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Test-Taking Words and Strategies
Test-Taking Words and Strategies
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To give a brief account or summary
outline
expository
essay
epic
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When you come to a question that you don't know the answer to what should you do?
Don't move on until you answer it.
Take a guess and move on.
Mark it and come back to it.
Write a list of facts that you do know.
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To restate in a shorter way is to ____________________________.
sanitize
summarize
organize
analyze
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To explain the meaning of
foreshadow
evaluate
interpret
subjective
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To judge carefully
guess
predict
evaluate
infer
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How can I mentally prepare for a test?
Plan on doing well
Get no sleep
over-think the answers
Worry all night
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Words that mean the opposite are called _______________________
oxymorons
antonyms
antiatoms
synonyms
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What does narrative mean?
nonfiction
story
informational text
how-to
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What word is synonymous with "ambiguous"?
anti-social
slack
lazy
vague
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To clarify how and why
explain
complain
airplane
chain
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To analyze
to make a guess
to infer
to examine carefully
to predict the future
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What does expository mean?
narrative
stories
informational-nonfiction
fiction
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Before the test, you should ___________ the test.
preview
annotate
question
summarize
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Why is it a good idea to read the questions before the selection?
To activate your schema
To see what type of questions you'll be asked
All of these are correct
To get a gist of what you will be reading about
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The speaker is another word for ___________________________.
main idea
round character
narrator
topic
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When you think about what you already know, you are activating your ___________.
schema
summary
intelligence
inference
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A conclusion one can draw from the presented details
suggest
defer
refer
infer
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To set aside to show the likes and differences
subtract and divide
determine
compare and contrast
prediction
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Which one is NOT an example of a text feature?
italics
heading
pictures
pronoun
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When you infer, you must
pay close attention to the characters if any
use your background knowledge and text clues
only the author can infer
make a guess and hope that you're right
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You can use this process when you know some of the answers are wrong.
elimination
quoting
summarizing
citing
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To recognize or point out
brainstorm
organize
identify
procedure
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To make an educated guess is called ___________________________
surmounting
backflashing
forshadowing
prediction
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What does the reader need to look for to determine the main idea?
What it's mostly about and supporting details
what the character does
The most frequently used word
the bibliography
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Examples and ideas or exact quotes from the text
propaganda
subjective
objective
evidence
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The night before a test, what is a good time to go to bed?
11:00 p.m.
12 midnight
9:00 p.m.
study all night; don't sleep
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Why should you eat breakfast on test days?
So you can think clearly.
So you'll know the answers.
So you will not have to study.
So you won't be nervous.
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After you read the title of a test selection or passage, you should
ignore it
change it
forget about it
underline or highlight it
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To give a detailed account of something
determine
examine
study
describe
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To construct or cause to grow
introduction
develop
generation
outline
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To give valid evidence to support your answer
classify
mystify
justify
satisfy