Reading - The Basics - Summary Questions

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Tackling Reading Questions

Finding The Important Bits

Writing Your Answer

Writing Your Answer Part 2

Fiction And Non-Fiction

Different Kinds Of Fiction

Different Kinds Of Fiction Part 2

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Question: Smart Kid reckons you shouldn't read the piece of writing first, but you should skip straight to the questions, and take an early lunch break. Is Smart Kid right?
Answer: No, you should skim-read to give a rough idea about what the piece of writing is about.
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Question: Are questions that ask you what's going on: a) easypeasylemonsqueezy, b) horrendous and to be avoided at all costs, or c) starightforward as long as you read the question carefully?
Answer: C.
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Question: How would your answers to these two questions differ? a) What impressions do you get of the giant mongoose? b) How does the writer make you dislike the giant mongoose?
Answer: A. Is asking you about what the giant mongoose thinks and does. B is asking you to talk about the writers choice of words.
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Question: A key word is: a) always the first word in a sentence, b) a word that is important in understanding the meaning of the text, or c) a word that gets you into locked places.
Answer: B.
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Question: You want to go back to a text to look for a key word. Is it a better idea to read back through the text carefully, or just scan it?
Answer: Scan it.
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Question: What does P.E.E. stand for? (No funny business, mind.)
Answer: Point, Evidence, Explanation.
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Question: How can you make it obvious that you're answering the question?
Answer: To be blatant and repeat phrases directly from the question. This shows you've read the question carefully and you're doing your best to answer it.
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Question: Herbert says, "Always start your answers with complicated points." Is he right?
Answer: Sensible ones will often be the right ones, even if they hardly seem worth saying at first.
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Question: Recipies and instruction booklets don't count as pieces of text. True or False?
Answer: False.
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Question: What's the difference between fiction and non-fiction?
Answer: Fiction is made up text. Non-Fiction is writing that isn't made up.
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Question: List three types of non-fiction text.
Answer: Any 3 from: Newspaper and magazine articles, letters, recipies, instruction booklets, educational books or rules.
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Question: Are the following statements fact or opinion? a) Geography is more fun than History. b) Tutankhamun was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. c) Custard is made using egg yolks and either milk or cream. d) Shakespeare is the best English playwright.
Answers: A) Opinion. B) Fact. C) Fact. D) Opinion.
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Question: Myths are based on ancient facts. True or False?
Answer: False, Myths are ancient stories, not facts.
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Question: I'm writing a story about a mission to Jupitar, set in the year 2135. What kind of fiction am I writing?
Answer: Science Fiction
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Card 2

Front

Question: Are questions that ask you what's going on: a) easypeasylemonsqueezy, b) horrendous and to be avoided at all costs, or c) starightforward as long as you read the question carefully?

Back

Answer: C.

Card 3

Front

Question: How would your answers to these two questions differ? a) What impressions do you get of the giant mongoose? b) How does the writer make you dislike the giant mongoose?

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Question: A key word is: a) always the first word in a sentence, b) a word that is important in understanding the meaning of the text, or c) a word that gets you into locked places.

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Question: You want to go back to a text to look for a key word. Is it a better idea to read back through the text carefully, or just scan it?

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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