RC QT Examples

Main Point

What is the central idea?

Main Point

What is the main idea?

Main Point

Which of the following most accurately summarizes the contents of the passage?

Main Point

What’s a good title?

Recognition

According to the passage, what is true about _____?

Recognition

The author says which one of the following about ____?

Recognition

The passage asserts which one of the following regarding ______?

Recognition

Which one of the following does the author explicitly identify as ______?

Recognition Except

The passage provides information that explains the perspectives of all of the following groups EXCEPT

Recognition Except

Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

Clarifying Meaning - Find a synonym

Which of the following phrases, if substituted for the word ___ in line ___, would LEAST change the meaning of the sentence?

Clarifying Meaning - Find a synonym

If substituted for the word ____ in line ___, which one of the following words would convey the same meaning in the context of the passage?

Clarifying Meaning - Find the referent

The phrase ____ (lines ___) can be best interpreted as referring to which one of the following?

Clarifying Meaning - Interpret the Meaning

In writing _____ (lines ____) the author of passage B most likely means…

Purpose of Reference

The author refers to _____ in order to…

Purpose of Reference

The author’s reference to ____ (lines ____) serves which one of the following functions in the passage?

Organizing Information

Which one of the following most accurately describes the organization of the last paragraph in the passage?

Organizing Information - CRV (Identify strategy between 2)

Which of the following is an approach used in both passages to help make a point about ____?

Organizing Information - CRV (Relationship between passages)

Which of the following most accurately describes a relationship between two passages?I

Inferences about Views - Agree Variant

It can most reasonably be inferred that the researchers mentioned in paragraph 4 would agree with which of the following statements?

Inferences about Views - Agree Variant

It can be inferred from the passage that the author most clearly holds which of the following views?

Inferences about Views - Disagree variant

Given the information in the passage, the author is least likely to believe which of the following?

Inferences about Information

The passage provides the most support for which one of the following statements?

Inferences about Information

The passage most strongly supports which one of the following statements regarding ____?

Inferences about information - CRV

Which one of the following statements is most strongly supported by both passages?

Inferences about attitudes

Which one of the following most accurately identifies the attitude shown by the author in the passage toward ____?

Inferences about attitudes

The author would be most likely to characterize ___ as

Inferences about attitudes

The author’s attitude toward the “thesis” mentioned in line 56 is revealed in which of the following pairs of words?

Inferences about attitudes - CRV (same)

The authors’ attitudes toward ____ can most accurately be described in which of the following ways?

Inferences about attitudes - CRV (contrasting)

Which of the following best describes the difference between the author’s attitudes towards ____?

Applying to New Contexts - Conditional Scenarios

The passage most strongly suggests that which one of the following WOULD occur if….?

Applying New Contexts - Conditional Scenarios

Each of the following conforms to the kinds of results that the author WOULD expect from the course of action proposed in the passage EXCEPT

Applying New Contexts - Illustrations or Examples

Which one of the following would the author be most likely to characterize as an example of…

Applying New Contexts - Illustrations or Examples

According to the description in the passage, each of the following illustrates the concept of ___ EXCEPT

Inferences about Attitudes - CRV

It can be inferred that both authors would be most likely to regard which one of the following as exemplifying the technique?

Principles and Analogies - Analogies

Which one of the following situations is most analogous to the one introduced in the second sentence of the passage?

Principles and Analogies - Principles

The rationale for ____ as it is described in the passage is most consistent with which one of the following principles?

Additional Evidence

Which one of the following would, if true, strengthen the author’s argument as expressed in the passage?

Additional Evidence

Which one of the following, if true, most seriously undermine the explanation proposed by the author in lines ____?

Primary Purpose

The passage is primarily concerned with…

Primary Purpose

The primary purpose of the passage is it

Primary Purpose - CRV

What is the shared purpose of the passages?