Overview
The number of passages on the reading test
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4
The process of analyzing a text as you read.
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Active Reading
the extent or range of the text
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scope
The 5 Question Types stated directly in the passage.
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Fact, Main Concept
What Vocabulary-in-Context questions do.
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Ask for... alternate meanings, use of context clues, and inferring meanings
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40
a type of note-taking involving underlining key details.
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Mapping
how the author feels about what he/she is writing
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tone
Main concept questions are similar to...
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Theme
What Fact questions ask about.
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Supporting details and compare & contrast ideas
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35 minutes
A type of note-taking involving writing notes to the side
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Annotating
special language that is used by a particular group
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Jargon
Where reading passages come from
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Academic articles or Professional Journals
What main concept questions ask about.
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The whole passage and specific parts of the passage
The four passages on the reading test.
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Prose Fiction
Humanities
Social Science
Natural Science
The skill tested on the Reading test.
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Comprehension
The types of words chosen by the author
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word choice
Describe Academic Reading
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Slow process, read for details, long-term memory
What inference questions ask about.
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info not directly stated in the passage, info found "between the line,"
The 3 Steps to Success for the Reading Test.
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Read, Hunt, Apply
The type of reading used for the Reading test. Describe it.
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Business Reading
Short term, Fast process, read for main points
an idea that comes from what someone else said
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inference
Describe Pleasure Reading
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Slow process, read for details, long-term memory
What Point of View questions ask about.
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The authors feelings & opinions, character opinions