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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 strategy and the SQR3 strategy both involve...






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






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






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






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






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






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

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8. Giving nonhuman objects - human characteristics.






9. Conclusion suggested in text but not stated directly.






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






11. Why something happens.






12. P.O.R.P.E stands for...






13. Details that support the main idea.






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






15. Make predictions while you are...






16. Previewing definitions before reading increases...






17. The 4P startegy promotes...






18. Reading comprehension increases when...






19. Activate your prior knowledge when...






20. What happens as a result.






21. Active reading means to...






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






23. The 3 stages of reading are...






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






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






26. People or animals in a story.






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






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






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






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






31. Find differences between two or more things.






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






33. Fixes the problem.






34. Setting purpose for reading promotes...






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






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






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






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






39. Making predictions before and durning reading...






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






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






42. Pre reading is done before...






43. Something that is wrong.






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






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






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






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






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






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

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