FSA Format
The number of questions that are typically on the FSA Reading Test.
What is 40-70?
It is the main message or point that a text is trying to get across - and it will definitely be on the FSA.
What is theme or central idea?
This punctuation is typically used to separate independent clauses that cover similar topics.
What is a semi-colon?
Read these first during your exam and you’ll do well...according to Ortiz.
What are the FSA questions?
The number of shipwrecks that are at the ocean floor.
3 million
There are this many sessions of the FSA Reading test.
What are two?
Figuring out why an author writes a particular story or article is key to answering this question type.
What is author’s purpose?
This punctuation is good for many things: lists and linking dependent clauses with independent clauses, to name a few.
What is a colon?
Take your time with this part of the test - if you do it correctly, hopefully you only have to do it once!
What is reading the passage?
The number of minutes the average football player actually plays (actively does something) in a football game.
What is 11 minutes?
This question type might ask you to select 2 correct answers.
What is multi-select?
You wont get these questions right unless you can back yourself up using lines from the text.
What is text evidence?
If a sentence has a conjunction in it (and, but, because), you should use this punctuation to separate clauses.
What is a comma?
The questions are worded poorly, however looking for key words in the question is essential for completing this skill.
What is figuring out what the question is asking?
This company makes all sorts of products; among them, Airpods, iPads and watches.
What is Apple?
The amount of time given for each FSA Session.
What is 90 minutes?
This category (POV, for short) involves you understanding a character or author’s perspective.
What are point of view questions?
Does the following sentence have parallel structure? I like to eat, drive and running.
What is no?
Why are you rushing? You have 180 minutes for the whole test and you should move at this pace.
What is slowly?
It’s getting difficult to buy a computer, Playstation 5 or even a car in 2021 due to this global shortage.
What is the chip/semi-conductor shortage?
Careful! Getting one question wrong could result in getting more incorrect for this reason.
What is the questions can be based on one another?
The test will ask you why and how an author organizes their ideas in this variety of question.
What are structure questions?
In order to help you with general sentence fluency, do this to a sentence to see if it is still clunky.
What is read it out loud?
If you do not have access to breakfast the morning of May 4th or 5th, this is going to be where you want to go.
What is Ortiz’s room?
The class pet that we keep in this room.
What is basil?