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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. Comparing two or more things using the words LIKE or AS.






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






3. Pre reading is done before...






4. Attitude of the author: sarcastic - amusing - serious.






5. What the story is Mainly about.






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






7. Help readers easily read through text and provide additional information to help comprehend the material: headings - subheadings - pictures - italics - bold - underline - text box.






8. Find similarities between two or more things.






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






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






11. Conclusion suggested in text but not stated directly.






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






13. Activate your prior knowledge when...






14. Making predictions before and durning reading...






15. People or animals in a story.






16. Charts and graphs reveal important information about...






17. Why something happens.






18. Setting purpose for reading promotes...






19. Previewing definitions before reading increases...






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. When and where the story takes place.






27. What happens as a result.






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

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






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






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

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






33. The 4P startegy is...






34. Fixes the problem.






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






36. Something that is wrong.






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






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






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






40. The 3 stages of reading are...






41. Chapters summaries reflect the...






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






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






44. The 4P startegy promotes...






45. Giving nonhuman objects - human characteristics.






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






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






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






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






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