Reading Standardized Test Prep

If a question asks you to give explicit details from the test, what does that mean?

• make an inference

• use context clues to determine word meaning

• identify the point of view

• quote evidence from the text

Which of the following best describes a summary (as most likely found on a standardized test) ?

• a sentence that states what the text is mainly about

• a sentence that gives all the details about a passage

• a sentence that states a random fact from the passage that the reader will find interesting

• a sentence that concludes the entire passage

If you are unsure of the answer to a question on the test, what should you do? Choose all of the answers that apply.

• make a random guess

• look back in the text for clues

• mark out the answer choices that don't make sense

• don't mark an answer choice at all

Which of the following is NOT a strategy that you should use to determine the meaning of a word that you don't know?

• break the word apart (use word mapping)

• try substitution

• look for evidence in the text (context clues)

• make an inference

• draw a picture of the word

What is the term for making a conclusion using background knowledge and evidence from the text?

• main idea

• inference

• figurative language

• text structure

If a question asks me to choose the quotation that SUPPORTS an inference..... what does support mean?

• back up or prove the inference

• guess the inference

• quote the inference

• summarize the inference

What is a QUOTATION? Choose all that apply.

• the author's exact words as stated in the text

• an inference about what the author meant

• details from the text that should be punctuated with quotation marks around them

• figurative language

What is a definition for main idea?

• what specific words or phrases in the text mean

• what the author wants the reader to infer from the text

• what the text is mainly about

• what the author wants the reader to learn from the text

Which of the following is true concerning a THEME? Choose all that apply.

• a moral, message, or lesson that the author wants the reader to learn from the text

• the main idea of the text that the author wants the reader to understand

• the feelings and emotions of the narrator

• can be stated directly in the text or may have to be inferred by the reader

What is the primary purpose of a reading comprehension passage in a standardized test?

• To entertain the reader

• To test the reader's understanding of the text

• To provide detailed information about a topic

• To confuse the reader