Test Taking Vocabulary - AIR

Test Taking Vocabulary

By Rachel Birt

Multiple Choice

What does summarize mean?

• To explain the problem and solution

• To tell all of the most important events from the beginning, middle and end of the story

• To tell the most important events in your own words; include character(s), setting, and the main idea

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What does sequence mean?

• The ordering of events or steps from first to last

• The ordering of events or steps from last to first

• Comparing the events in the story

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What does prediction mean?

• To explain what happens in a story

• To make a reasonable guess about what might happen next in a story

• To know what happens next in a story

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What does conclusion mean?

• A result, outcome, or final inference based on text evidence

• The solution or resolution to the story

• The lesson, moral, or message of a story

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When do good readers ask questions about what they're reading?

• During reading only

• Before, during, and after reading

• Before reading only

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Which is an example of a question?

• There are eight phases of the moon.

• The moon was beautiful last night!

• What does each phase of the moon look like?

Multiple Select

How do good readers answer questions about what they've read? Choose two.

• Good readers go back and reread to find the answer.

• Good readers use text evidence to support the answer.

• Good readers guess the answers to the questions.

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What does locate information mean?

• To summarize the details in a paragraph

• To add new details to a sentence or paragraph

• To find the sentence or paragraph that contains the facts or details the reader is looking for

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What is evidence?

• The part of the text used to support your answer

• The theme of the story

• The most important event in a text

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A complete thought ending with a period, question mark, or exclamation mark

• a sentence

• a paragraph

• a line

• a stanza

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Four or more sentences focused on one topic

• stanza

• line

• paragraph

• sentence

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A group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem

• paragraph

• stanza

• sentence

• line

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A single line of text in a poem

• sentence

• line

• stanza

• paragraph