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