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MISCELLANEOUS TIPS FOR OGT READING TEST (WRITING PORTION)

 WHAT’S ON THE TEST?
 * 1 long (900-1200 word) literary text passage OR informational text passage
 * 1 medium length (500-900 word) informational text passage
 * 1 medium length (500-900 word) literary text passage
 * 1 short (under 500 word) informational text passage
 * 1 short (under 500 word) literary text passage OR informational text passage
 * All passages have reading process, reading application and vocabulary questions

 EACH TEST WILL HAVE:
 * 4 2-point short answer questions (or more)
 * 2 4-point extended response questions (or more)
 * 32 multiple choice questions (or more)
 * 48 points
 * Also, some field test questions beyond terms listed above

 MISCELLANEOUS:
 * Time allowed is 2 ½ hours
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Students will receive an answer document and a test document
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Put the answer in the right place - #2 in the #2 blank, etc.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Use the test booklet as a tool – underline, circle, write margin notes to plan extended responses
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Every extended response is read by 2 scorers. If their scores match, it is accepted. If they do not match, the test goes to the team leader whose score is counted
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Read EVERYTHING when taking the test. Answers can be in the title, footnotes, head notes, etc.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Paragraphs in the text are numbered for reference

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> TIPS ON VOCABULARY (OBSERVATIONS FROM TEST SCORER)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A graphic is a picture or diagram
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Plausible means possible or believable
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">STORY TEXT AND PASSAGE are the same thing
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Know what IMAGERY is
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Know LITERARY DEVICES
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">CHARACTERIZE means tell what a person is like – be able to give support for answers
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">AUTHOR’S PURPOSE means why was this written