Reading question types

Question 1

Types of big picture

Answer 1

1. Main point
2. structure
3. tone
4. function

Question 2

Types of inferenced based

Answer 2

1. Reality inf
2. belief inf
3. analogy
4. continuation
5. interpret a term
6. passage answers
7. source
8. example of a theory
9. point at issue

Question 3

Types of arguement

Answer 3

1. Streghten
2. weaken
3. necessary

Question 4

Types of Its in there

Answer 4

1. Detail
2. method

Question 5

How does the CAC relate to the passage?

Main point

Answer 5

MP CAC will state or refer to the ISSUE and the APOV

Question 6

Question Stem Language

Main point

Answer 6

main point | main purpose | primary purpose | title of the
passage | seeks to primary answer

Question 7

Question Stem Language

Structure

Answer 7

organization | structure of the passage

Question 8

Question Stem Language

Tone

Answer 8

tone | attitude | feelings | stance

Question 9

Question Stem Language

Function

Answer 9

function | role | purpose of | primarily serves to | primarily in
order to | why does the author mention

Question 10

Question Stem Language

Reality inf

Answer 10

inference | infer | inferred | supports which of the following |
passage suggests | following most likely to be true

Question 11

Question Stem Language

Belief Inference

Answer 11

most likely agree | hold which of the following views | most likely
assent to | inferred … author believes | most likely regard |
passage suggests … were skeptical | most likely to reject

Question 12

Question Stem Language

Analogy

Answer 12

most closely parallels | most analogous | situations most similar
to

Question 13

Question Stem Language

Continuation

Answer 13

most likely continue the passage | most appropriately added to
the end of the passage

Question 14

Question Stem Language

interpret a term

Answer 14

uses the term [x] … to refer to | meaning of the phrase | term [x]
means | uses [x] primarily to refer to | closest to the meaning of
the phrase | most likely means, use the term [x] | primarily in
order to refer to | means to suggest

Question 15

Question Stem Language

Passage Answers

Answer 15

concerned with answering … following questions | passage
sufficient to answer | questions explicitly addressed in the passage passage provides information most helpful in answering

passage provides information most helpful in answering

Question 16

Question Stem Language

Source

Answer 16

from which of the following sources | most likely … intended
audience | from what larger work | author’s relationship to |
Author’s occupation

Question 17

Question Stem Language

Example of a theory

Answer 17

from which of the following sources | most likely … intended
audience | from what larger work | author’s relationship to |
Author’s occupation

Question 18

Question Stem Language

Point at issue

Answer 18

disagree | point at issue | agree

Question 19

Question Stem Language

Stregthen

Answer 19

following…if true would most strengthen

Question 20

Question Stem Language

Weaken

Answer 20

weaken | undermines | call into question | cast most doubt

Question 21

Question Stem Language

Necessary

Answer 21

presumes | assumes | assumption | take for granted | depend on

conform to which of the following principles

Question 22

Question Stem Language

Detail

Answer 22

passage states | is mentioned | cites | passage identifies | author
distinguishes… regarding | passage indicates | the following was
true | according to the passage … one reason … was | according to
the passage … had | was true | is a claim advance by the author |
is true

Question 23

Question Stem Language

Method

Answer 23

seeks to advance its argument by | relationship between the final
paragraph and the first paragraph

Question 24

How does the CAC relate to the passage?

Structure

Answer 24

STR CAC will refer, very vaguely, to the BP
parts of the passage, in order

Question 25

# How does the CAC relate to the passage? Tone

Answer 25

TONE CAC will state the tone of some POV.

Question 26

# How does the CAC relate to the passage? Function (FUN)

Answer 26

CAC will describe the relationship between some aspect of the passage and BP.

Question 27

# How does the CAC relate to the passage? Reality inference

Answer 27

CAC will state an inference about reality that can be inferred from the info in the passage

Question 28

# How does the CAC relate to the passage? Belief Inference

Answer 28

CAC will state an inference about someone’s beliefs from the info in the passage

Question 29

# How does the CAC relate to the passage? Analogy

Answer 29

CAC will describe a situation that has the same 2 to 4 distinctive elements (DEs)

Question 30

# How does the CAC relate to the passage? Continuation

Answer 30

CAC will state an inference about reality that can be inferred from the BP info in the passage

Question 31

# How does the CAC relate to the passage? interpret a term

Answer 31

CAC will define or describe a term as the term is used in the passage

Question 32

# How does the CAC relate to the passage? passage answers

Answer 32

CAC will ask a question, the answer to which can be inferred from the passage

Question 33

# How does the CAC relate to the passage? Source

Answer 33

CAC will state something about the source of the passage (genre, author, audience, etc.) that can be inferred from the passage.

Question 34

# How does the CAC relate to the passage? Example of a Theory

Answer 34

CAC will describe or provide an example of some theory (idea) described in the passage

Question 35

# How does the CAC relate to the passage? Point at issue

Answer 35

CAC will make a statement with which one POV will agree & the other will disagree

Question 36

# How does the CAC relate to the passage? Stregthen

Answer 36

CAC will make the POV (idea) more likely to be true

Question 37

# How does the CAC relate to the passage? Weaken

Answer 37

CAC will make the POV (idea) less likely to be true

Question 38

# How does the CAC relate to the passage? Necessary

Answer 38

CAC will state something that NEEDS to be true for the POV (idea) to be true

Question 39

# How does the CAC relate to the passage? Detail

Answer 39

AC will restate something stated in the passage

Question 40

# How does the CAC relate to the passage? Method

Answer 40

CAC will describe the way some part of the passage proceeds, but in vague terms