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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. Reading comprehension increases when...






2. Make predictions while you are...






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






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






5. What the story is Mainly about.






6. Active reading means to...






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






8. The 4P startegy is...






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






10. Details that support the main idea.






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






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






13. Setting purpose for reading promotes...






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






15. Find similarities between two or more things.






16. Giving nonhuman objects - human characteristics.






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






18. People or animals in a story.






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






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

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21. Pre reading is done before...






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






23. Chapters summaries reflect the...






24. The 4P startegy promotes...






25. Making predictions before and durning reading...






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. What happens as a result.






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






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






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






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






37. The 3 stages of reading are...






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






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






40. When and where the story takes place.






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






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






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






44. Fixes the problem.






45. Find differences between two or more things.






46. Why something happens.






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






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

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






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