Testing Vocabulary
No Way or For Realz
Testing Strategies
Show What You Know
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100

When you are trying to prove something, you need to give evidence. What is one example of evidence? 

Quotes, Numbers or Statistics, Expert Advice

100

Each IAR test will last for 6 hours. No Way or For Realz?

No Way

100

When you get stuck on a question during the test what can you do? 

Flag it, Skip it and Come Back, Answer it Later 

100

You can use these to find the meaning of an unknown word. 

Context Clues 

100

A story about a real person is known as a _______? 

Biography

200

When reading you are trying to find THIS, the overall idea of what the text is about. 

Main idea or Central Idea

200

You should double check your answers during the exam. No Way or For Realz? 

For Realz

200

You should do this with all the answers you know are WRONG. 

Cross them out or Eliminate them 

200

THESE (2 words) help us understand the character. What they say, how they act, what the look like. 

Character Traits 

200

This genre teaches a moral and often includes animals. 

Fables 

300

When you read a story, it is told from a character or author's what? 

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? 

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? 

Analyze or Evaluate 

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? 

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? 

Put them together 

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? 

For Realz? 

500

If a question says "All these answers are true EXCEPT..." what should you do first?

Cross our 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