Testing Vocabulary
No Way or For Realz
Testing Strategies
Show What You Know
Random Stuff
St. Patrick
100
When you are trying to prove something, you need to give evidence. What is one example of evidence?
A. The Title and back page
B. Quotes, Numbers/Statistics, and Expert Advice
C. My own words
D. Answers A & C
A. Quotes, Numbers/Statistics, and Expert Advice
100
Each IAR test will last for 6 hours. No Way or For Realz?
A. No Way
B. For Realz
A. No Way
100
When you get stuck on a question during the test (IAR) what can you do?
A. Flag it, Skip it and Come Back, Answer it Later
B. Skip it and not answer it
C. Wait until the time runs out
D. Ask a teacher
A. Flag it, Skip it and Come Back, Answer it Later
100
You can use these to find the meaning of an unknown word during a test or reading a passage.
A. Glossary or dictionary
B. Google
C. Context Clues
D. Summary
C. Context Clues
100
A story about a real person is known as a _______?
A. Bibliography
B. Non Fiction
C. Historical
D. Biography
D. Biography
100
Of which country is Saint Patrick the patron saint?
Ireland
200
When reading you are trying to find THIS, the overall idea of what the text is about.
A. Theme
B. Main Idea
C. Conclusion
D. Key Details
B. Main idea
Also known as, Central Idea
200
You should double check your answers during the exam. No Way or For Realz?
A. No way
B. For realz
B. For realz
Always double check but never doubt!
200
You should do this with all the answers you know are WRONG.
A. Choose them
B. Nothing
C. Cross them out
D. Use them to help me with the next question
C. Cross them out
It is easier to choose between 2 things, rather than 4 or more.
200
THESE (2 words) help us understand the character. What they say, how they act, what the look like.
A. Main - Idea
B. Context - Clues
C. Main - Character
D. Character - Traits
D. Character Traits
200
This genre teaches a moral and often includes animals.
A. Non-Fiction
B. Fables
C. Historical Fiction
D. Realistic Fiction
B. Fables
200
According to Irish lore, what animal did St. Patrick drive out of Ireland?
A. Pigs
B. Snakes
C. Frogs
D. Mice
B. Snakes
300
When you read a story, it is told from a character or author's what?
A. First person
B. Second and third person
C. Point of View
D. Biography
C. Point of View
300
You can use the tone of the story or mood of the character to determine an unknown word. No Way or For Realz?
A. No way
B. For Realz
B. For Realz
300
Before reading the text, you may want to do this FIRST.
Read the question you need to answer
300
Where the story takes place is called what?
Setting
300
If you look deeply at a text and study the events or parts you are doing what?
A. Observing
B. Analyzing
C. Summarizing
D. Realizing
B. Analyze
Also means to Evaluate
300
What are the odds of finding a "lucky" four-leaf clover?
A. 1 in 100
B. 1 in 1000
C. 1 in 10,000
D. 1 in 100,000
C. 1 in 10,000
400
Many FICTION stories will teach THIS to a reader through the character's actions or words.
Moral, Theme or Lesson
400
NEVER go back and reread during the IAR test. No Way or For Realz?
A. No way
B. For Realz
A. No Way
400
When answering a question you should go back and find THIS to prove your answer.
Evidence
400
These "scenes" or "parts" form a story. From 1 page to 100 pages every story has a ______?
Plot
400
When you synthesize between two texts you take the parts and do what with them?
A. Compare them
B. Put them together
C. Cross them out
D. Summarize them
B. Put them together
400
How do leprechauns earn their gold?
A. Stealing
B. Selling potatoes
C. They just do
D. Making and mending shoes
D. Making and mending shoes
500
After reading you use your own words and the details from the text to create THIS.
Summary
500
Rereading the question at least twice is a smart plan. No Way or For Realz?
A. No way
B. For realz
B. For Realz
500
If a question says "All these answers are true EXCEPT..." what should you do first?
A. Cross out the TRUE answers first.
B. Cross out the FALSE answers first.
A. Cross out the TRUE answers first.
500
If you are asked to look at the similarities of two things what are you doing?
Comparing
500
Name TWO NONFICTION Notice & Note Signposts!
Number/Stats , Contrast/Contradictions, Quoted Words, Word Gaps, Absolute or Extreme Language
500
What American city has dyed its river green every St. Patrick's Day since 1962?
CHICAGO!