5. Paragraph Comprehension

Question 1

Paragraph comprehension can save you a lot of push-ups.

True or False

Answer 1

TRUE

Question 2

What are the four forms of the ASVAB paragraph comprehension questions?

Answer 2

1. Finding specific information.
2. Recognizing the main idea.
3. Determining word meaning in context.
4. Drawing an implication from a stated idea.

Question 3

The information that a question asks about is not directly stated in the question, but you can infer th3e information from the text.

True or False

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What are the questions that you need to ask yourself when reading a paragraph?

Answer 4

1. What is the main idea and the subpoints?
2. What are the question that you are going to answer?
3. What are the implications of the question?

Question 5

How can you keep track of the passages that you had read?

Answer 5

1. Paraphrase the passage and encode it. If your passage is similar to the following, then you are right on the track.

Question 6

How to make your paragraph comprehension on fire?

Answer 6

START READING!