A series of brief, concise statements in your own words, of the main idea and of the significant supporting details.
What is summary?
100
Statements that support, develop, and explain a main idea.
What are details?
100
It is important to understand the passage as a whole because:
A: On most tests, there are very few questions about supporting details.
B: Then, the rest of the ideas fall into place.
C: Professors are only interested in testing for main idea.
D: None of these
2
100
A student can better understand an essay question by:
A student can better understand an essay question by:
A: Writing a brief summary of the material before writing the essay.
B: Asking another student for clarification during the test.
C: Simplifying the question into understandable terms, and then breaking them into parts.
D: None of these.
3
100
Words such as “thus,” “accordingly,” “so,” and/or “since” all
indicate the organizational pattern of:
Knowledge of how to read as well as the ability to
regulate and direct the process.
What is metacognition?
200
A study system that that asks the student to survey, question, read, recite, and review.
What is SQ3R?
200
Question concerning implied meaning may test your ability to:
A: Understand attitudes and feelings.
B: Locate what is directly stated.
C: Give dictionary definitions.
D: None of these.
1
200
The best way to identify the pattern of organization of a passage is to:
A: Determine the main idea.
B: Look for transitional words and phrases.
C: List the supporting details
D: None of these.
1
200
The writing of history is usually organized through which of the following patterns of organization:
A: Description of Example.
B: Simple listing or definition.
C: Time order or Cause and Effect.
D: None of these.
3
300
This is the reviewing and arranging of what was included and learned after reading a passage.
What is Recall?
300
An opinion or position on a subject recognized through facts slanted toward an author’s personal beliefs.
What is bias?
300
In taking multiple-choice tests, a student should:
A: Read no further if s/he believes that the first option is the best.
B: Read all of the options, and then choose the appropriate response.
C: Skim the options then re-read the passages.
D: None of these.
2
300
Transitional words alert the reader:
A: To merely review the previous paragraph in order to determine the pattern of organization.
B: To the writer’s direction of thought throughout the passage.
C: That the pattern of organization is one of contrast.
D: None of these.
2
300
Patterns of organization are:
A: Listings of transitional words.
B: Formats by which messages are conveyed.
C: Descriptions of details.
D: None of these.
2
400
A position or an opinion on a subject.
What is point of view?
400
A skeleton or network of previous knowledge about a subject.
What is schema?
400
Adding an incorrect "and," "but," or "because" phrase to a true statement makes it:
A: Totally false.
B: Totally true.
C: Partially true, therefore true.
D: None of these
1
400
Transitional words and phrases:
A: Signify that there is no change in the writer’s thoughts.
B: Are obstacles to better comprehension.
C: Show the relationship of ideas within a paragraph or among paragraphs.
D: None of these.
3
400
In simple listing, the order of the list is:
A: Relevant.
B: Somewhat crucial.
C: Of no importance.
D: None of these.
3
500
Subtle suggestions expressed without direct statement.
What is inference?
500
A substitution of a mild, indirect or vague term for one that is considered harsh, blunt, or offensive.
What is euphemism?
500
If two test-question options are the same, then the student should:
A: Choose the more important one.
B: Eliminate both.
C: Bring this to the professor's attention.
D: None of these.
2
500
A transitional word/phrase that does not signal time order is: