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Test Rules
Test-Taking Terms
Test-Taking Strategies
Short Response and Essay Writing
100

How many people are allowed out of the room at a time?

What is 1?

100
To find the similarities between two things is to compare; to find the differences between two things is called THIS
What is contrast?
100
You receive this much credit for blank answers.
What is zero points? NEVER LEAVE A QUESTION BLANK!
100
Your short response answers should include this many details from the text.
What is 2-3?
200

What can you do once you finish the test?

Flip and sit in your chair and relax

200
This is the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
What is fiction is fake and nonfiction is real?
200

Use this process to answer multiple choice questions carefully and correctly.

What is RUBIES?

200

You should always use RACE to answer short response questions. The letters in RACE stand for these three words.

Restate Answer Copy Explain

300

What happens if you are talking or distracting others?

You are told to leave the room

300
The qualities that make up a character's personality, including how he or she thinks, acts, feels, and behaves
What are character traits?
300
If you're unsure of an answer about a reading passage, you should ALWAYS do this.
What is LOOK BACK IN THE TEXT!
300

This thing belongs in the introduction of the 4pt. response

Topic Sentence

400

When can you leave your seat?

When Ms. Porta tells you that you can

400
The three main purposes authors have for writing are THESE. (Hint: The first letters of each word spell out PIE)
What are to persuade, to inform, and to entertain?
400
If you're stuck on a question and it's taking a long time to answer it, you should do this.
What is mark it, move on with the test, and return to it after you finish the rest of the test?
400

In this part of the 4 pt, you should use RACCE for each of them 

bullet points

500

Which part of the test can Ms. Porta read for you?

NONE

500

If you are asked to arrange something in chronological order, it means THIS.

What is the order in which is occurs?

500
Use THESE to help you figure out the meaning of any unfamiliar words in a text.
What are context clues?
500

Your punctuation and spelling matter on this type of question

extended 4pt. response