Test- Taking Vocabulary

If you are asked to describe something, you must ________.

• compare and contrast

• draw a conclusion

• give details about it

• analyze the sources

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

2. The student must decide if an answer choice is the best one.  She  _____ it. 

• eliminates

• evaluates

• justifies

• develops

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

3. When you think about what will happen next in a story, you are making______. 

• descriptions

• identifications

• developments

• predictions

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When you are asked to compare and contrast, you must ________.

•  tell how two things are alike and different

• provide an outline

• find the main idea

• develop a summary

Which one of these is part of a summary?

• Listing all the details

• Telling the main ideas 

• Telling whether it is fact or opinion

• Comparing and contrasting

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

When you infer, you always ________.

• draw a conclusion based on facts

  and prior knowledge

• justify your ideas

• identify the main conflict

• create a summary

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

To find synonyms, you should ________.

• look for words that are near each other in the dictionary

• find the words that have opposite meanings 

• look for words that mean the same thing 

• Look for words that appeal to the 5 senses

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

 If you are asked to describe a character, you will write:

• the setting

• a prediction 

• adjectives

• a list of the characters in the story

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

 Read the question and tell what you would do first to decide the answer. 

The reader can infer from paragraph 4 that the characters Chris and Tim are both

• Compare and contrast what you remember about Chris and Tim

• Reread the story

• Go back to paragraph 4

• Think of a list of verbs and adjectives 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

When asked what the theme of a story is, your answer would include:

• facts about the story

   

• the problems the characters have 

• a lesson characters learn that readers can use

• the main plot of the story (what happens)

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4