Storytelling – IELTS Reading Answers
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Storytelling is a real Reading test passage that appeared in the IELTS.
With diligent practice, the Reading Module can be the top-scoring category for IELTS Aspirants. To score well, you must understand how to approach and answer the different question types in the Reading Module.
By solving and reviewing Sample Reading Questions from past IELTS papers, you can ensure that your Reading skills are up to the mark. Practise the reading passage ‘Storytelling’ below and for more, try IELTS reading practice tests from IELTSMaterial.com.
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Storytelling
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on the Reading Passage below.
Find the practice test with the Storytelling PDF here.
Answers
The answers to questions 14-26 are given below along with their explanations.
Question Number | Answer | Keywords | Locations of Keywords |
---|---|---|---|
14 | E | This is an illusion | Para E, line 3 |
15 | G | Two theatrical types of storytelling | Para G, line 6 |
16 | A | The listeners must be kept listening | Para A, line 4 |
17 | B | recite, memory, lines, verse, prose, verbatim | Para B, lines 4-5 |
18 | H | mighty, magnificent | Para H, line 2 |
19 | B | papyrus archives of ancient Egypt | Para D, line 2 |
20 | B | birch-bark scrolls, Ojibway Indians | Para D, line 3 |
21 | C | Polynesian, memory stick | Para C, line 2 |
22 | A | Greeks, borrowed, alphabet, neighbors, Phoenicians | Para C, last 2 lines |
23 | the poetics | left, incomplete, notes, art of telling stories, The Poetics | Para F, lines 3-4 |
24 | tragedy | Tragedy, potent, enlist, purge, emotions, watching | Para G, lines 8-9 |
25 | landmarks | already considered literary landmarks | Para G, line 13 |
26 | flaws/weaknesses | hero, shows, human side, flaw, weakness | Para H, line 5 |
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