CUTES Strategy
What do we circle in our test questions?
Key words/details
Choose the correct word or phrase:
"She remembered looking at the big, blue space on the map indecating the pacific ocean."
a. indicating
b. endacating
c. endicating
d. correct as is
a. indicating
The message or lesson learned in the story
Theme
Counter
Opposite
True or False: If we can answer a question confidently without reading the text, we should still go back and read the text.
false
What do we underline in our test questions?
What the question is asking
Choose the correct word or phrase:
Study various cultures throughout the world was their mission.
a. studies
b. studying
c. studied
d. correct as is
b. studying
Give three names and descriptions of different types of figurative language.
Options:
Metaphor: a comparison between two things
Simile: a comparison between two things using like or as
Hyperbole: an exaggeration
Repetition: when a word or phrase is repeated over and over for emphasis
Personification: giving non human things human like qualities
Hyper
over/above
good/well
When we think about the question, what are we supposed to ask ourself?
Whether or not we can answer the question without reading the text
Choose the appropriate sentence to be used in the passage for the following sentence:
"The full title and powers of a pharoah were assumed by her."
a. She the full title and powers of a pharoah assumed.
b. She assumed the full title and powers of a pharaoah.
c. Assuming the full title and powers of the pharaoah was done by her.
d. correct as is
b. She assumed the full title and powers of a pharaoah.
Language that describes things in imaginative ways and is not meant to be taken literally
Figurative language
Dict
to speak/speech
self
Two
Read this sentence from Passage 1
"Babe was a great pet and very docile as a general thing but he seemed to have a sense of humor and frequently got into mischief."
The word "docile" comes from the word "to teach." Based on this information, what is the meaning of the word docile as it is used in the sentence?
a. aware
b. ill-suited
c. serious
d. well-behaved
d. well-behaved
Define the following terms: ethos, logos, pathos, kairos
Ethos: appeal to credibility
Pathos: appeal to emotion
Logos: appeal to logic or fact
Kairos: appeal to time
Claim
to state
True or False: You will take the writing exam when you take the reading exam.
False
What does CUTES stand for?
Circle, Underline, Think, Eliminate, Select
Choose the correct punctuation for the following sentence:
"Although she ruled alongside her husband, she is depicted far more often than he is in sculpture and artwork, suggesting that the people considered her the more important ruler.
a. alongside her husband she is depicted
b. alongside her husband-- she is depicted
c. alongside her husband. She is depicted
d. correct as is
d. correct as is
to entertain, inform, or persuade
Struc
to build
What day is the FAST Reading test?
May 2