Testing Tips
Question Types
Strategies
RCFUR
Review
100
What should you do the night before the TAKS?
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 the paragraph mainly about? (the topic) What does the author want me to know about the topic?
100
What does the R stand for in RCFUR, and what do you do in this step?
read the question first!!!
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?
All day
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 C in RCFUR stand for and what do you do in this step?
circle the key words...
200
What is a character?
A person in a book, movie, play, etc
300
WHENEVER a particular part of the text is mentioned, you should ALWAYS do what?
Reread that part before answering the question
300
Taylor thought the publisher had not read his book because...
Cause and effect
300
For sequence questions, you should always...
Go back to the story and find the correct sequence
300
What does the F stand for in RCFUR?
find it in the paragraph!!!
300
What are three types of conflict?
Man vs self Man vs man Man vs group Man vs Nature Man vs Society Group vs Group
400
A valuable test-taking strategy is to ___________ while you are reading.
TAKE NOTES!
400
When words like, yesterday, winter, 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 U stand for in RCFUR?
underline the evidence
400
What are three purposes for writing we discussed in class?
(Author's purpose) To entertain, inform, persuade
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
Which sentence in the selection supports the idea that Texas Tech was considered a better team?
Sentence Support
500
When you inference, what two things should you consider?
What you know + what is in the text A good inference must be based on the text
500
What does the last R stand for in RCFUR?
reda to see what answer BEST supports what they are asking you for based on the evidence...
500
What is the difference between mood and tone?
Mood is the feeling the reader gets when they read a work; tone is the attitude of the author toward their subject matter or audience
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