Literacy Skills
Literacy Terms
Knowing Your Test
Strategies
Vocabulary
100
This is a literacy skill when you use the context of a sentence or a story to figure out the meaning of a word
What is context clues
100
This term means what a passage, paragraph, story, movie, or book is mostly or mainly about
What is main idea
100
This is the name for the exam you will be taking next week Monday that tests adult basic education
What is TABE test or exam
100
The strategy used to eliminate answer choices that are wrong and picking the best answer from the remaining answer choices
What is Process of Elimination
100
The word "famished" as used in this sentence...I am so famished because I did not eat breakfast, lunch, nor dinner...means this
What is hungry
200
This is the name of a literacy skill when you find out the similarities and or differences between two things
What is compare and contrast
200
This term in Literacy proves, gives evidence or supports the main idea
What is details or supporting details
200
This is how many questions there will be on your reading test taken next week Monday
What is 50 questions
200
You should do this if you still do not know an answer after using the strategy of eliminating choices
What is skip
200
The word "restricted" as used in this sentence...You are restricted from eating food in this library because uneaten foods attract mice"...means this
What is not allowed or forbidded
300
This is the name of the skill in literacy that shows a relationship between an event happening and results or consequences of the event happening
What is cause and effect
300
"I am high as a kite" is an example of this literacy term
What is a simile
300
You can use this only on the "Applied" section of your math test that you will be taking next week Monday September 14
What is a calculator
300
If you read the questions of a passage before reading the passage, you should be prepared to read the passage like this
What is a little faster, faster, or quicker (skim)
300
The word "excessive" as used in this sentence...The excessive eating of junk food caused the boy to have a stomach ache" means this
What is a lot, too much, a large amount
400
These pair of skills in literacy is the name of statements that can be proven to be true or false and the other one is someone's ideas, feelings, or thoughts
What is fact and opinion
400
"I'm a snail when coming into work after a three day weekend holiday" is an example of what literacy term
What is metaphor
400
This is the number of total parts of the test you'll be taking next week Monday
What is 3
400
If you read the passage first then the questions, be prepared to read the passage slower for this so you can understand the passage better
What is comprehension
400
The word "rumpled" as used in this sentence...We ironed the rumpled clothes so that they would look presentable for the garage sale"...means this
What is wrinkled
500
This is the name of the skill as to why an author writes
What is author's purpose
500
"The stone fell kerplunk into the pond" is a sentence that shows an example of this literacy term where words sound like the actual sounds they name
What is onomatopoeia
500
You need to earn a grade level of this or above to move on to an adult GED program
What is 8th grade
500
Base all your answers on this so you can go back in to it and prove your answer
What is evidence from the passage or story
500
The word "advent" as used in this sentence...The advent of color television in the mid 20th century made programs come to life"...means this
What is creation, invention or advancement