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Reading Strategies Flashcards

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At the passage, …

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Extract what you can from the pre-passage blurb; what can you already conclude from the title, date, etc.

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While reading, …

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Think about what is literally happening.

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While reading/after reading, …

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Think about why is the author telling me all this? (Purpose)

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4
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At questions, …

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UNDERLINE/REWRITE WHAT IT WANTS YOU TO DO! (find ___)

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5
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At questions(1), …

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Read in windows of text: 1 sentence before, 2 sentences after.

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At questions(2), …

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Find the answer in the text window and choose an answer based on what you found.

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Remember:

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Come back to interpret IMPORTANT details. Don’t try to pick them up while you read.

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Remember(1):

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Read the passage first!

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Remember(2):

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Note what the passage and each paragraph are mostly about(main idea).

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Remember(3):

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The answer to inference questions MUST BE TRUE BASED ON TEXT

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Remember(4):

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Note later what the author sounds like and their organization of the passage

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Remember(5):

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It is not meant for you to go(infer) too far beyond the passage

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Notice:

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What is part and not part of the passage

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14
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Notice(1):

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What the topic is (usually 3 words)

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15
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Remember(6):

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Most likely agree=must be true based on text.

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16
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Know what you’re getting into-Prose Fiction:

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Excerpts from short stories or novels (NO POETRY YAY)

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Know what you’re getting into-Social Science:

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Archaeology, biography, history, political science, economics, psychology, education, geography.

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Know what you’re getting into-Humanities:

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Art, dance, literature, film, personal essays, music, television, theatre, radio, philosophy, memoir

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Know what you’re getting into-Natural Science:

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Anatomy, astronomy, biology, chemistry, natural history, meteorology, medicine, zoology

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20
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Passage number/type:

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4 (passages. each with a different type)

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21
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Know what you’re getting into-Questions per passage:

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10

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22
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Know what you’re getting into-Time limit:

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35 minutes total

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23
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Know what you’re getting into-Time per passage:

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Less than 8 minutes per passage

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Prose Fiction:

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Pay attention to the storyline (narrative/chain of events)

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25
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Prose Fiction(1):

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Pay attention to how characters are revealed through dialogue.

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26
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Prose Fiction(2):

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Pay attention to the relationships of characters.

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27
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Prose Fiction(3):

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Pay attention to the mood (what it makes you feel) and tone (how the author sounds).

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28
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Social Science:

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Pay attention to what name goes with which concept.

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29
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Social Science(1):

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Pay attention to who thinks what (therefore).

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30
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Social Science(2):

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Pay attention to cause and effect relationships (spot transitions)

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Social Science(3):

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Pay attention to comparisons(theory vs theory)

32
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Social Science(4):

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Pay attention to the sequence of events(transitions, dates)

33
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Humanities:

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Pay attention to the author’s POV(what they think/bias)

34
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Humanities(1):

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Pay attention to relationships between events, ideas, people, trends, thoughts(always different).

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Humanities(2):

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Pay attention to the author’s feelings and perspective if it is a memoir(always questions on this).

36
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Natural Science:

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Pay attention to relationships between natural phenomena (occurrences)

37
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Natural Science(1):

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Pay attention to cause-effect relationships

38
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Natural Science(2):

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Pay attention to comparisons(theory vs theory)

39
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Natural Science(3):

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Pay attention to the sequence of events

40
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Natural Science(4):

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Pay attention to specific laws, rules, definitions, and theories.

41
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Remember(7):

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If you can’t figure it out, move on. STARING AT IT UNTIL YOU “GET IT” WILL NOT HELP!

42
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What to do:

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Look for context clues of what would make sense.

43
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What to do(1):

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Watch out for and eliminate obvious wrong answers with common sense.

44
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Detail questions:

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Identify and interpret(some NOT and EXCEPT)

45
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Detail questions(1):

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Find answer in text where you remember it.

46
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Remember(8):

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Almost right=all the way wrong.

47
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Remember(9):

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Ignore technical/big words

48
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At the passage(2),

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Do intelligent skimming=Find what each paragraph is mostly about, then passage

49
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Watch out!

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Be careful of answer choices that are opposite of what was said/reversed terms.
B caused A instead of A caused B.

50
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Watch out! (1)

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Be careful of extreme answer choices: never, always, all

51
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Watch out! (2)

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Be careful of answers not mentioned in passage (obviously wrong but still)

52
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Watch out! (3)

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Be careful of answer choices found in another part of passage not relevant to the question.

53
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Watch out! (4) DA BIG ONE

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BE CAREFUL!!! Look out for “rotten spot” answer choices. These seem all good initially, but have words or phrases at the end that make it wrong. Read the whole answer. You don’t want to pick the shiny apple and get down to a mushy, rotten spot at the end.

54
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Remember to:

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Be literal in answering questions. Don’t think too deep.

55
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Remember to(1):

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Simplify question into a basic statement-find ___.

56
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Remember(10):

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According to/Based on the passage= answer is in passage.

57
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Remember to(2):

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Keep reading in text window until passage shifts to something different.

58
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Words in text:

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Read around word to see what answer would best substitute.

59
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Comparing:

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Go to the relevant part.

60
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Remember!

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IGNORE EXTRA INFO!

61
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Time Limit

62
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How many questions?

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40 questions

63
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How many questions per passage?

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10 questions.

64
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How much time per passage(reading and questions)?

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8 min per passage. At each 8 min, you should have 7 or more questions done.

65
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Main Idea:

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Review first and last sentence of each paragraph; skim details. This is usually the most important info.

66
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Main Idea(1):

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Paraphrase what the passage is mostly about

67
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Author’s Voice:

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Determine main idea first

68
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Author’s Voice(1):

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Apply and determine tone/opinion of author/narrator(word choice)

69
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Author’s Voice(2):

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Be careful of extremes. Blander the better

70
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Author’s Voice(3):

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Have justification of what answer is correct. Go back to text.

71
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Words in Context:

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Blank word in question and fill in your answer.

72
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Words in Context(1):

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Match our answer to answer choice.

73
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Words in Context(2):

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Connect back to text to prove it.

74
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REMEMBER!!!!

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THIS IS NOT AN ASSIGNMENT FROM SCHOOL. SCRATCH ALL OLD READING TACTICS FOR THIS MOMENT.

75
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Remember(11):

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Choose your order of passages based on which ones you do the best on.

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