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Reading Skills And Strategies

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. The 4P and K-W-L strategy both involve...






2. Something that can be proven: There are seven days in a week.






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






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






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






6. The 3 stages of reading are...






7. What happens as a result.






8. The major parts of a text chapter to preview includes...






9. Details that support the main idea.






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






11. Fixes the problem.






12. Active reading means to...






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






14. Make predictions while you are...






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






16. Reading comprehension increases when...






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






18. Something that is wrong.






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






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






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






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






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






24. Find similarities between two or more things.






25. The 4P startegy promotes...






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






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






28. Chapters summaries reflect the...






29. Setting purpose for reading promotes...






30. Conclusion suggested in text but not stated directly.






31. Giving nonhuman objects - human characteristics.






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






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






34. We utilize charts and graphs to set purpose for reading by...


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






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






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


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






39. A message the author wants to express: treat others the way you want to be treated.






40. The 4P startegy is...






41. Activate your prior knowledge when...






42. What the story is Mainly about.






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






44. Why something happens.






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






46. People or animals in a story.






47. Words that imitate the sound they represent: Boom!






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






49. Making predictions before and durning reading...






50. Previewing definitions before reading increases...