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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 startegy is...






2. Activate your prior knowledge when...






3. Setting purpose for reading promotes...






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






5. Reading comprehension increases when...






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






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






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






9. Why something happens.






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






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






12. Find similarities between two or more things.






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






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






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






16. Details that support the main idea.






17. Active reading means to...






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






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






20. What the story is Mainly about.






21. When and where the story takes place.






22. P.O.R.P.E stands for...






23. Find differences between two or more things.






24. Giving nonhuman objects - human characteristics.






25. Making predictions before and durning reading...






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


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






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. Words that imitate the sound they represent: Boom!






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






31. The 4P startegy promotes...






32. Pre reading is done before...






33. Make predictions while you are...






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






35. People or animals in a story.






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






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






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


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






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






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






42. Chapters summaries reflect the...






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Fixes the problem.






50. What happens as a result.