieces, but not the combination described here for improving overall understanding.