Question Types I
Connects independent clauses
What is semicolon?
j.v
Questions where you have to take a leap of logic.
What is inference ?
S.G
Attitude,Overall Feeling,Point Of View,Narrator feel about,Author Believes,Best expresses the opinion,Author's attitude,Perspective are the Keywords/Stems for what?
What is Tone.
O.H
read the questions carefully what detail are you being asked to find ? find keywords you can use to scan the relevant part of the passage and develop your own answer and match answer using p.o.e
what is supporting detail ?
J.G
which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
A)Line 33("His voice...refined")
B)Line 49-51("you...mind")
C)line 63-64("please... proposal")
D) line 71-72("eager...face")
what is textual evidence?(CTE)
1)start with the cte question first 2)use the same steps for supporting details 3)then, because you already have the best evidence underlined to the answer choices and use poe
NB
Determine if it's +, - , N
What is vocabulary?
j.v
to introduce information, specifically after a complete sentence.
What is colon ?
S.G
Infer,Implied,Most Likely,Most Nearly,Most Reasonably,Suggest,Assume,Conclusion,and deduction are the Keywords for....
What is Inference
O.H
start with the second question first use the same steps for supporting detail then because you already have the best evidence go back and use P.O.E
what is citing textual evidence ?
J.G
why does Akira say his meeting with Chie is "a matter of urgency"(line 32)?
A)He fears that his own parents will disapprove of Naomi
B) He worries that naomi will reject him and marry someone else
C) he has been offered an attractive job in another counrty
D) he knows that chie is unaware of his feelings for naomi
what is supporting details(SD)?
1) what detail are you being asked to find? 2)find keywords you can use to scan the relevant part of the passage? 3) read the relevant section and form your own idea 4) match your idea to one of the answer choices
NB
Questions that address the authors attitude?
What is tone?
j.v
The authors feeling and overall mood.
What is tone ?
S.G
What is Best Evidence the keyword for?
What is CTE?
O.H
Figure out if the author is negative positive or neutral, eliminate opposite P.O.E. Look for the level of intensity of feeling in the passage
What is tone ?
J.G
As it is used in line 54 "convey" most nearly means
A) transport
B) counteract
C) exchange
D) communicate
what is vocabulary?
1)use the context 2)determine the tone negative,positive,neutral 3) pull the answer choices into the sentence, eliminate the opposite 4) replacing the word to see if it makes sense
NB
Questions that ask you to provide lines from the passage that support a given conclusion
What is CTE?
j.v
A question asked to provide the best evidence.
What is CTE ?
S.G
What is States,According to,Based on,refers to,indicates,claims the Keywords/Stems for?
What is Supporting details?
O.H
Use the context and determine the tone replace words to make sense.
What is vocabulary ?
J.G
the effect of the description in the second paragraph(line 11-35) is to make the man described appear:
A) pitiable
B) interesting
C) repulsive
D) mysterious
what is tone question?
1) determine if the author is negative, positive or neutral about the topic 2) if the author is positive, then you can reject all distractors that are negative 3) look at the level of intensity of feeling
Nb
Questions that are very straight forward and answers that are directly mentioned in the passage
What is supporting detail?
j.v
A question where one of your steps is to plug on the word.
What is vocabulary ?
S.G
Context clues, Determine the tone, Nearly means are all Keywords/Stems for?
What is Vocabulary.
O.H
Find keywords, match your own idea eliminate the ones that don't match and scan the relevant part of the passage.
What is inference ?
J.G
It is reasonable to infer that sheet music refered to was composed by:
A) one of spaldings teachers at berklee
B) spalding
C) marchalis
D) one of spaldings proteges
what is inference?
1)find keywords, scan the relevant part of the passage 2) read the relevant section and form your own idea 3)match your idea, elimate the other choices to check
NB