The 7 Principles of Active, Efficient Reading

(1) Engage with the Passage (2) Look for the Simple Story (3) Link to What You Already Know (4) Unpack the Beginning (5) Link to What You Have Just Read (6) Pay Attention to Signals (7) Pick up the Pace

Any Reading Comprehension passage has four possible components:

(1) The Point : - the Point is the crux of the simple story. - can be : Resolution, Answer, New Idea, Reason - the Point is related to a passage's purpose, which conveys the said point - The Point of a passage is in fact analogous to the conclusion of an argument. (2) Background : The context and the basic facts about the topic (3) Support NB: A sentence can provide background information and support the Point at the same time. (4) Implications

Foreshadowing
Problem.................... Question....... Old Idea Observation

Point leads to Resolution leads to Answer leads to New Idea leads to Reason or New Idea

The 7 strategies for Reading Comprehension questions

12GENERALQ's: If you are stuck between two answer choices, use a SCORING SYSTEM to assign a st value to each one: 2pts for the 1 paragraph & 1pt for the others

SPECIFIC Q's: Identify the KEYWORDS in the question. Then, go back to the passage and find those key word: do so BEFORE starting going through the answer choices 3- SPECIFIC Q's: Find one or two PROOF SENTENCES to defend the correct answer choice.
4567ALL: JUSTIY every word in the answer choice. ALL : AVOID extreme words if possible. ALL : INFER as LITTLE as possible.

PREVIEW the first question.