Online Tools
Question Types
Reading the Passage
Question Strategies
Testing Language
100

The tool used to look up the definition of words

What is the dictionary?

100

The question type that has at least four different options to choose from.

What is multiple choice?

100

The number of times you should read a text.

What is twice?
100

Key or important words found in the question

What is "Highlight/Circling/Underlining key words?"

100

The definition of the word support.

What is "assist or help the answer with evidence and reasoning?"

200

The tool used to make the text bigger on the screen. 

What is Zoom?

200

The question type that has two or more correct answers.

What is Multiselect?

200

The type of story you're reading.

What is "Genre?"

200

The question or questions that you did not answer.

What is "Go back and answer all flagged questions?"

200

The definition of the word suggest.

What is "show consideration or possibility?" 

300

The tool used to take notes or post reminders in the text.

What is Notepad or Sticky Notes?

300

The question type that requires you to type an one-worded answer

What is Text Entry?

300

Sentences from the text that support answers. 

What is "Text Evidence?"

300

Before reading the passage.

What is "Read the questions first?"

300

The definition of the word inference.

What is "A conclusion or guess made using background knowledge and evidence from the text?"

400
The tool used to notify you of a question or questions you skipped.

What is Flag for Review?

400

The question type that you type a three to five sentence answer using text evidence and reasoning. 

What is Short Constructed Response?
400

Reading in small sections to better understand the text.

What is "Chunking the Text?"

400
Eliminating answers choices one at a time.

What is "Process of Elimination?"

400

The definition of the word conveys.

What is "Make an idea or feeling understandable to someone?" 

500

The tool used to highlight one line at a time while reading the text.

What is Line Reader?

500

The question type that requires a multi-paragraph answer using text evidence and reasoning.

What is an Extended Constructed Response?

500

Understanding why the author wrote the passage.

What is "Author's Purpose?"

500
How you should approach each question

What is "Critically or Carefully?"

500

The definition of the term controlling idea.

What is "A sentence that states what the entire passage is about?"

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