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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 can be utilized in correlation with the...






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






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






4. The 4P startegy is...






5. Something that is wrong.






6. Find similarities between two or more things.






7. Make predictions while you are...






8. P.O.R.P.E stands for...






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






17. Setting purpose for reading promotes...






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






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






20. Details that support the main idea.






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






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






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






24. Fixes the problem.






25. What happens as a result.






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






27. Active reading means to...






28. The 3 stages of reading are...






29. Find differences between two or more things.






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






31. Reading comprehension increases when...






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






33. What the story is Mainly about.






34. Making predictions before and durning reading...






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






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






37. When and where the story takes place.






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






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






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






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






42. Previewing definitions before reading increases...






43. Giving nonhuman objects - human characteristics.






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






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






46. The 4P startegy promotes...






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






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


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






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






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