How can repeated exposure to high-quality texts impact comprehension?

• A. It builds familiarity, vocabulary, and conceptual knowledge, improving comprehension and retention.
• B. It decreases motivation to read.
• C. It has no measurable effect on comprehension.
• D. It primarily improves handwriting.

Answer: (A)

Repeated exposure to high-quality texts helps decoding and understanding by building familiarity with language, widening vocabulary, and expanding background knowledge. When students encounter strong texts multiple times, they become more fluent at recognizing words and parsing sentences, which frees cognitive effort to focus on meaning. With each reading, ideas connect more easily, inferences become sharper, and knowledge about topics grows, leading to better comprehension and longer retention of what was read. In short, repeated practice with quality texts strengthens what students know and can do with language, making comprehension easier over time. It doesn’t primarily affect handwriting, nor does it reduce motivation or have no effect; the gains come from richer language experience and more robust background knowledge.