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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






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






3. Previewing definitions before reading increases...






4. The 4P startegy promotes...






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


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






7. People or animals in a story.






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






9. Chapters summaries reflect the...






10. Giving nonhuman objects - human characteristics.






11. Conclusion suggested in text but not stated directly.






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






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






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






15. Making predictions before and durning reading...






16. Make predictions while you are...






17. The 4P startegy is...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Why something happens.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Activate your prior knowledge when...






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






36. What the story is Mainly about.






37. Active reading means to...






38. Find similarities between two or more things.






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






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






41. Find differences between two or more things.






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






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






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






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






46. Pre reading is done before...






47. Something that is wrong.






48. The 3 stages of reading are...






49. Details that support the main idea.






50. What happens as a result.