Deck 2: The Reading Process

Question 1

The approaches to prereading are,

A) Skim, Write, Link
B) Scan, Skip, Link
C) Skim, Scan, Size
D) Skim, Scan, Link

Answer 1

Skim, Scan, Link

Question 2

In prereading, you should skim all _____; these include such things as titles; chapter previews and summaries; headings and subheadings; analytical questions; text boxes; and any print that is highlighted, boldfaced, or italicized.

A) footnotes
B) signposts
C) charts and graphs
D) bulleted lists

Answer 2

signposts

Question 3

Writing is different from speaking orally because

A) We use more examples to support our point of view when we speak.
B) We use more examples to support our point of view when we write.
C) We speak and write using the same level of examples and evidence
D) We speak at a more sophisticated level when we speak.

Answer 3

We use more examples to support our point of view when we write.

Question 4

By _____, you form pictures and images in your mind based on what you are reading.

A) previewing
B) agreeing
C) describing
D) visualizing

Question 5

Key topics in essays are developed through

A) Examples
B) Explanations
C) Details
D) All of the above

Question 6

Which sentence in a paragraph contains the topic sentence?

A) Last
B) Second
C) First
D) Anywhere

Question 7

When readers _____ a text, they underline or highlight important points and then write marginal notes to record their reactions to the material.

A) document
B) exemplify
C) annotate
D) analyze

Question 8

You can recognize key topics in writing by locating

A) Verbs
B) Proper nouns
C) Adjectives
D) Adverbs

Question 9

Proper nouns are,

A) The action taking place
B) The word that describes the action taking place
C) People, places and things
D) The first word in the sentence

Question 10

When writing a paraphrase you should

A) Copy the text in the author's original words.
B) Re-arrange the text into your own words.
C) Re-arrange the order of the sentences in the author's original words.
D) Write a very short synopsis of the text.

Question 11

We read to understand why writers write.

Question 12

Critical reading includes such activities as learning concepts, showing how they interrelate, memorizing facts and examples, and evaluating ideas and issues.

Question 13

The reading process has three steps: prereading, reading, and postreading.

Question 14

Prereading involves refining and retaining ideas that you have already read; postreading involves preparing to understand what you are about to read.

Question 15

Facts provide evidence for the reader to support the authors point of view.

Question 16

Paraphrasing and summarizing are the same thing.

Question 17

Both paraphrasing and summarizing involve putting the text's ideas into your own words.

Question 18

A summary is longer than a paraphrase.

Question 19

If you do the reading step well, it is not necessary to complete the postreading step.

Question 20

Repeated material is not important.

Question 21

When reading it is important to understand words in context.

Question 22

A useful way to review what you have read is to quiz yourself on the material as if your instructor were asking you questions.

Question 23

When skimming a chapter, you should try to find connections to its information, either by linking that material to something you already know, or by discovering ways in which that material may be useful to you in the future.

Question 24

When scanning the body paragraphs of a reading you should focus on the first sentence and the last sentence of the paragraph.

Question 25

Readers who interact with a text ask questions, anticipate the author's next point, agree or disagree with the ideas, and link new information to their established knowledge.

Question 26

When reading, you should take time to react to the information in the text; in other words, you should ask questions about it and decide whether you agree or disagree with it.

Question 27

If you link new ideas to previous knowledge through associations and comparisons, you help yourself understand and remember.

Question 28

Both thesis sentences and topic sentences convey the main idea of a piece of writing. The thesis sentence contains the main idea of an essay, and the topic sentence contains the main idea of a paragraph.

Question 29

The thesis statement of an essay is usually in the opening paragraph.

Question 30

When reading, you should focus on the most important examples and details; you should not let yourself be distracted by the less important ones.

Question 31

When reading, you should not use a pencil or highlighter because extra markings within the text will become too distracting.

Question 32

When reading actively, you should highlight and underline as much as possible.

Question 33

Creating an informal outline for a text can help you remember the most important points of that text.

Question 34

Recognizing patterns of development is not one of the strategies for focusing your reading.