CRA Q4 Unit 2 Test Review

What does comparing mean?

• looking at similiarites

• looking at differences

• analyzing

The central idea of a historical text is

• the main idea

• the evidence

One strategy to use when summing up the main or central idea of a historical text is to focus on

• the subheadings

• picking out the important 5 w's

• recording all the important quotations

A primary source quotation is

• any quotation an author uses

• information that is written but never spoken

• the exact words of someone who was actually present for an event

Nonfiction texts tend to be more appealing to our emotions if they include quotations/perspectives of people who were at the event

• True

• False

Images and/or video footage often make a nonfiction text more powerful because

• They help a reader visualize better.

• They provide visible evidence that an event truly occurred.

• They often appeal to a reader's emotions.

• All of these

When taking a multiple choice reading test closely read the text. This means . . .

• re-read the text as many times as needed to find the correct answers

• skim over the text quickly

When taking a multiple choice test . . .

• Read all the answer choices

• Use the process of elimination

• Read the question carefully; reread as much as needed.

• All of these

Sometimes one nonfiction text will include information that another nonfiction text left out.

• True

• False

Inferring means using evidence that is "right there" (explicit) in the text to answer a question or support an answer.

• True

• False