Test 1 Review (Context Clues, Annotating, Inferencing)

What is the best definition of annotation?

• Reading aloud

• Highlighting important information in a text

• Writing a summary a text

• Making notes or comments directly on a text

What is a good question to ask yourself when making an inference?

• What does this word mean?

• What did the author state directly?

• What might the author be suggesting?

• What is the title of this text?

Why is annotating a text helpful?

• It makes the text longer

• It helps you remember key points and better understand the text

• It replaces reading the text

• It makes the text harder to understand

Which of the following is NOT a good strategy for annotation?

• Underlining or highlighting key words

• Writing questions in the margins

• Ignoring difficult words

• Summarizing paragraphs in your own words

How can you use context clues to understand the word "gregarious" in the sentence:

"The gregarious student loved talking to everyone in the class."

• By looking at the word "student"

• By noticing that the student loved talking to everyone

• By focusing on the word "class"

• By ignoring the rest of the sentence

A question or comment that you put on a text

• Annotation

• Tracking

• Comprehension

• Analyze

What does it mean to annotate?

• highlight every single word

• leave paper blank

• write summarizing key words for paragraphs

• spray with bug spray

True or False: Inferring is the same as directly stating information from the text.

• True

• False

Which of the following best describes the strategy of summarizing?

• Rewriting the entire text

• Retelling the main points in your own words using the 5Ws

• Writing down everything the author says

• Guessing what might happen next

Which of the following is NOT the best way to make an inference?

• Using evidence from the text

• Relying on what the author directly states

• Using your own background knowledge

• Combining text evidence with what you know