Reading section

Strategy 1.-Be familiar with the intrusion and skip them immediately

Timer 20 min

Passage scroll

Review Button

Glossary highlight words, found the definition, technical word, vocabulary means.

Next / back buttons

Be familiar with the standard outline for passages but be prepared for variations.

5 paragraphs

Introduction (I)

Body (II, III, IV)

Conclusion (V) recommendation

Read actively

Avoid skimming

Read for comprehension

Be prepared to infer meaning

Situation

Actions

Pan attention to modifying phases and clauses.

Qualifiers

Pay attention to sequence, especially mixed sequence.

Order of events. - chronological order.

Take basic notes for the first reading.

Briefly outline notes

4-5 words per paragraph

INFERENCE QUESTIONS (2 o 3 palabras que estan en el parrrafo es la incorrecta )

Some not fully stated in the passage

Mut be true

1 Think about possible inferences as you read actively

Particular detail, particular information,

Pay attention to logic phrasing

2 Identify a key idea or ideas in the question

Use the idea to research details

3 Identify a common idea or theme in the answers choices id the question has no clues

Tone positive tone is correct, negative tone wrong answers

4 Scan the passage for the relevant information

Use outline to save time

5 read the relevant sentences carefully; don’t skim

Active reading

Combine ideas

Descripcion or nous

6 use cohesive devices to connect ideas

Pronouns adjectives adverbs transitions, more specific details

7 check each answer choice against the passage, and choose the most logical answer.

Only one answer must be true

Question forms

The author implies that ….

What can be inferred about X?

What does the author suggest about X?

Which of the following can be inferred about x?

According to paragraph #, which of the following can be inferred about X?

Base on the information in paragraph #, the author implies that?

DISTRACTERS

Answer choice repeats vocabulary, but alters it or adds incorrect information

Answer choice alters the scope, degree, or certainty of the ideas in the passage

Answer choice us a plausible inference in another context

COHERENCE QUESTIONS

Insert a new sentence into the passage

Must logical fit in only that position

Question Form

Look at the four squares that indicate where the following sentence would be added to the
passage, where would the sentence fit best?

Where do you think the sentence would fit best ?

Strategies

1 Be familiar with basic paragraph organization and function

Paragraph location

Paragraph structure

2 Think about the overall sequence of ideas in the paragraph

General to specific

3 Examine the vocabulary in the new sentence

General or specific?

4 Compare the cohesive devices in the new sentence to be inserted and in the paragraph

Pronoun, adjectives, conjunctions, transtiosn phareses

5 identify sentences in the paragraph that cannot be separated in order to eliminate answers
choices

Necessary cohesive devise

6 Check rhetorical function of the new sentence and those in the paragraph

Purpose and use

7 inserthe the sentence into the paragraph and check for logic and clarity

Read in your mind

DISTRACTERS

Answer choice follows or precedes some repeated vocabulary only, not repit vocabulary

Answer choice is next to the right sentence but on the wrong side