Section 1 test taking Technique deck 1 Flashcards
Section tests:
comprehension & reasoning abilities and how fast you can read.
Only way to reading comprehension qs is by
understanding key words and signaling words & what they mean to the passage.
skim paragraph scanning entire paragraph for key words & signaling words as often asked in Q. Benefits are:
if u see inference Qs u will know where to go in the paragraph.
Every reading comprehension passage has
keywords & phrases aka signaling words. Eg: First, second, furthermore, on the other hand, for example, for these reasons, critics believe, but, however, whether/if, according to, cosequently ect.
Detailed technique to answer qs
- Read q (identify key words & signal words)
- Identify Q type & answer it accordingly with a proper strategy
- once finished reading entire passage & writing down notes
- when u think you are ready to start answering qs, U SHOULD STOP DOING EVERYTHING ELSE, close eyes , play movie inside your head. THIS MOVIE MUST BE A VISUAL OF THE PASSAGE U HAVE JSUT READ & HAVE A PROPER SEQUENCE. Doing this will take 10/20 secs
- Start answering Qs
summary to answer the questions in minimum amount of time follow this technique..
summary to answer the questions in minimum amount of time follow this technique…1.Read the q ( identify key words and signal words)
- Identify Q type & answer it accordingly with a proper strategy
- Read entire passage ( identify key words and signal words)
- Play movie
- Start answering Q
- If needed Read Q and Home in on text