Assessing the Complexity of Literacy Tasks Rating Guide 
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Plausibility of Distractors P


Distractors

Rating

No plausible distractors 1
Plausible distractors for either requested or given information (but not both) appear in a paragraph (including the paragraph in which the answer is located), or distractors arise, as a result of invited inferences based on information in the paragraph in which the answer is located. 2
Plausible distractors for both given and requested information appear in different nodes, one of which may be the paragraph where the answer is located. 3
a) Plausible distractors for both given and requested information appear in the same paragraph but other than the one containing the answer; or,

b) distractors represent the opposite condition to what is established in the question or directive, and these distractors appear in a paragraph other than the one containing the answer.
4
a) Plausible distractors for given and requested information both appear in the same paragraph as the answer; or,

b) when plausible distractors represent the opposite condition of what is established in the question or directive and these distractors appear in the same paragraph as the answer.
5

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