Test taking strategies

You cannot go back and listen to a reading passage again during a state test.

What is an antonym?

You can get rid of answers that you know are incorrect to help you find the correct one.

You are able to pause the audio in order to highlight something that could be important.

On the test, they are only going to ask for one answer for every question.

If you are absent the day of the test, you don't have to take it.

What is a synonym?

What does it mean to infer?

You should listen to the questions on the test before you listen to the reading passage.

A claim is a simple statement telling you the author's point of view in an argument.

If it is too hard, you don't have to try.

You don't need to listen to all the answers to the questions before choosing the correct one.

An inference is an educated guess based on what is in the text

When the question asks you to "draw a conclusion" what do they mean?

When the test asks you about the author's point of view, what do they want you to look for?