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. Details that support the main idea.






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






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






4. Giving nonhuman objects - human characteristics.






5. Chapters summaries reflect the...






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






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






8. Fixes the problem.






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






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






11. The 4P startegy promotes...






12. Make predictions while you are...






13. When and where the story takes place.






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






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






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






17. People or animals in a story.






18. P.O.R.P.E stands for...






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






20. Why something happens.






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


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






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






24. The 4P startegy is...






25. Reading comprehension increases when...






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






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






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






29. Making predictions before and durning reading...






30. What happens as a result.






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






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






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






34. Something that is wrong.






35. Activate your prior knowledge when...






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






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






38. Find similarities between two or more things.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. What the story is Mainly about.






48. Setting purpose for reading promotes...






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






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