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






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






3. Chapters summaries reflect the...






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






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






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






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






8. Why something happens.






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






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






11. Making predictions before and durning reading...






12. The 4P startegy promotes...






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






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






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






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






17. People or animals in a story.






18. Setting purpose for reading promotes...






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






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






21. Previewing definitions before reading increases...






22. Giving nonhuman objects - human characteristics.






23. Find differences between two or more things.






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






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






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






27. Details that support the main idea.






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






29. Conclusion suggested in text but not stated directly.






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






31. Fixes the problem.






32. Find similarities between two or more things.






33. Activate your prior knowledge when...






34. The 3 stages of reading are...






35. P.O.R.P.E stands for...






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






37. Reading comprehension increases when...






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






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






40. What happens as a result.






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






42. What the story is Mainly about.






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






44. The 4P startegy is...






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






46. When and where the story takes place.






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






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






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






50. Active reading means to...