21st Century Study Skills Flashcard Chapters 20-23

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In a short answer or essay test question, what is an action word?

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tells how to answer, used for deeper analysis, words such as "analyze" and "evaluate"

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What is the stem of a multiple choice question?

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the question

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What is the obvjious distractor of this multiple choice question? Martha Washington was: George Washington's wife, the first president's wife, cleaned the house, picking apples at Mount Vernon

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cleaned the house

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By using a process of elimination to find the answer in the previous question about Martha Washington, you eliminated the answer because

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it was not grammatically correct

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Anticipating questions and choices your teacher might include on a multiple choice test is a good way to study. When you do this include: wrong, better & best choices, choices with processes & steps, choices with chronology of events.

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all of the above

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On a multiple choice test, when deciding between 2 choices which both seem correct, eliminate the choice that:
- grammatically agrees with the stem
- is true only under certain narrow conditions
- needs additional facts read into it to make it work

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both b and c

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How can voice intonation be used effectively in an oral presentation?

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can emphasize a point or transition

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How can the speaker's facial expression add to their message in a speech?

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Can "draw in" the audience

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In an oral presentation, what are cue cards used for?

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as a reference for main points

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When an action word tells you to analyze a key word, concept or idea, what should you do?

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examine in detail