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Reading Selections with Multiple

Choice Questions and ShortWritten Responses

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What Does it Test?

In each OSSLT booklet, there are as many as

four reading selections, featuring 4-8 multiple

choice questions and between 0-2 short

response questions.

The purpose of this section is to test your

reading comprehension.

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Three Types of Reading Responses

1. Information Paragraph - A highly technicaldescription of a topic or issue. It is usually 1-2paragraphs in length.

2. News Report - An description of an event,

answering: Who, What, Where, When, Why andHow? It is usually a page in length.

3. Dialogue - A conversation between two peopleabout a topic. It is usually 1-2 pages in length.

In the end, the task is the same! You must show thatyou understand a piece of writing.

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Three Types of Questions for Reading

Responses

1. Explicit knowledge

- The information is directly from the article

2. Implicit knowledge

- The information must be inferred from the article(you need to read between the lines)

3. Making connections

- The question asks you to connect ideas from the

article/your personal experience together

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Sample Multiple Choice Questions

Taken from the 2009 OSSLT

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B

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B

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How to Approach the Written Response Question

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Sample of a Written Question

Taken from the 2009 OSSLT

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