Common Test Questions & Vocab
These are the two different text types.
What are narrative and informational?
These words are what the acronym "I.I.I" stands for.
What is individual, idea and impact?
This is the part of the text that shows readers what type of text they are reading.
What are the directions?
If you are unsure about an answer on test, this is the best thing you can do.
What is eliminate the obvious wrong answer choices and then make an educated guess?
Getting full credit (2 out of 2) on your short answer questions looks like...
What is answer the question in your own words and use two pieces of evidence?
If the word "document" is used in the directions, you are most likely reading....
What is informational?
The words are what the the acronym "C.C.C.S.T.T " stand for.
What is character, change, conflict, setting, theme and tone?
True or False: you shouldn't chunk and annotate the passages as you read because it is distracting and wastes time.
FALSE! You SHOULD annotate the text because it helps you better understand what you are reading and will help you answer the questions. Also, the test is not timed, so you can take as long as you need to!
Underlining or circling key words in the questions helps students with....
What is to fully understanding the question and knowing what to look for in the text?
True or False: You should always reread what you wrote before moving on to the next question.
What is true?
Some texts are on the state test are excerpts, this means they are....
What is a smaller piece from a larger text?
These words are what the acronym A.D.D.E. stands for...
What is answer, detail, detail, explanation?
These are objects you are not allowed to use to annotate with on the state test.
What is a highlighter or a pen?
True or False: You should read all the answer choices, even if the first or second answer sounds correct to you.
What is TRUE! Almost every question will have 2 answer choices that are somewhat easy to eliminate and then 1 answer choice that is there to trick you! So you should read and reread each answer choice carefully and check back to the text to make sure you are choosing the correct answer and not the trick answer!
These are maximum amount of points you can receive on the long response question.
What is four?
The word "relevant" best refers to when something is.......
What is important or connected?
Name one short response strategy.
What is break down the question, choose the best evidence, create a word bank or ADDE?
Reading the questions first can help you before reading the text in this way.
What is it helps to figure out what to focus on or what sections to look at?
Your teachers always tell you to "go back and check your work" when you are done. This looks like...
What is making sure you have bubbled one question per each question and checking that your written responses are clear?
If the directions ask you to compare two characters in two texts, this is the minimum amount of evidence you should have.
What is four?
"Which sentence from the article best reveals the author's POINT OF VIEW?" The authors "point of view" means the author's __________
What is perspective or opinion?
The strategy "quick summary" is best used on the state test when we are doing...
What is when annotating a text?