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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. Chapters summaries reflect the...






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






3. What happens as a result.






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






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






6. Activate your prior knowledge when...






7. The 4P startegy promotes...






8. Find differences between two or more things.






9. Fixes the problem.






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






11. The 4P startegy is...






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






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






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

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






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






17. Make predictions while you are...






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






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






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






21. Giving nonhuman objects - human characteristics.






22. Reading comprehension increases when...






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






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






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






26. The 3 stages of reading are...






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






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






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






30. When and where the story takes place.






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






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






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






34. Conclusion suggested in text but not stated directly.






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






36. Pre reading is done before...






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






38. Details that support the main idea.






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






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






41. Find similarities between two or more things.






42. Making predictions before and durning reading...






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






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






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






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






47. Setting purpose for reading promotes...






48. Why something happens.






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

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50. Active reading means to...