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Mrs. Chaisson's Reading & Test-Taking Strategies
Mrs. Chaisson's Reading & Test-Taking Strategies
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A basic review of test-taking strategies, question stems, and content area key words!
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What is a text?
words or a passage
all of the answers are correct
a selection or article
a story or poem
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Main Idea tells readers...
the supporting details
the author's meaning
what the selection is mostly about
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Poems often have
lines and stanzas
headings and subheadings
paragraphs and chapters
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You should read the passage or story....
only if it's interesting
at least 2 times
one time very quickly
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A fiction summary can be done using-
CRT
BME
PIE
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Words that mean the opposite are called-
antonyms
homonyms
synonyms
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What does a subtitle or heading tell you about?
about the picture that it is close to
what the next section is about
the name of the author
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The
speaker
is another word for-
the topic sentence
the narrator or the person who tells the story
the subject and predicate
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Stories most often have-
dialog and paragraphs
lines and stanzas
titles and subtitles
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What does a reader need to look for when determining the Main Idea?
The first sentence
The main character
What it's mostly about and supporting details
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What is the setting of a story?
where the story takes place
what is wrong in the story
who is in the story
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Sometimes a question will tell you exactly.....
what the problem in the story is
where to go back in the story and read for the answer
who the characters are
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One good strategy for answering a question is .....
to quickly decide which answer is right
to answer without rereading the text to make sure
try to eliminate or mark out wrong answers
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An example of non-fiction text features would be-
bold print and a table of contents
maps and diagrams
all of these are examples of non-fiction text features
captions and photos
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What is the theme of a story?
the big idea of the story
the moral
what the character learned in the story
all of the answers are correct
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The "main message" is the same as-
main idea
inference
summary
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What do you call words that mean the SAME?
synonyms
antonyms
homonyms
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What does NARRATIVE mean?
story
text
article
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The subtitles are also known as-
submarines
subheadings
Sub ideas
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What is a caption?
another word for title
The sentences written under a picture
a group of paragraphs
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When you INFER, you must...
use your background knowledge and text clues
Use your main ideas and text clues
predict what will happen next
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The title can tell you-
the problem
the setting
what the selection is mostly about
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"Evidence from the selection" is the same as-
text proof
pictures and captions
main idea
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BME stands for
before, medium, end
before, middle, end
beginning, middle, end
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The author puts a picture next to a specific paragraph because...
to give a visual of what that paragraph describes
there was room
to separate ideas
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After you read the title of a test selection or passage, you should...
ignore it
underline or circle it and use your background knowledge
quickly read it
