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






2. What the story is Mainly about.






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






4. The 4P startegy is...






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






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






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






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






9. P.O.R.P.E stands for...






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






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






12. When and where the story takes place.






13. Find differences between two or more things.






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






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






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






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






18. The 3 stages of reading are...






19. Activate your prior knowledge when...






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






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






22. Something that is wrong.






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






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






25. Make predictions while you are...






26. What happens as a result.






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






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






29. Reading comprehension increases when...






30. People or animals in a story.






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






32. Previewing definitions before reading increases...






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






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

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


35. Fixes the problem.






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






37. Giving nonhuman objects - human characteristics.






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






39. Active reading means to...






40. Making predictions before and durning reading...






41. Details that support the main idea.






42. The 4P startegy promotes...






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






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






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






46. Setting purpose for reading promotes...






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






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






49. Pre reading is done before...






50. Chapters summaries reflect the...