Test Taking Strategies Review

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What should you pay attention to in order to understand the main idea of a passage?

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The title

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When you read the text for the first time, what are you looking for?

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Skimming for the gist

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How can you use the technological tools provided to read the text?

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Annotate the text with notes and highlighting

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What is the very FIRST and MOST IMPORTANT thing you should do when looking at the provided answer choices?

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Process of Elimination

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According to the text, what does the keyword "best" suggest when paying attention to keywords?

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More than one answer is partially right, but one is the BEST

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When the text uses the word "suggests," what should you make sure of regarding your answer?

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You will have to make an inference to figure out the answer

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What should you use as hints of the central idea of an article according to the strategy provided? Options: Metaphors and analogies, Subtitles or titles, First and last paragraphs, Author's credentials

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Subtitles or titles

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What should you do to better understand the job of certain lines in the text?

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Go back and reread the lines, section, or skim the text

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What question should you ask yourself to reflect on the role of certain lines in the text?

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What job do these lines have in the text?

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When answering questions about text evidence, what should you do after eliminating choices that are irrelevant?

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Choose the answer that supports the argument in the strongest way.