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Dominate Short Answer and Essay Tests
There’s more to taking a test than knowing the right answer! Test-taking strategies and techniques are important. Let’s see what you’ve learned about short answer and essay test strategies. 1. The life scie nce quiz begins at 10:05 on the dot. Your teacher is allowing 45 minutes for the quiz. What time will it end? _________ 2. Draw the location of the 3. Key words will tell what you will write about. Action words tell how you will write about the key words. Circle the action words and underline the key words in the following essay and short answer prompts: • List three major diplomatic conferences of World War II and name the world leaders who attended. • State five noticeable changes in climate occurring in the past 50 years. • Name the six types of triangles and provide an example of a right triangle • Define “extinction” and identify three species at risk for extinction in the next 25 years. • Summarize the rights of a Roman citizen and compare by class and gender. • Define and discuss two forms of display for data sets. • Illustrate the proper safety procedures for handling an emergency in the science lab. PRODUCT PREVIEW classroom clock hands when there are just five minutes left on the quiz. 4. What can happen if you do not carefully read a question in its entirety, assuming you know what it is asking? _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. What is the purpose of a five-paragraph essay outline? _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________
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