Chapter 9: Question Types I: Foundations of Comprehension Questions
rephrase (detail)
phrase the question in a way that maintains any buzzwords from the stem that will guide you to where in the passage you need to investigate
rephrase (main idea)
phrase the question in such a way that you have a task for your investigate step, such as "why did the author write this passage" or "what close in the passage tell me who the author's audience is/"
detail questions
ask about what is stated explicitly in the passage
main idea questions
ask for the author's primary goal or purpose in writing the passage
definition-in-context questions
ask you to define a word or phrase as it is used in the passage
rephrase (inference)
determine whether you are looking for an assumption or implication, then rephrase the claim the answer is suppose to support or be supported by
match (definition-in-context)
expectations should match the correct answer
investigate (detail)
if you do not recall enough information to make a prediction, reread the relevant sentence, as well as the sentences before and after
inference questions
look for unstated parts of arguments
investigate (main idea)
recall the purpose that you constructed during the distillation step of the kaplan passage strategy, and predict that the correct answer will be synonymous with that purpose
rephrase (definition-in-context)
rephrase always looks the same, "What does this word mean in the passage"
investigate (inference)
reread the relevant sentence if necessary, noting the explicit evidence and conclusions given
investigate (definition-in-context)
reread the sentence with the word or phrase, and perhaps the surrounding context, as necessary
match (main idea)
your prediction should closely correlate to the right answer.
match (detail)
your prediction should match the right answer
match (inference)
your prediction to an answer choice