Test Taking Tips + "Harriet Beecher" Info. Text Review

English 1

Multiple Choice
Tips + Tricks

Before you start, label the genres throughout the test and which questions
go to each!

Always remember:

•You do not have to take the test in order.

•If this helps you, flip through and do the passages that you are better at.

•For example, if you know that poems are hard for you, skip the poem

section so that you aren't wasting time.

•If you know that you are better at informational, go find those first.

Strongest Genre First!

Read the questions before the text!

Reading the questions first

can help you comprehend

what you are reading.

Annotating is when the reader adds notes and explanations to parts of the text.

Always remember:

•Some of you can read an entire passage and not know what you read.

•If you face this problem, you need to STOP after every couple paragraphs
and think about what you are reading.

•You can also make notes of what you read as you go, called annotations.

•This will force your brain to stop and understand before moving on,
rather than wasting time reading things multiple times.

Annotating

The word AND signals that
these words are similar. If you
know at least one of the
words, the other word has a
similar meaning.

Answer Choice
with Unknown Words

EXAMPLE:

What can be used to describe
your English Teacher?

A. Zestful and Lively
B. Melancholic and Gloomy
C. Vexed and Irritable

Choose 2 Questions

•Make sure that if the question says to select 2 answers
that you are doing so.

•If you only put one, even if it was one of the answers, it
will be wrong.

•If you choose one correct and one incorrect answer, it
is also wrong.

In English 1, you will have a time limit on your test.

•If you are running out of time, choose ONE ANSWER and put that
answer for all of your guesses. (EX: C,C,C,C.)

•This will give you a greater chance of getting some of them correct.

•Pay attention to your time. Do not take too long on one question or
one passage. MOVE ON.

•If you skip a question, mark it on your answer sheet so that you can
come back to it.

Timing

Multiple Choice

Which phrase from the passage provides context for the meaning munificent as it is used in paragraph 2?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Which quotation from paragraph 5 is figurative language showing Harriet Beecher Stowe's love of reading?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Which is a central idea of the passage?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Which quotation from the passage supported the central idea chosen in Part A?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Select

Select TWO quotations from the passage that support the idea that the author admires Harriet Beecher Stowe and her family.

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Multiple Choice

How does the structure of paragraph 5 relate to the central idea in the passage?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Why does the author include the connection between anti-slavery actions and their consequences in paragraph 8?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the figurative language?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Which quotation from the passage represents a claim made by the author?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

What advantage does the primary source offer readers with regard to the topic of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel?

• A

• B

• C

• D