When identifying the PURPOSE in a passage, it is important to ask yourself

Why did the author write this passage?

Organization of a passage has to do with

How the author puts the whole passage together

When reading a passage, you don’t need a broom. You need a MOPP. This means that you need to think about

Main Idea, Organization, Purpose, Perspective

When creating the questions for the reading section of the test, the test WRITER has been instructed that

The right answer must be in the passage.

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1
A writer’s perspective or point of view can determine the tone of the writing.
False
True
2
When identifying the PURPOSE in a passage, it is important to ask yourself
Where did the author grow up?
All of the above
Why did the author write this passage?
Why should I care about this topic?
3
Organization of a passage has to do with
What the author’s main idea is
Where the main idea appears
How the author puts his sentences together
How the author puts the whole passage together
4
The goal for reading in school is the same as the goal for reading on the SAT and ACT
False
True
5
When reading a passage, you don’t need a broom. You need a MOPP. This means that you need to think about
Main Idea, Organization, Purpose, Perspective
Main Idea, Organization, Principles, Perspective
Main Idea, Outline, Participation, Perspective
Main Idea, Opinion, Purpose, Perspective
6
Which is NOT a test writer rule
Synonyms can be used
There must be distracters
Synonyms cannot be used
The answer must be in the passage
7
When creating the questions for the reading section of the test, the test WRITER has been instructed that
The right answer must be in the passage.
The right answer does not have to be from the passage.
The right answer must be guessed.
The right answer can be from other passages.
8
The Wizard's FRaS process says that when reading the passages, you should do the following:
Write the word Focus in big letters on the left
Put brackets around the entire introduction and first paragraph
Write STOP and MOPP at the bottom of the page
All of the above
9
Authors write for the purpose of getting a piece of PIE. This means they write in order to
Participate, Inform or Entertain
Persuade, Inform and Entertain
Persist, Ignore and Educate
Persuade, Instruct or Enlighten

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