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RICAS Test Taking Strategies
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1
If an essay prompt asks you to "defend" something, what kind of essay is it?
Compare and Contrast
Persuasive
Analysis
Narrative
2
The night before the test, what is one important thing to do?
Browse YouTube until you enter the dark web
Use snapchat until your fingers fall off
Go to bed early and get plenty of sleep
Play Fortnite until midnight
3
When you don't know what a word means, what should you do?
Take a guess
Use the surrounding sentence for context clues
Ask the teacher
Skip the word
4
What is a strategy to use if you need to write
more
for an analysis essay?
Restate your sentences
Use the same evidence more than once
Add more transition words (and, because, also)
Add textual evidence (direct words from the text)
5
What is dialogue in a story?
Everything that is in quotes (" ")
What the characters look like
What the characters say out loud
A description of the setting
6
What is a good transition to use when including an example in your essay?
Therefore...
Also...
For instance...
Because...
7
When answering multiple choice questions, what is a strategy you could use?
Choose the answer with the least information
Eliminate the answers you know are not correct
Choose the answer with negative information
Guess the answer
8
When would you select "false" as an answer?
When only a part of the statement/answer is true
When the statement says "always" or "never"
When the entire statement is true
When you don't agree with the statement/answer
9
TRUE/FALSE questions: if the answer has "always," "never," "all," or "none." It is probably...
False
True
10
What is the
main idea
of a passage?
The most important idea
Details, facts, & examples
The most interesting idea
What the author wants you to know
11
Before starting to write an essay, what should you do FIRST?
Find evidence from the text(s)
Write the easiest part of the prompt first
Write down your thesis
Underline each part of the prompt you must answer
12
What is a strategy you can use if you need to
write
more for a narrative essay?
Add random words
Add more descriptive detail
Add more commas
Add longer endings to words
13
Non fiction is...
A text based on real facts and information
A made up story
14
What is the map (to the right) giving information about?
State of peace
Amount of wealth
The different continents
Average rainfall
15
If an essay says "write the story from a different character's POV" what kind of essay is it?
Compare and Contrast
Narrative
Explaination
Analysis
16
What should you include in the first sentence of each body paragraph (essay)?
A sentence that summarizes the main idea of the paragraph
An interesting fact or idea
Your first piece of evidence that will prove your point
A sentence restating the prompt
17
What is
NOT
a good strategy to use
before
reading a text....
Only read the first sentence of each paragraph
Read the headings or titles
Look at the multiple choice questions and essay prompt
Look through the different pictures
18
What is the first thing you should write when writing a narrative?
A hook
Introduction to characters
Introduction to setting
Dialogue
19
If you do not know how to spell a word, what is something you should
NOT
do?
Sound it out in your head
Use another word that means the same thing
Check if the word is used in the text somewhere
Forget about it
20
If you are having trouble understanding something you are reading, what should you do?
Continue reading anyway
Take a guess on what the sentence(s) mean
Skip to the end
Stop and reread
21
TRUE or FALSE: The first answer you chose is usually the correct one
True
False
22
If you are stuck on a question, what is the BEST thing you should do?
Keep trying to figure it out
Bookmark the question & go back to it later
Pick the shortest answer
Take a guess
23
TRUE/FALSE: If the answer is more detailed and more specific, it is probably the most correct
True
False
24
Which is NOT a good strategy to use when answering multiple choice questions?
Keep on changing your answer
Choose the answer with the most information
Eliminate the answers that you know are not correct
Guess the answer in your head before reading the options
25
If an essay asks you to compare and contrast 2 texts what do you need to include in your essay?
Evidence that proves both texts are similar
Detailed information about the most important text
Evidence from both texts that prove your point
2 paragraphs
26
If an essay says "explain how the author reveals that unicorns exist" what kind of essay is it?
Compare and Contrast
Narrative
Analysis
Persuasive
