Real Life SOL Test-Taking Strategies and Ideas

Question 1

Good test-taking practices include...

Accepted Answer

reading the title of the passage, reading the first paragraph of the passage, reading headings, subheadings, captions, sidebars, examining pictures, diagrams, and charts

Question 2

If you don't read the directions...

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you may miss information that helps you, you might not know how many answers there are

Question 3

When you are taking the reading SOL test, you should...

Accepted Answer

mark questions that stump you and come back to them, take a short break if your mind is wandering

Question 4

Headings can tell you...

Accepted Answer

what a section of the passage is about, the main idea of a paragraph

Question 5

On TEI questions, it is advisable to...

Accepted Answer

read the directions to see how many answers there are, prove each answer right or wrong

Question 6

SOL stands for...

Accepted Answer

Standards of Learning

Question 7

This is the last reading SOL test you will take until...

Accepted Answer

next year

Question 8

The title can tell you...

Accepted Answer

what the passage is about, the main idea of the passage

Question 9

"Slash the trash" is a good strategy because by eliminating answers...

Accepted Answer

you can focus on the most likely answers, your chances of choosing correctly go up

Question 10

If the question says "in paragraph 2" but you can't figure out the answer by reading paragraph 2

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read whatever other parts of the passage you need to answer, read other paragraphs around it

Question 11

If you don't know a word...

Accepted Answer

eliminate words you do know that don't work, use your BID (Break It Down) knowledge, use context if available

Question 12

A strategy to help readers who are easily distracted is to...

Accepted Answer

read a question and read what is needed to answer it

Question 13

You are going to pass the reading SOL test because...

Accepted Answer

you are going to learn from the mistakes you made before, you will use proper strategies, you have worked hard, you will go to bed at a good hour tonight

Question 14

Multiple choice questions are easier to answer than TEI questions because...

Accepted Answer

there is only one answer, a TEI question is really multiple questions disguised as 1, you've been answering them since 3rd grade

Question 15

You will find captions...

Accepted Answer

near pictures

Question 16

Taking your time is important because...

Accepted Answer

just one additional correct answer might make you pass, there are very subtle differences between answer choices, it takes time to think things out properly

Question 17

"Slash the trash" can be risky because...

Accepted Answer

in the new SOL test, there isn't much "trash", if you don't have evidence, you may cross off a good answer, you still have to find evidence to support the right answer, the test makers may fool you into thinking an answer is bad

Real Life SOL Test-Taking Strategies and Ideas

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Real Life SOL Test-Taking Strategies and Ideas

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