Test Taking Strategies

If your question tells you to CONTRAST it means

• The difference

• A reason

• Give details

• Outline

If your question tells you to PREDICT it means

• Break into parts

• Provide evidence, back it up

• What happens next

• Context clues

If your question tells you to EXPLAIN it means

• Give Details

• Give enough details to teach it

• Thing

• What happens next

If your question tells you to SUPPORT it means

• At the beginning of the story

• A reason

• The difference

• Provide evidence, back it up

If your question tells you to ANALYZE it means

• Break into parts

• Read the question and all possible answer choices

• The difference

• A reason

Where and when answers can be found...

• At the end of the story

• At the beginning of the story

• Give enough details to teach it

• Person

If your question tells you to COMPARE it means

• Context clues

• Provide evidence, back it up

• The same

• Tell how something is done

If your question tells you to INFER it means

• The same

• In the middle of the story

• A reason

• Refer between the lines

If your question tells you to SUMMARIZE it means

• Give the main idea, and supporting information from the beginning, middle, and end

• Person

• Create

• Provide evidence, back it up

If your question tells you to DESCRIBE it means

• Place

• Give details

• A number

• Give enough details to teach it