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Citing Textual Evidence in Informational Text: Mastery Test

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The History of the Selfie

Whether people are taking them to send to friends or to post on social media, one of the most popular pastimes is taking selfies. The propagation of taking selfies these days is extreme. Sometimes people take selfies with friends, with pets, at sporting events, or just doing something silly and fun. Regardless of the activity being recorded, selfies have become quite prolific. Everyone is taking selfies these days. There are now selfie sticks to make taking pictures with camera phones much easier. Surprisingly, taking a selfie, or the newest type of self-portrait, is nothing new.

A self-portrait is a representation of an artist that is drawn, painted, or photographed by the artist him or herself. Art historians believe that the first self-portrait was done by the famous Dutch Renaissance painter Jan van Eyck in 1433.

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Select the correct answer.

Which evidence best supports the idea that selfies and self-portraits are the same thing?

A. A self-portrait is a representation of an artist that is drawn, painted, or photographed by the artist him or herself.

B. There are now selfie sticks to make taking pictures with camera phones much easier.

C. Sometimes the artist did not just do a plain self-portrait in which he or she was the main subject.

D. Creating a self-portrait photograph became much easier with the invention of digital cameras in the 1990s.

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