True or False, will writing on the test booklet be graded? Where should you write your final answers?
What is NO. Writing on the test booklet will NOT be graded. You must write or copy ALL FINAL ANSWERS into the ANSWER BOOK.
100
Write on the OGT test question booklet.
What is you MAY do this. It is a GOOD idea!!! Mark up your test booklets with underlining, circling, highlighting, bullet points of your answers etc.
100
Trace
What is To describe a path or sequence (e.g., to explain the chronology of
events).
100
Evaluate
What is to determine the value or worth of something.
100
Circle the OGT Performance Verb
and
Underline the key words and phrases--important nouns and verbs.
What is the first thing you do when you see an OGT Short Answer or Extended Response question.
and
What is the second thing you do when you get an OGT Short Answer or Extended Response question on the test. Helps you know WHAT the question is asking you.
200
On the Reading OGT, which should you read first,
a) the text passage
b) the questions?
What is B. You should read the QUESTIONS on the READING test FIRST. Then look back in the text to find the answer.
200
Identify
What is to name something or tell what something is.
200
Describe
What is to give characteristics of something, including ideas or events. A description can also tell how something changes over time.
200
Answer Box
What is a grid you draw to outline in bullet points the main ideas (key points) you will included in your written answer.
300
OGT Performance Verb
What is What is an action verb that tells you what you must do with the information in order to answer the question correctly.
300
Compare
What is to identify similarities and differences of two or more things.
300
Predict
What is to use what is known to make a statement about what will happen in the future.
300
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What is the number of points a Short Answer Question is worth on the OGT. Answer must include a minimum of two sentences.
And
What is the number of points an Extended Response Question is worth on the OGT. Your answer must contain a minimum of 4 sentences.
400
What should you do when you get to a test question you don't know the answer to?
a) write down your best guess
b) skip it
What is A write down your best guess. You might be able to earn partial credit.
400
Summarize
What is to restate information in a shorter form by stating only what is most important, in your own words.
400
Support
What is to give facts, examples, and other evidence to back a conclusion, argument, or point of view.
400
Infer
What is To extend information beyond what is directly stated (e.g., extracting
data and drawing conclusions from information on a graph).
500
Analyze
What is to think about the parts of something to figure out what it is like as a whole.
500
Explain
What is to make clear or give the reasons for something. To explain how something happens; tell the way in which it occurs. To explain why something happens; give the reasons why it occurs.
500
Formulate
To express a thought of an idea based on the review of information
(e.g., coming up with a category to organize what seems to be objects
or events that are not alike).