Which term describes readers who monitor their reading to make sense, use semantic, syntactic and visual clues, identify new information, and self-correct?

• A. Recode
• B. Semantic clues
• C. Strategic readers
• D. Flesch

Answer: (C)

Strategic readers actively monitor their understanding while they read. They use meaning clues (semantic), sentence structure clues (syntactic), and word appearance clues (visual/graphophonic) to figure out new information and make sense of the text. When something doesn’t add up, they pause, re-check their interpretation, reread if needed, and adjust their approach or understanding. This combination of ongoing checking, using multiple cues, and self-correcting is what defines strategic readers.

Recoding is about turning letters into sounds to decode text, not about ongoing comprehension monitoring. Semantic clues refer to using meaning from context to figure out words, not to a reader type. Flesch is a readability formula that rates how easy a text is to read, not a description of readers’ strategies.