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READING STRATEGIES
1. MAIN IDEA, PURPOSE, TOPIC QUESTIONS
- Don’t answer the initial overview questions until you have
answered the other questions
- Usually focus on the first sentence(s) of each paragraph
for the topic and main idea; also focus on the last
sentence for the conclusion and a possible restatement of
the topic and main idea.
- Skim (read very quickly) the rest of the passage for the key
words that will confirm the topic and main idea.
- Read the answer choices and eliminate the distractors
which may have one of these characteristics:
a. too general
b. too specific (detailed)
c. incorrect
d. irrelevant (not mentioned)
II. DETAIL QUESTIONS
1. Information/Factual Questions often begin with the phrases
“According to the passage/the author, wh- questions ”
2. Negative Questions contain the words NOT, EXCEPT, or
LEAST
- Focus on one or two key words in the question
- Scan the passage looking for the key words or related
words (synonyms, word family)
- Carefully read the sentence in which the key words occur.
(You may have to read the sentence preceding or following
that sentence as well.)
- Choose the correct answer
III. INFERENCE QUESTIONS
Inference Questions usually include such words as “infer, imply,
suggest, guess, probably, likely” or such phrases as “Why …
mention?” “What …. to do next?”
Answer choices to inference questions require students to
1. understand what the question is asking and know where to find the
answer in the passage
2. relate the information in the answer choice to a synonym or
paraphrase of information in the passage; and
3. determine what is true and not true in the answer choices
• Note: Answer choices that contain such words
as always, never, all, and only are usually
NOT correct.
