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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. What happens as a result.






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






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






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






5. Something that is wrong.






6. Details that support the main idea.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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


16. Find differences between two or more things.






17. Giving nonhuman objects - human characteristics.






18. Find similarities between two or more things.






19. Fixes the problem.






20. Chapters summaries reflect the...






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






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






23. What the story is Mainly about.






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






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






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






27. The 4P startegy is...






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






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






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






31. The 4P startegy promotes...






32. Setting purpose for reading promotes...






33. When and where the story takes place.






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






35. People or animals in a story.






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






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






38. Making predictions before and durning reading...






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






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






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






42. Reading comprehension increases when...






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






44. Why something happens.






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






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






47. P.O.R.P.E stands for...






48. Conclusion suggested in text but not stated directly.






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






50. Active reading means to...