Reading comprehension strategies and question type recognition tested on the Praxis Core reading test.
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- What is the primary purpose of a main idea question?
- To identify the central point or key message of the passage.
- What strategy helps you find the main idea quickly?
- Read the opening sentences, closing sentences, and skim for repeated concepts.
- What is a detail question asking for?
- A specific fact or piece of information explicitly stated in the passage.
- How do you identify a detail question?
- Look for phrases like 'According to the passage' or 'The passage states that'.
- What does an inference question require?
- Using evidence from the passage to reach a conclusion not directly stated.
- What is the difference between a main idea and a supporting detail?
- Main idea is the central point; supporting details are specific examples or evidence that back it up.
- What does 'vocabulary in context' test?
- Your ability to determine a word's meaning from surrounding words and sentences.
- What strategy works best for vocabulary in context questions?
- Cover the word, read the sentence, and predict what kind of word would fit before looking at choices.
- What does an author's purpose question ask?
- Why the author wrote the passage: to inform, persuade, entertain, or explain.
- How do you identify an author's purpose?
- Look at the tone, the types of arguments used, and what the passage emphasizes.
- What is tone in a reading passage?
- The author's attitude or emotional attitude toward the subject.
- What clues help you determine the author's tone?
- Word choice, descriptive language, punctuation, and whether the passage is critical or positive.
- When you encounter an unfamiliar word, what should you do first?
- Use context clues from surrounding sentences before looking at the answer choices.
- What do transition words signal in a passage?
- The relationship between ideas: addition, contrast, cause and effect, or sequence.
- What does a 'best supports the answer' question ask?
- For evidence from the passage that backs up a conclusion or statement.