High School Test Taking Vocabulary

What does summarize mean?

• To explain the conflict and resolution

• To retell all of the events from the beginning, middle and end of the story

• To tell the most important events in your own words

What does sequence mean?

• The ordering of events or steps from first to last

• The ordering of events or steps from last to first

• Comparing the events in the story

What does prediction mean?

• To explain what happens in a story

• To make a reasonable guess about what might happen next in a story

• To know what happens next in a story

What does conclusion mean?

• A result, outcome, or final inference based on text evidence

• The solution or resolution to the story

• The lesson, moral, or message of a story

What does identify mean?

• to read

• to guess

• to find

What does explain mean?

• To give a reason or provide text evidence to support your answer

• To ask questions about a topic

• To make a reasonable guess about what might happen next

What does preview the text mean?

• To read the text from beginning to end without stopping

• To skim and scan the text in order to locate information that can be used to make predictions and ask questions

• To summarize the most important events

What is a connection?

• To relate what the text says to your experiences, another book you've read, or a world event

• To make a reasonable guess about what might happen in a story

• To use text evidence to support your answer

What does clarify mean?

• To skim and scan a text before reading

• To understand a confusing part of a story or the meaning of an unknown word

• The order of events from first to last

When do good readers ask questions about what they're reading?

• During reading only

• Before, during, and after reading

• Before reading only