Question

A fluent reader thinks about phrasing. To read aloud smoothly, a reader groups words that go together and takes a breath only after saying the complete phrase.

If you were reading aloud from "Daughter of Invention,” which underlined words would you need to say together as a group? Check all that apply.

Her daughters would seek her out at night when she seemed to have a moment
Yoyo stormed out of that room and into her own.
She was a good enough Mami, fussing and scolding and giving advice
Important, crucial, final things, and here was their own mother, who didn’t have a second
“I kept telling you, one of these days my ship would pass me by in the night!”

Answer 1

Check these phrases — they should be read together as single units (no breath in the middle):

- seek her out (in "Her daughters would seek her out at night…")
- stormed out of that room (in "Yoyo stormed out of that room…")
- fussing and scolding and giving advice (in "She was a good enough Mami, fussing and scolding…")
- Important, crucial, final things (in "Important, crucial, final things…")
- one of these days (in “I kept telling you, one of these days my ship would pass me by…”)