READING SECTION
SKILL 1:
ANSWER MAIN IDEA QUESTIONS CORRECTLY
For this skill you have to pick up the main ideas from the paragraph, so first you have to know what is the topic sentence because base on that the question would be easier to answer the questions
Example:
In the passage the question is what the topic is, so according to the question we will check the first line of the paragraph in this case the topic sentence which is the first line or the first sentence in the paragraph.
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SKILL 2:
RECOGNIZE THE ORGANIZATION OF IDEAS
In this skill you must try to recognize main ideas in the paragraph and its organization and how the paragraphs are related to get the anwer easily.
Example:
Once you read the paragraphs, you will notice that they are connected and one paragraph depend on the other to continue , so their organization will help you to get the main ponit of the reading.
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SKILL 3:
ANSWER STATED DETAIL QUESTIONS CORRECTLY
A stated detail question asks about one piece of information in the passage rather than the passage as a whole. The answers to these questions are generally given cronologically in the passage, and the correct answer is often a restatement of what is given in the passage.
Example:
This question asks what the passage indicates about Jamestown, so you know that the answer to this question will be directly stated in the passage. You should skim through the passage to find a part of the passage that discuses Jamestown.
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SKILL 5:
FIND PRONOUN REFERENCES
In a pronoun reference question, it is important to understand that a noun is generally used first in a passage, and the pronoun that refers to it comes after. Whenever you are asked which noun or pronoun refers to, you should look beforethe pronoun to find the noun.
Example:
This question asks about the referent for the pronoun they. To answer this question, you should read the paragraph and find the noun that is previously mentioned , as you can notice in it the reading talk about plants and palnts is a plural noun in that cas so they refers to plants .
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SKILL 6:
ANSWER IMPLIED DETAIL QUESTIONS CORRECTLY
You will sometime be asked to answer a multiple-choice question about a reading passage by drawing a conclusion from a specific detail or details in the passage. Questions in this type contain the words implied, inferred, likely, or probably to let you that the answer to the question is not directly stated. In this type of questions, it is important to understand that you don’t have to “pull the answer out of thin air”. Instead, some information will be given in the passage, and you will draw a conclusion from that information.
Example:
The question:
Which of the following is probably NOT a Hawaiian word?
( A) Mahalo B) Mahimahi (C) Meklea (D) Moana
This question asks which word is probably NOT a Hawaiian word. To answer this question, you should refer to the part of the passage where it states that in Hawaiian language two consonants never appear together, so answer C is the best answer to this question.
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SKILL 7:
ANSWER TRANSITIONS QUESTIONS CORRECTLY
The topic of the preceding or following paragraph is not directly stated, and you must draw a conclusion to determine what is probably in these paragraphs. This type of question is a transition question. It asks you to demonstrate that you understand that good writing contains transitions from one paragraph to the next.
Example:
This question asks about the topic of the preceding paragraph, so you must look at the beginning of the passage and draw a conclusion about what probably came before.
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KILL 8:
FIND DEFINITIONS FROM STRUCTURAL CLUES
When you are asked to determine the meaning of a word in the reading section it is possible (1) that the passage provides information about the meaning of the word, and (2) that there are structural clues to tell you that the definition of the word is included in the passage.
Example:
This question asks about the meaning of the word behaviorism. To answer this question, you should look at the part of the passage following the word behaviorism. The dash punctuation (-) indicates that a definition or further information about behaviorism is going to follow. In the information following the dash, you should see that the behaviorist is interested in behavior, which is observable, so the best answer to this question is answer C.
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SKILL 9:
DETERMINE MEANINGS FROM WORD PARTS
When you are asked to determine the meaning of a long word that you don’t know in the reading section, it is sometimes possible to determine the meaning of the word by studying the word parts.
Example:
This question asks about the meaning of the word vividly. To answer this question, you should notice that the word vividly contains the word part viv-, which means life. Answer C is therefore the best answer to this question.
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SKILL 10:
USE CONTEXT TO DETERMINE MEANING OF DIFFICULT WORDS
You may be asked to determine the meaning of a difficult word in a reading passage, a word that you are not expected to know. In this case, the passage will probably give you a clear indication of what the word means.
Example:
This question asks about the meaning of the word incumbent. In this question, you are not expected to know the meaning of the word incumbent. Instead, you should understand from the context a person who is already in office that an incumbent is a current office-holder answer D is therefore the best answer to this question.
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