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1
What kind of question is this: The author most likely wrote this selection to...?
Main idea
Summary
Context clues
Author's purpose
2
What should I notice when reading expository(nonfiction) text?
facts, central ideas, important details, rhetorical devices.
characters, plot, theme
figurative language, imagery
3
Why is it important to understand the genre of the text you are reading? poems, non-fiction,etc.
It is not important because they all use the same strategies
Different strategies are used for different genres.
Who needs strategies?
4
How many answers can often be eliminated right away?
One
Three
Two
None
5
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
6
Why is this test important? Select all that apply.
Classes for next year.
Extra credit and rewards.
IT IS 20% of my final grade.
I don't know
7
When you get tired, whichis the BEST strategy?
Eat candy
Take a brain break after you complete the passage on which you are working.
Go to the bathroom
Take a brain break
8
When you find a question that refers to a specific paragraph or paragraphs, you should?
Try to remember the text and just answer the question
Consider the entire passage when answering that question
Highlight the paragraph and refer back to it when answering the question.
9
What types of text include characters, problem, climax, solution, and stage directions?
Fiction
Expository
Drama
Poems
10
What kind of breakfast should I eat before testing?
Just drink milk
Donuts
Nothing
Some type of protein
11
When you have paired texts you need to?
Be thinking how are they alike and how are they different.
Be thinking which passage is more difficult.
Be highlighting all the hard words
Be considering what the questions will be
12
Before beginning any passage, should you read the questions?
Yes
No
13
What kind of questions is: Which word best describes the speaker of the poem?
Characterization
Inferencing
Author's purpose
Summary
14
When trying to figure out the tone/mood of a text, you should look at___.(Select all that apply.)
nothing
word choice
positive or negative word connotations
Just guess
15
Once I have finished my test, I should do what?
Go back to questions that confused me
Make sure no answers are blank
Check the time
Turn it in
16
Which one of these is not a strategy to use on any reading test?
Think, annotate, and review
Ask a friend
Read thoroughly
Analyze the questions
17
Why is it important to follow all directions? Choose all that apply.
I can miss important things necessary for the test.
I may miss something that will help me on the test.
I may do something that will hurt my score on the test.
I may do something that invalidates my test.
18
What are some strategies if you are a slower reader? Select all that apply.
Skip questions if you unsure and go back to them later.
Give up.
Make sure you answer all questions before you submit.
Skim parts of the longer passages and focus on questions.
19
I know my answers are right if I can say......
Why the other answers are wrong
Why my answer is right
Where the answer is in the text
All of the above
20
After I've narrowed down my answer choices, I should do what?
Guess between what answers are left
Use recall to answer the question
Go back, analyze, and prove why my answer is the BEST one for that question
21
The title helps you understand what?
The characters
The central(main) idea
The summary
The problem
22
What does a reader need to look at to determine the central idea?
The characters and setting
The topic and what the key details tell you about the topic.
The most frequently used words
23
When I don't understand a word, I should use what?
Try to recognize word parts ( rooot word, prefixes and suffixes)
All of the above
Context Clues (Read the sentence before and after the word)
Previous knowledge
24
How do you skim?
Look over the paragraph espcially the middle parts.
Read first sentence, skim middle, read last sentence of each paragraph.
Only read the first and and last paragraphs.
Read everything carefully.
25
I know the text is expository if it includes. Check all that apply.
Facts
Pictures and captions
Characters
Subheadings
26
When you have a paired passage you should do what?
Skip to the questions because it's way too much to read
Read both passages and answer the questions.
Skim through both passage and see what they are about
Read first text; answer the questions for only that text. Read text 2.
27
Why is putting the question in your own words a good strategy?
It helps you focus on what the question is asking you.
It is not a helpful strategy.
Because my teacher told me to do it.
It helps you remember the story.
28
When reading a poem thoroughly, you should read it?
10-11 times
2-3 times
One time
29
When a question asks which would the author most likely agree with, it really means...
Which most closely matches the details in the text.
What is the author's mood
What is the author's tone
Which most closely matches the author's prespective.
30
When analyzing the questions, you should do what?
Nothing, it takes too much time to highlight
Highlight the entire question
Highlight the key nouns and verbs (who/what)
