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What kind of question is this: The author most likely wrote this selection to...?
Author's purpose
Context clues
Main idea
Summary
2
After I've narrowed down my answer choices, I should do what?
Use recall to answer the question
Guess between what answers are left
Go back, analyze, and prove why my answer is the BEST one for that question
3
How do you skim?
Read everything carefully.
Read first sentence, skim middle, read last sentence of each paragraph.
Only read the first and and last paragraphs.
Look over the paragraph espcially the middle parts.
4
Once I have finished my test, I should do what?
Turn it in
Make sure no answers are blank
Check the time
Go back to questions that confused me
5
Why is it important to follow all directions? Choose all that apply.
I may miss something that will help me on the test.
I may do something that invalidates my test.
I can miss important things necessary for the test.
I may do something that will hurt my score on the test.
6
What does a reader need to look at to determine the central idea?
The topic and what the key details tell you about the topic.
The characters and setting
The most frequently used words
7
What are some strategies if you are a slower reader? Select all that apply.
Give up.
Skim parts of the longer passages and focus on questions.
Skip questions if you unsure and go back to them later.
Make sure you answer all questions before you submit.
8
When reading a poem thoroughly, you should read it?
10-11 times
2-3 times
One time
9
When you have paired texts you need to?
Be considering what the questions will be
Be thinking how are they alike and how are they different.
Be highlighting all the hard words
Be thinking which passage is more difficult.
10
Why is putting the question in your own words a good strategy?
Because my teacher told me to do it.
It is not a helpful strategy.
It helps you focus on what the question is asking you.
It helps you remember the story.
11
What types of text include characters, problem, climax, solution, and stage directions?
Fiction
Expository
Drama
Poems
12
When you get tired, whichis the BEST strategy?
Eat candy
Take a brain break
Take a brain break after you complete the passage on which you are working.
Go to the bathroom
13
What kind of questions is: Which word best describes the speaker of the poem?
Author's purpose
Characterization
Summary
Inferencing
14
What should I notice when reading expository(nonfiction) text?
characters, plot, theme
figurative language, imagery
facts, central ideas, important details, rhetorical devices.
15
I know the text is expository if it includes. Check all that apply.
Subheadings
Facts
Characters
Pictures and captions
16
Before beginning any passage, should you read the questions?
No
Yes
17
The title helps you understand what?
The summary
The problem
The characters
The central(main) idea
18
When you have a paired passage you should do what?
Read first text; answer the questions for only that text. Read text 2.
Skim through both passage and see what they are about
Read both passages and answer the questions.
Skip to the questions because it's way too much to read
19
What kind of breakfast should I eat before testing?
Nothing
Just drink milk
Donuts
Some type of protein
20
When trying to figure out the tone/mood of a text, you should look at___.(Select all that apply.)
word choice
Just guess
nothing
positive or negative word connotations
21
When reading a fiction passage, I should notice?
characters, stage directions, acts, and scenes
setting, characters, problems, literary elements, and theme.
facts, opinions, and expert witnesses
22
When analyzing the questions, you should do what?
Highlight the entire question
Nothing, it takes too much time to highlight
Highlight the key nouns and verbs (who/what)
23
When I don't understand a word, I should use what?
All of the above
Previous knowledge
Try to recognize word parts ( rooot word, prefixes and suffixes)
Context Clues (Read the sentence before and after the word)
24
Why is this test important? Select all that apply.
Extra credit and rewards.
Classes for next year.
I don't know
IT IS 20% of my final grade.
25
When a question asks which would the author most likely agree with, it really means...
What is the author's tone
What is the author's mood
Which most closely matches the details in the text.
Which most closely matches the author's prespective.
26
When you find a question that refers to a specific paragraph or paragraphs, you should?
Highlight the paragraph and refer back to it when answering the question.
Consider the entire passage when answering that question
Try to remember the text and just answer the question
27
Why is it important to understand the genre of the text you are reading? poems, non-fiction,etc.
Who needs strategies?
Different strategies are used for different genres.
It is not important because they all use the same strategies
28
I know my answers are right if I can say......
Why my answer is right
Where the answer is in the text
Why the other answers are wrong
All of the above
29
Which one of these is not a strategy to use on any reading test?
Ask a friend
Analyze the questions
Read thoroughly
Think, annotate, and review
30
How many answers can often be eliminated right away?
One
Three
Two
None
