When a reader makes a 'Text-to-Self' connection, what cognitive connection are they establishing?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Linking concepts in the passage to their own personal life experiences and emotions
- Step 1: Text-to-self connections link textual narratives directly with the reader's personal memories and background knowledge. Step 2. It personalizes reading and activates experiential schemas. Answer: Linking concepts in the passage to their own personal life experiences and emotions. Why not the others: Connecting to other books is Text-to-Text; connecting to world events is Text-to-World; checking dictionaries is vocabulary lookup.
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