has 40 questions that must be answered in 35 minutes; that time includes reading the four passages
What is The Reading Test
100
intact short stories or excerpts from short
stories or novels
What is Prose Fiction
100
passages typically present information gathered by research. A social studies passage might be about Japanese history, or political action committees, or a psychological experiment.
Students will find names, dates and concepts in these passages, and they should pay close attention to what name goes with what concept in a discussion of political systems and keep track of who said what in a passage discussing different views of a constitutional amendment.
Students should look for cause-effect relationships, comparisons, and sequence of events.
What is Social Science
100
You do this when you have less than a minute left and you are not finished
What is bubble letter of the day
200
Referring questions ask students to find or use information that is clearly stated in the passage.
Reasoning questions ask students to take information that’s either stated or implied in the passage and use it to answer more complex questions.
What are the two basic categories on the Reading Test
ask about the kinds of things you pay attention to when you read a short story or novel--plot, characters, and mood, among other things.
As you read, you should be aware of the mood or tone of the passage, the relationship of the characters, and the emotion implied by what the characters say as well as how
What is Prose Fiction
200
Before you start reading you should read this and select lead words
What is read the question?
300
Prose Fiction
• Social Science
• Humanities
• Natural Science
tend to describe or analyze ideas or works of art. These passages are typically informative pieces, although at times the writer’s presence and point of view are obvious.
A question might ask you to project the writer’s likely response to a hypothetical argument or situation. In these passages, the kinds of relationships students will be asked to infer or identify are those between events, ideas, people, trends, or modes of thought.
What is Humanities
300
Asking yourself questions as your read
Critically read
You should ask yourself questions like:
Why did the author write this passage?
What’s the purpose of this paragraph?
Why include this detail?
Do you have a opinion or take a side after reading this passage?
This kind of passage usually presents a scientific topic and an explanation of the topic’s significance. It requires a different sort of analysis than a prose fiction passage does.
For instance, in a natural sciences passage the author is typically concerned with the relationships between natural phenomena, not characters.
may contain specialized or technical language. The passage will contain clues to the meaning.