Why should readers ask questions before, during, and after reading? to better understand the meaning of a text
to identify the author or source of a scientific text
to compare relevant and irrelevant parts of a text
to understand the meaning of captions and images

A, to better understand the meaning of a text

the correct answer option for this is: false.

explanation:

we are given the following statement 'hawthorne thought of himself as a novelist' which is false.

the truth is that nathaniel hawthorne thought of himself as a romancer, rather than a novelist.

though it is ironic of him of him to consider himself a romancer rather than a novelist despite of the innocent women killings in the salem witch trials which occurred in colonial massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 .

the question is the text structure of this passage is. a. chronological order. b. problem and solution. c. cause and effect. d. compare and contrast.