Arkansas Foundations of Reading Test (FORT)

What does a cloze reading procedure involve?

1. Students read passages and summarize them in their own words

2. Students underline difficult words and look them up in a dictionary

3. Students read brief passages containing omitted words and rely on context clues to determine unknown words

4. Students read passages and answer multiple-choice questions about them

The correct answer is: Students read brief passages containing omitted words and rely on context clues to determine unknown words

A cloze reading procedure involves students reading brief passages containing omitted words and relying on context clues to determine the unknown words. This type of activity helps students improve their reading comprehension skills by encouraging them to use context to make sense of the text as a whole. Options A, B, and D do not accurately describe a cloze reading procedure as they involve different reading strategies and activities.