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Test taking strategies and vocabulary
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What does expository mean?
fiction
stories
informational-nonfiction
narrative
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The speaker is another word for ___________________________.
round character
narrator
main idea
topic
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Why is it a good idea to read the questions before the selection?
To see what type of questions you'll be asked
To get a gist of what you will be reading about
All of these are correct
To activate your schema
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How can I mentally prepare for a test?
Worry all night
Plan on doing well
over-think the answers
Get no sleep
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To make an educated guess is called ___________________________
prediction
surmounting
backflashing
forshadowing
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Which one is NOT an example of a text feature?
pictures
pronoun
heading
italics
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To give valid evidence to support your answer
satisfy
classify
mystify
justify
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What does narrative mean?
informational text
story
how-to
nonfiction
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To analyze
to infer
to examine carefully
to predict the future
to make a guess
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To set aside to show the likes and differences
compare and contrast
determine
subtract and divide
prediction
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When you infer, you must
make a guess and hope that you're right
use your background knowledge and text clues
only the author can infer
pay close attention to the characters if any
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To give a detailed account of something
examine
determine
study
describe
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To construct or cause to grow
generation
outline
introduction
develop
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Words that mean the opposite are called _______________________
antiatoms
antonyms
synonyms
oxymorons
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What word is synonymous with "ambiguous"?
lazy
vague
slack
anti-social
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To recognize or point out
organize
procedure
identify
brainstorm
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To judge carefully
evaluate
predict
infer
guess
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After you read the title of a test selection or passage, you should
ignore it
forget about it
underline or highlight it
change it
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The night before a test, what is a good time to go to bed?
12 midnight
9:30 p.m.
11:30 p.m.
study all night; don't sleep
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To restate in a shorter way is to ____________________________.
analyze
summarize
organize
sanitize
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What does the reader need to look for to determine the main idea?
what the character does
What it's mostly about and supporting details
The most frequently used word
the bibliography
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To clarify how and why
complain
chain
airplane
explain
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What month is Dr. MLK Jr's birthday in?
January
August
February
July
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To explain the meaning of
subjective
foreshadow
interpret
evaluate
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To give a brief account or summary
epic
essay
outline
expository
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Examples and ideas or exact quotes from the text
subjective
objective
evidence
propaganda
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A conclusion one can draw from the presented details
refer
infer
suggest
defer
