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Reading question types Flashcards

1
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Types of big picture

A
  1. Main point
  2. structure
  3. tone
  4. function
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Types of inferenced based

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  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
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Types of arguement

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  1. Streghten
  2. weaken
  3. necessary
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Types of Its in there

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  1. Detail
  2. method
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How does the CAC relate to the passage?

Main point

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

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Question Stem Language

Main point

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

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Question Stem Language

Structure

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organization | structure of the passage

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Question Stem Language

Tone

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tone | attitude | feelings | stance

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Question Stem Language

Function

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

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Question Stem Language

Reality inf

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

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Question Stem Language

Belief Inference

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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

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Question Stem Language

Analogy

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most closely parallels | most analogous | situations most similar
to

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Question Stem Language

Continuation

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

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Question Stem Language

interpret a term

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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

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Question Stem Language

Passage Answers

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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

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Question Stem Language

Source

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

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Question Stem Language

Example of a theory

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

18
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Question Stem Language

Point at issue

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disagree | point at issue | agree

19
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Question Stem Language

Stregthen

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following…if true would most strengthen

20
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Question Stem Language

Weaken

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weaken | undermines | call into question | cast most doubt

21
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Question Stem Language

Necessary

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

conform to which of the following principles

22
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Question Stem Language

Detail

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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

23
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Question Stem Language

Method

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

24
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How does the CAC relate to the passage?

Structure

A

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

25
Q

How does the CAC relate to the passage?

Tone

A

TONE CAC will state the tone of some POV.

26
Q

How does the CAC relate to the passage?

Function (FUN)

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

27
Q

How does the CAC relate to the passage?

Reality inference

A

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

28
Q

How does the CAC relate to the passage?

Belief Inference

A

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

29
Q

How does the CAC relate to the passage?

Analogy

A

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

30
Q

How does the CAC relate to the passage?

Continuation

A

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

31
Q

How does the CAC relate to the passage?

interpret a term

A

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

32
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How does the CAC relate to the passage?

passage answers

A

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

33
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How does the CAC relate to the passage?

Source

A

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

34
Q

How does the CAC relate to the passage?

Example of a Theory

A

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

35
Q

How does the CAC relate to the passage?

Point at issue

A

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

36
Q

How does the CAC relate to the passage?

Stregthen

A

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

37
Q

How does the CAC relate to the passage?

Weaken

A

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

38
Q

How does the CAC relate to the passage?

Necessary

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

39
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How does the CAC relate to the passage?

Detail

A

AC will restate something stated in the
passage

40
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How does the CAC relate to the passage?

Method

A

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

41
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