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Reading Skills And Strategies

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Why something happens.






2. Details that support the main idea.






3. Words or phrases around an Unknown word to help determine its meaning.






4. The 3 stages of reading are...






5. Analyzes and interprets primary sources - 2nd-hand accounts: biographies - book reviews - encyclopedias.






6. The 4 steps of the 4P strategy are...






7. The 4P startegy is...






8. Find similarities between two or more things.






9. Repeating the same sound at the beginning or middle of a word: Sally sells sea shells.






10. The second P in the 4P strategy refers to setting a...






11. The 4P strategy can be utilized in correlation with the...






12. Activate your prior knowledge when...






13. To examine in detail in order to discover meaning: analyze a poem.






14. Get rid of wrong answers. Increases your chances of getting the answer correct!






15. Dependable - accuracy - honesty - trustworthy: My friend is very reliable; I can count on her anytime.






16. The definition of prior knowledge is what we already know and connecting...






17. Exaggeration for effect: I ate a million dollars worth of food!






18. One of the benefits of previewing is that it builds...






19. The 4P and K-W-L strategy both involve...






20. What the story is Mainly about.






21. Setting purpose for reading promotes...






22. The 4P strategy is similar to the...






23. Also preveiw questions and chapters at the...






24. The 4P strategy and the SQR3 strategy both involve...






25. All the MAJOR events that happen in the story.






26. Pre-reading questions at the end of the chapter helps...






27. When and where the story takes place.






28. Examine and judge carefully: The principal evaluates teachers to make sure they are doing what they are supposed to be.






29. Pre reading is done before...






30. What else do we use to set purpose for reading?






31. Comparing two or more things NOT using like or as.






32. Research reveals that prior knowledge is the number one factor effecting...






33. Make predictions while you are...






34. Conclusion suggested in text but not stated directly.






35. Original - 1st-hand accounts of an event - written by someone who experienced or witnessed the event: diaries - speeches - autobiographies - newspapers.






36. Judgement based on clues in text and own knowledge.






37. The ways authors organize information in the text: chronological order - cause/effect - compare/contrast - problem/solution.






38. Reading comprehension increases when...






39. We set a purpose for reading by...






40. Developing questions before reading also helps in predicting...






41. Something someone thinks or believes: Florida is the best state to live in!






42. Find differences between two or more things.






43. Active reading means to...






44. Sound - just - well-founded - logical: having a VALID driver's license.






45. Why the author writes something: to entertain - persuade - inform.

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46. Previewing definitions before reading increases...






47. Something that is wrong.






48. P.O.R.P.E stands for...






49. The 4P startegy promotes...






50. Order in which events happen. Also called chronological order: First - Then - Next - Finally.