Main Idea and Author's Purpose
Give an example of an author's purpose question.
What is the purpose of X?
What does X suggest that…?
What is X’s purpose?
Why is/does X doing/do Y?
Give an example of a detail question.
According to X, what is Y?
What does X say about Y?
What Y does X mention?
What doe X tell/suggest Y to do?
Give an example of a SPEAKING inference question.
What does X imply about Y?
What can be inferred about X?
What is/are X probably doing Y?
What is probably true about Y?
What does X do about Y?
Give an example of a prediction question.
What will X probably do next?
What is/are X probably going to do next?
What will X NOT do Y?
Where will X be/do…?
Give an example of a rhetorical device question.
Why does X mention Y?
Why does X talk about Y?
When is the topic mentioned during the listening?
Usually in the first or second sentence
What is step one in finding detail questions?
Identify the WH And keywords in the question
What is the first step to answering inference questions?
Write down the topic of the passage
What is the first step of finding the answer for prediction questions?
Find the topic of the listening
What is the first step to answering rhetorical device questions?
Find the keywords in the question.
What is the second step of finding the author's purpose?
Write down the key details
What is the second step to answering detail questions?
Find the same keywords in your notes
What should we write in our notes?
Write down notes about the major details related to the topic.
What part of the lecture should we pay attention to?
Pay close attention to the end of the listening passage.
What should we locate in our notes?
Locate the same keywords in your notes
What is the third step of finding the main idea?
Identify the Signal Words or Phrase
What are the key words in this question:
Why did James tell Camila to look over her notes?
Why, look over notes
What is the third step in answering inference questions?
Find the keyword or phrase in the question.
What is the third step to finding the answer to prediction questions?
Find the WH?, Subject, and the time in the question.
What do we have to determine when answering rhetorical device questions?
Determine the logical connection between keywords and phrases and the notes before or after the keywords.
What are ALL of the answer choices we should eliminate for main idea questions?
contradictory to passage
not relevant
not mentioned
too specific/too general
What are the three things you should do while taking notes?
Abbreviate, use symbols, and write short hand.
Where is the answer usually for inference questions?
Usually the answer is before or after the keywords,phrase
How is the answer usually stated for prediction questions?
Usually the answer is stated in an imperative manner.
State all of the examples that help us determine the logical connections between key words and key phrases.
To Argue
To explain
To inform
To describe
To suggest
To give an example
To compare