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EOC Test Taking TipsEnglish I
Mrs. Janicki
Central Academy of Technology and Arts
Reading the Selection
• Read the passage as if you were not even taking a test
• If you do not understand a passage at first, keep reading
• Look at the big picture:– What is the main idea?– What is the author’s purpose?– What is the theme/message?
Questions
• Read the questions
• Reread the passage
• Underline info that relates to the questions
• Go back to the questions
• Read all answer choices
• Eliminate those that are obviously incorrect
Types of Multiple Choice Questions
• MAIN IDEA
• SIGNIFICANT DETAILS
• VOCABULARY
• CONCLUSION AND INFERENCE
MAIN IDEA
• Main idea MUST relate to ENTIRE passage
• Re-read topic sentences
SIGNIFICANT DETAILS
• Read question, then re-read passage
• Underline the details the question is asking about
• Sometimes the answers are NOT in the exact same words as in the selection
• Pick the answer closest in meaning
VOCABULARY
• Read answer choices and PLUG them into the sentence
• Eliminate answers that don’t make sense
• Sometimes you need to re-read the paragraph
CONCLUSION AND INFERENCE
• Author does not state idea directly
• Consider various parts of passage together (as a whole)
• Answer choice that refers to only one or two details is probably NOT correct
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