Summary Of RC Questions

1.The order of the passage questions roughly corresponds to the order in which the issues are presented in the passage.

2. The six questions are
Main Idea
Description
Extension
Applicative
Tone

3. The main idea of a passage is usually stated in the first few sentences of the first paragraph. If it’s not there, it will probably be at the end of the entire passage.

4. If after the first reading, you don’t have a feel for the main idea, review the first and last paragraph.

5. The answer a description question must refer directly to a statement in the passage, not to something implied by it. Exact quotes are used with these questions to bait wrong answers.

6. When answering a description question, you must find the point in the passage from which thequestion is drawn.

7. If a description question refers to a particular line then the answer might be few lines before or after that line.

8. In extension questions, any answer choice which is exactly stated in the passage will mostly be incorrect.

9. Application questions are slightly different from extension questions. Entension questions ask you to apply what you have understood to a particular pasrt of the passage, while application questions ask you to apply the answer to a particular hypothetical situation.

10.Application questions are a bit tougher.

11. To answer an application question, take the perspective of the author. Ask yourself: What is the arguement about?

12. For tone questions, decide whether the writer’s tone is positive, negative, or neutral

13. Beware of answer-choices that contain extreme emotions they maybe detractors. If an author’s tone is negative, it may be disapproving. Or if her tone is positive, it may be approving.

14. The answers must be indisputable.A correct answer will always be in the passage.Do not assume.