READING COMPREHENSION 3RD EXAMINATION

Question 1

A thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action

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Idea

Question 2

A writer may give many __ in one text

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Ideas

Question 3

There is only but one ____ _____

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Main idea (Idea)

Question 4

All the rest of the expressed ideas are called ____ ideas

Answer 4

Supporting

Question 5

The ___ ___ the writer expresses about the topic

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Key point (main idea)

Question 6

The key point the writer expresses about the topic

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Main idea

Question 7

Considered as the backbone of the text

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Main idea

Question 8

Where all the details revolve around it

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Main idea

Question 9

details in the text

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Supporting ideas

Question 10

help in the formation of the main idea

Answer 10

Supporting ideas

Question 11

May be big or small details

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Supporting ideas

Question 12

To find the ____ ______, one needs to know the topic of the paragraph or composition.

Answer 12

main idea (getting the main idea as a skill)

Question 13

Every story or paragraph has a ____ _____

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Main idea

Question 14

The ___ ___ tells you what the story is about

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Main idea

Question 15

It may be the lesson learned or moral of a story

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Main idea

Question 16

It is the most important part of a story or paragraph

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Main idea

Question 17

The things that describe the main idea

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Supporting details

Question 18

Make the main idea stronger

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Supporting details

Question 18

Presents or describes the point of the paragraph

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Topic sentence

Question 19

The main idea of the paragraph

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Topic sentence

Question 20

Located at the beginning, middle or end of the paragraph

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Topic sentence

Question 21

1. Read the first sentence of the paragraph very carefully because most authors state their topic sentence at the beginning of the paragraph

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STRATEGIES IN LOCATING THE TOPIC SENTENCE

Question 22

2. Browse the sentences in the paragraph to identify what they describe.
   The sentence that best describes the topic of the paragraph is the topic sentence

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STRATEGIES IN LOCATING THE TOPIC SENTENCE

Question 23

3. Fin the concept or idea being tackled, which in a colloquial term, is the “big word” in the paragraph.
   The sentence that defines the big word is usually the topic sentence

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STRATEGIES IN LOCATING THE TOPIC SENTENCE

Question 24

4. Identify the purpose of the paragraph.
   The sentence that presents or describes the purpose is the topic sentence

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STRATEGIES IN LOCATING THE TOPIC SENTENCE

Question 25

5. Observe the writing style of the author.
   Focus specifically on where he / she usually places his/her topic sentence

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STRATEGIES IN LOCATING THE TOPIC SENTENCE

Question 26

The inverse pyramid is the?

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Beginning

Question 27

The diamond is the?

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Middle

Question 28

The pyramid is the?

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End

Question 29

The hourglass is the?

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Beginning and end

Question 30

The rectangular is the?

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Implied

Question 31

Condensed version from the original one

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Summary

Question 31

A brief statement or account of the main points of something

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Summary

Question 32

A capsule that covers the main points succinctly

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Summary

Question 32

Should be comprehensive

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Summary

Question 32

General idea in brief form

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Summary

Question 33

Distillation, condensation or deduction of a larger work into its primary notions

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Summary

Question 33

In reading longer compositions, a good reader will find that each paragraph contains a major topic which is part of the development of the overall central point or the ______

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abstract

Question 34

How we take larger selections of text and reduce them to their bare essentials

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Summarizing as a skill

Question 35

In reading longer compositions, a good reader will find that each paragraph contains a major topic which is part of the development of the overall central point or the abstract

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Summary

Question 36

The gist, the key ideas, the main points that are worth noting and remembering

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Summarizing as a skill

Question 37

1. Read the information source several times as needed for you to fully understand the material.

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Summarizing Techniques

Question 38

The _____, the key ideas, the main points that are worth noting and remembering

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gist

Question 39

3. Construct the sentence clearly:
   don’t forget to include the main points you want to deliver. For this, jot down on a piece of paper the main concept

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Summarizing Techniques

Question 40

4. Keep it brief: Don’t lose the original essence but try to make it look more laconic, reduce and delete all the unessential sentence ruthlessly.

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Summarizing Techniques

Question 41

5. In the paragraph, don’t be tempted by the desire to stick to your own interpretation draw the distinct like between you opinion and someone’s thoughts.

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Summarizing Techniques

Question 42

6. Don’t bore your readers; very the introduction of your sources.
   e.g.
   “according to”
   :some authors or sources conclude that” and other variants

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Summarizing Techniques