Test your basic knowledge |

Reading Skills And Strategies

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Something that is wrong.






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






3. What the story is Mainly about.






4. Reading comprehension increases when...






5. When and where the story takes place.






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






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






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






9. People or animals in a story.






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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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






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






13. What happens as a result.






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






15. Previewing definitions before reading increases...






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






17. P.O.R.P.E stands for...






18. Setting purpose for reading promotes...






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






20. Fixes the problem.






21. Find similarities between two or more things.






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






23. Active reading means to...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Pre reading is done before...






33. The 4P startegy is...






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






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






36. Activate your prior knowledge when...






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






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






39. Making predictions before and durning reading...






40. Details that support the main idea.






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






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






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






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






45. Make predictions while you are...






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






47. Conclusion suggested in text but not stated directly.






48. The 4P startegy promotes...






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






50. Find differences between two or more things.