Strategies

Before choosing your "final answer" on any multiple choice test, how many answer choices should you look at?

• I can stop when I find one that could be right

• It depends on the question

• Only the longest answer - it's always right

• Always read all answer choices

If you come across a really hard question, what should you do?

• Spend up to 30 minutes on that question right then - it doesn't matter if you end up not finishing the test

• Use process of elimination to narrow down answers

• Skip it and come back later (making sure to skip that number on your answer document)

• Use dictionaries, context, and other strategies and tools

If you have answered a question using testing strategies and the tools you've been taught, it is better *not* to second-guess yourself and change your answer.

• True

• False

Choose which of these are good strategies or tools for the STAAR test

• use a dictionary if you aren't sure what a word means

• go back in the story to find proof of your answer

• use context from the story to help with word meaning

• take your time

If you had to guess at an answer, it is a good idea to go back when you finish the test and look at the question again.

• True

• False

What is the primary rhetorical appeal in this ad?

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Logos

• None of these

Which reading strategy would include painting a picture in your mind as you read?

• asking questions

• inferencing

• determining importance

• visualizing

Which of the following is a strategy for improving vocabulary?

• Reading extensively

• Ignoring unfamiliar words

• Using only a dictionary

• Avoiding complex texts

What is a common strategy for understanding complex sentences?

• Reading quickly

• Breaking the sentence into parts

• Ignoring the sentence

• Memorizing the sentence

Which strategy is most effective for improving reading comprehension?

• Skimming the text

• Reading the text multiple times

• Ignoring difficult passages

• Reading only the introduction and conclusion