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Test-Taking Words and Strategies
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How can I mentally prepare for a test?
Worry all night
Get no sleep
over-think the answers
Plan on doing well
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When you think about what you already know, you are activating your ___________.
schema
intelligence
inference
summary
3
What does narrative mean?
story
how-to
nonfiction
informational text
4
To make an educated guess is called ___________________________
surmounting
forshadowing
backflashing
prediction
5
The night before a test, what is a good time to go to bed?
study all night; don't sleep
9:00 p.m.
11:00 p.m.
12 midnight
6
To set aside to show the likes and differences
compare and contrast
prediction
determine
subtract and divide
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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.
Write a list of facts that you do know.
Mark it and come back to it.
Take a guess and move on.
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The speaker is another word for ___________________________.
topic
narrator
main idea
round character
9
Why should you eat breakfast on test days?
So you will not have to study.
So you won't be nervous.
So you'll know the answers.
So you can think clearly.
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What word is synonymous with "ambiguous"?
slack
vague
lazy
anti-social
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To analyze
to make a guess
to predict the future
to infer
to examine carefully
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What does expository mean?
stories
fiction
informational-nonfiction
narrative
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What does the reader need to look for to determine the main idea?
The most frequently used word
the bibliography
what the character does
What it's mostly about and supporting details
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Which one is NOT an example of a text feature?
pictures
heading
italics
pronoun
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To give valid evidence to support your answer
mystify
justify
satisfy
classify
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A conclusion one can draw from the presented details
suggest
refer
infer
defer
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To recognize or point out
organize
procedure
brainstorm
identify
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Before the test, you should ___________ the test.
annotate
question
summarize
preview
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After you read the title of a test selection or passage, you should
forget about it
change it
underline or highlight it
ignore it
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To restate in a shorter way is to ____________________________.
sanitize
analyze
summarize
organize
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You can use this process when you know some of the answers are wrong.
elimination
citing
quoting
summarizing
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To give a brief account or summary
expository
essay
outline
epic
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Words that mean the opposite are called _______________________
synonyms
antiatoms
oxymorons
antonyms
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To construct or cause to grow
generation
outline
introduction
develop
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To clarify how and why
explain
airplane
complain
chain
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Examples and ideas or exact quotes from the text
evidence
subjective
objective
propaganda
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Why is it a good idea to read the questions before the selection?
All of these are correct
To see what type of questions you'll be asked
To activate your schema
To get a gist of what you will be reading about
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To give a detailed account of something
study
examine
describe
determine
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To explain the meaning of
evaluate
foreshadow
subjective
interpret
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To judge carefully
infer
predict
evaluate
guess
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When you infer, you must
use your background knowledge and text clues
pay close attention to the characters if any
make a guess and hope that you're right
only the author can infer