Testing Tips
Question Types
Strategies
PRIDE
Review
100
What should you do the night before the STAAR?
Get plenty of sleep
100
Paragraph 3 is mainly about...
Main idea
100
What are the two questions you ask to determine main idea?
What is Who & What is the story mostly about?
100
What does P stand for in PRIDE?
What is preview?
100
What are context clues?
Clues in the text that help us figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word
200
How much time do you have to take the test?
4 hours
200
The reader can conclude that...
Inference
200
A good summary contains...
All important events from the beginning, middle, and end of the story
200
What does the R in PRIDE stand for and what do you do in this step?
What is read the text twice?
200
What is a character?
A person in a book, movie, play, etc
300
When you have completed your entire test what should you do?
CHECK OVER IT!
300
Taylor did not do well on his test because...
Cause and effect
300
For sequence questions, you should always...
What is write where each event happened?
300
What does the I in PRIDE stand for and what do you do in this step?
What is Important Information? Jot/Write down the main idea for each section as you read.
300
What is the strategy for summarization when reading a fiction story?
Identify the Character, Conflict/ Goal, Resolution.
400
A valuable test-taking strategy is to ___________ while you are reading.
TAKE NOTES!
400
When words like, yesterday, then, or finally are used in a paragraph it helps the reader understand ...
the sequence of events
400
How do you go about answering context clue questions?
Go back to the text and read the sentences before and after the sentence the word is in.
400
What does the D in PRIDE stand for and what do you do in this step?
What is dissect the question! Identify the type of question and underline the important words in the question.
400
In poetry, a paragraph is called...
What is a stanza?
500
What strategy should you use when making an answer choice?
Always read ALL the answer choices, eliminate ones you know are incorrect, choose the BEST answer from the ones left
500
The reader can tell Johnny is.....
Character Analysis
500
When you inference, what two things should you consider?
What you know (schema) + clues from the text. A good inference must be based on the text!
500
What does the E in PRIDE stand for and what do you do in this step?
What is Explain? You prove your answers from the passage.
500
In a Non- Fiction story where could I usually find the Main Idea (TEXT & GRAPHIC FEATURE).
What is a sub- heading or sub- title?
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