How does rereading information in a text help a reader monitor comprehension? The reader can look up the definitions of difficult vocabulary words by reading additional references.
The reader scans the information in the text quickly to get a general idea of what the text is about.
The reader learns about the time period when the text was written by reading the author’s biography.
The reader gains a clear understanding of the details in the text before moving on to read more.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.