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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. Conclusion suggested in text but not stated directly.






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






3. What the story is Mainly about.






4. What happens as a result.






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






6. Something that is wrong.






7. Find differences between two or more things.






8. People or animals in a story.






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






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

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






12. Activate your prior knowledge when...






13. The 4P startegy promotes...






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

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15. Pre reading is done before...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Giving nonhuman objects - human characteristics.






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






25. Active reading means to...






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






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






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






29. The 4P startegy is...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Find similarities between two or more things.






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






40. Why something happens.






41. Previewing definitions before reading increases...






42. Details that support the main idea.






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






44. The 3 stages of reading are...






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






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






47. P.O.R.P.E stands for...






48. Setting purpose for reading promotes...






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






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