strategy for GENERAL Q's:
if you are stuck between two answer choices, use a SCORING SYSTEM to assign a value to each one--
1) assign the answer choice two points if it relates to the first paragraph;
2) give one more point for each additional related paragraph;
3) in the event of a tie, select the answer choice that pertains to the first paragraph over any choices that do not
strategy for SPECIFIC Q's:
1 Identify the KEY WORDS in the question. Then, go back to the passage and find those key words.
DO NOT look at the answer choices.
2 Find one or two PROOF SENTENCES to defend the correct answer choice.
strategies for ALL Reading Comprehension Questions
1 JUSTIFY every word in the answer choice
2 AVOID EXTREME words if possible
3 INFER as LITTLE as possible "the passage suggest...=the passage STATES JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY"
4 PREVIEW the question (first check the number of questions, preview the first question, then read the passage)
The biggest difference between GENERAL Q's and SPECIFIC Q's is the strategy you use: with general questions, you dive right into eliminating answer choices, but with specific questions, you go back to the passage and find proof sentences before looking at the answer choices.
more seven sub-types:
1 main idea
2 lookup detail
3 infer about facts
4 infer about opinions
5 author's purpose
6 minor types(Extrapolate the Content of the passage)
Types of WRONG ANSWER CHOICES
1、 Out of scope
Introduces an unwarranted assertion
Might be "Real-World Plausible"
2、direct contradictio
States the exact opposite
Paradoxically attractive, however has one contrast or switchback in the trail
3、 Mix-up
Scrambles together disparate content
Tries to trap the students who simply matches language, not meaning.
4 One Word Wrong
Just one word (or maybe 2) is incorrect. Include extreme words
More prevalent in General questions
5 True but Irrelevant
True according to the passage, but does not answer the given question.
May be too narrow or simply unrelated
ASP's qustion types:
(1) strengthen the conclusion
fix a weakness of the conclusion
introduce additional supporting evidence
wrong answer choices types
no tie to the conclusion: may be support for the premises or "real-world plausible"
wrong direction: weaken the conclusion
(2) weaken the conclusion wrong answer choices types
no tie to the conclusion
wrong direction
(3) analyze the argument structure
the statement in boldface is the author's CONCLUSION
the statement in boldface is a premise that SUPPORTS the author's conclusion.
the statement in boldface is a premise that WEAKENS the author's conclusion.
(4) draw a conclusion wrong answer choices types
out of scope(not explicitly presented in the argument&"real-world plausible")