When the author's purpose is to give facts or details.
What is to inform?
100
Words or phrases from the text that may suggest the meaning of an unknown word.
What are context clues?
100
When you are finished writing your answer you should do this to assure that you have answered all parts of the question and that your writing is clear.
What is reread your writing?
100
To take notes and underline while reading.
What is annotation?
100
When answering multiple choice questions, you should use reasoning to ________________ wrong answers.
What is eliminate?
200
Most fictional stories are usually written for this purpose.
What is to entertain?
200
When trying to determine this, we ask ourselves first, "What is the topic?" and then, "What is the author trying to say about this topic?"
What is main idea.
200
The first sentence of each paragraph should tell the readers what the paragraph will be about and is called the ___________________.
What is a topic sentence?
200
First thing you should do when the teacher tells you to begin.
What is flip through the booklet?
200
Questions whose answer is directly in the text.
What is an explicit question?
300
When an author is trying to convince the reader to think or act in a certain way.
What is to persuade?
300
Parts of the text such as headings or captions, that help us to better understand the text.
What are text features?
300
To prove your main idea you need details that are both __________________ to the topic and ________________, not general.
What are relevant and specific details?
300
When you know that the test contains short answers or an essay, always do this before you begin reading the passage.
What is read the questions first?
300
Questions for which you need to use reasoning and inferencing skills.
What are implicit questions?
400
The images an author paints in a reader's mind by using words or phrases that appeal to the five senses.
What is imagery?
400
A view or judgement. Cannot be proven.
What is an opinion?
400
After each detail you should give a sentence or two that explains how your detail supports your main idea. This is called an _____________________.
What is an analysis or explanation?
400
Use knowledge of ____________ to help you identify what you should be thinking about while reading the passage and to anticipate questions.
What is genre?
400
Phrases such as "which detail best shows" or "most likely" tell you that the question is an _________________ question.
What is implicit?
500
Who the author had in mind when writing the text.
What is audience?
500
Something that can be proven with evidence.
What is a fact?
500
When introducing a detail, you should use phrases like "for example" and "in the text it says". These phrases are called _______________________.
What are transitional phrases?
500
When the question is explicit, you should do this.
What is go back to the text?
500
If you find yourself getting anxious during the test, you can........?
What is take a deep breath and remember what your teachers taught you?