Reading Comprehension Flashcards
Anatomy of an RC question
-1-2 passages, 50-60 lines total
-Question stem
-Answer choices
What does a Main Point question answer?
Central idea
What does a Recognition question answer?
Select info explicitly stated or not stated in the passage.
What does a Clarifying question answer?
Demonstrate understanding of the use of a word or choose answer w/ equivalent meaning.
What does a Purpose of Reference question answer?
Why did the author include _______
What does a Organizing Information question answer?
How the structure of the passage works
What does an Inferences About Views question answer?
Would ____ agree or disagree on ______
What does an Inferences about Information question answer?
What does the fact suggest?
What does an Inferences about Attitudes question answer?
What ______’s attitude on the subject is.
What does an Applying to New Contexts question answer?
Apply principle in passage to a new context.
What does a Discovering Principles/Analogies question answer?
Which is an analogy/equivalent for ______
What does an Additional Evidence question answer?
Weakens/strengthens argument
What does a Primary Purpose question answer?
Why the author wrote the passage.
3 types of Main Point questions
- What’s the point
- Summarize the passage
- What’s a good title
Strategies for Main Point questions
-Prediction
-Active reading
-Check bones/structure of passage
