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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. Words that imitate the sound they represent: Boom!






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






3. Setting purpose for reading promotes...






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






5. Find similarities between two or more things.






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






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






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






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






10. The 4P startegy promotes...






11. Active reading means to...






12. Previewing definitions before reading increases...






13. Chapters summaries reflect the...






14. Find differences between two or more things.






15. The 3 stages of reading are...






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






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






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






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






20. Pre reading is done before...






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






22. What the story is Mainly about.






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






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






25. Giving nonhuman objects - human characteristics.






26. Details that support the main idea.






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






28. The 4P startegy is...






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






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






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


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






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






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






35. What happens as a result.






36. Making predictions before and durning reading...






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






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






39. Activate your prior knowledge when...






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






41. People or animals in a story.






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






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






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






45. Why something happens.






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






47. Fixes the problem.






48. Conclusion suggested in text but not stated directly.






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






50. When and where the story takes place.






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