When Alana, an English Language Learner, read the sentence, "Blow out your birthday candles," she became confused because she had never had a birthday cake. A lack of background knowledge that affects comprehension can be categorized as a:
A) text factor
B) reader factor
C) miscue
D) semantic error

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Alana's lack of knowledge about birthday cakes is a factor related to her as a reader, rather than a problem with the text or a specific error in her reading, which would fall under the categories of A, C, or D.

When Alana, an English Language Learner, Read the Sentence, "Blow