1. EXPLORE TEST
9th Grade Students
Friday, April 18th 2008

2. WHY TAKE THE EXPLORE TEST?
Shows you your academic strengths & weaknesses
Helps you search for careers & learn which ones might be right for you
Helps you choose high school courses that will help prepare you for college & work
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BASIC INFO
Taken by 8th or 9th grade students
Scaled score 1-25
Same company as the PLAN & ACT tests
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BASIC INFO
4 multiple-choice tests in: English, Math, Reading & Science
Collects info about your interests, needs, plans, etc.
Results help you develop a high school coursework plan that prepares you to achieve your post-high school goals
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BASIC INFO
Results will show your scores in each area & a composite score
Will show your scores compared to the scores of others
Will list areas for improvement
Will list suggested occupational areas
Will list required education & high school coursework for suggested careers
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ENGLISH TEST
40 questions in 30 minutes
Tests 2 main areas of English:
Conventions (Usage & Mechanics)
Rhetorical skills
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CONVENTIONS
Punctuation: 6 questions
Internal & end-of-sentence punctuation
Emphasis on punctuation for clarity & appositives
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CONVENTIONS
Grammar & Usage: 8 questions
Subject-verb agreement
Pronoun-antecedent agreement
Modifiers
Verb formation
Pronoun case
Comparative & superlative adjectives & adverbs
Idiomatic usage
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CONVENTIONS
Sentence Structure: 11 questions
Clauses
Placement of modifiers
Shifts in construction
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RHETORICAL SKILLS
Strategy: 5 questions
Choosing expressions appropriate for audience & purpose
Adding, revising, or deleting material
Judging relevancy of statement in context
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RHETORICAL SKILLS
Organization: 5 questions
Choosing opening, transitional, & closing sentences
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RHETORICAL SKILLS
Style: 5 questions
Selecting precise & appropriate words and images
Maintain style & tone
Avoid ambiguous pronoun references, wordiness, & redundancy
When it comes to style, short & clear is usually the best answer!
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13. TIPS FOR THE ENGLISH TEST
Don’t read the entire passage—only the parts that relate to the question
Remember that NO CHANGE is an option, and can be correct sometimes
Choose the answer that sounds best to you
Look at other sentences for context clues
You can mark in the book
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READING TEST
30 questions in 30 minutes
No former knowledge needed
3 passages with 10 multiple choice questions each
Prose Fiction (short stories, novels)
Social Sciences (history, geography, biography, political science, etc.)
Humanities (architecture, art, ethics, film, language, music, philosophy, theater, etc.)
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READING TEST
Tests reading comprehension skills
Determining main idea
Locating & interpreting important details
Order of events
Making comparisons
Cause-effect relationships
Context-dependent words, phrases, statements
Drawing conclusions
Analyzing author’s voice & method
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17. TIPS FOR THE READING TEST
Try to skim the passage quickly and spend most of your time working on the questions
Not all answers will be directly stated; some will be paraphrased
You can mark in the book
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Practice Test Time!
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