Correct Response: C. Option C is correct because the explanation accurately reflects characteristics of poetry that support evidence-based strategies for promoting oral reading fluency. Evidence indicates that rereading or repeated reading is an effective strategy for improving oral reading fluency of texts. Reading poems provides an authentic context for rereading to promote prosody and comprehension. Poems are meant to be performed for an audience, and therefore rehearsal has an authentic purpose. Poems are also meant to be shared and can be read chorally or responsively by stanzas or lines. Option A is incorrect because this statement does not directly address fluency practice. Furthermore, encouraging students to rely on predictable text structures for word identification is not an evidence-based practice. Options B and D are incorrect because having poetry resources readily available (B) and having poems found in many lengths and about many topics (D) describe features that are not unique to poetry. In addition, these particular features do not relate directly to strategies for promoting fluency development.
