Question types Flashcards
What are the types of questions?
Global detail scattered detail inference assumption incorporation application tone
WhaT are global questions?
authors central thesis
authors primary purpose
How do you answer global questions?
Find the authors
topic, scope and purpose
What are detail questions?
what was stated in the passage
it will start as stated in the passage or according to
how do yo answer detail questions?
the answer will be in the passage
What are scattered detail questions?
determining the odd man out
starts with; except, everything except or everything but
these are time consuming
What are evaluation questions?
Why does the author refer to a certain subject
How do you answer evaluation questions?
logic questions: how the author built the argument
argument = what the author believes (conclusion) + why he believes it (evidence)
What are inference questions?
Statement that must be true based on the text.
Unstated conclusion based on the evidence
How do you answer inference questions?
it must be true if the evidence is true
look for he evidence
What are assumption questions?
evidence that is not stated but based on the evidence must be true
how are assumption answered
look for answers that stay within the evidence and conclusion
What are incorporation questions ?
ask you ti identify what strengthen to weaken an argument
How do you answer incorporation questions?
find the conclusion and decide if the answer makes the conclusion stronger
What are application questions?
They are hypothetical informations brought to bear on the situation.
