Studied by 4 people
Emotional Appeals
________- state positions that might be believe but are not discussed in the passage.
Weaken
________- identify the answer that makes claim less believable.
direct quotes
Recycled Language- repeating ________ → most correct answers will be paraphrased.
Reversals
________- stating some sort of contradictory detail.
Extreme Language
________- never, always, none, not, no, must, prove, defend, attack, denounce, contradict, failure.
For math
they try to trick you into doing more math than needed
3 sections
Text Completions, Sentence Equivalence, Reading Comp
Work the passage
have a plan and read actively
Understand the question
break it down
Find info from the passage
support your ideas
Use POE
look out for trap answers
Follow the authors argument
separate claims from facts/other evidence
Identify the subject
helps locate what you need to find and read
Identify the task of the question
what do you need to do with the subject
Primary Purpose
why the author wrote the passage
Main Idea
what does the author want you to believe
Structure
about the general flow of the passage
Tone
evaluate the authors feelings about the sub of the q
Vocabulary
what does the author mean by a certain word/phrase
Retrieval
find info in the passage (typically a paraphrase)
Specific Purpose
why would the author include the sub
Weaken
identify the answer that makes claim less believable
Strengthen
identify answer that makes claim more believable
Recycled Language
repeating direct quotes → most correct answers will be paraphrased
Extreme Language
never, always, none, not, no, must, prove, defend, attack, denounce, contradict, failure
No Such Comparisons
be suspicious of "better, more than, less than"
Reversals
stating some sort of contradictory detail
Outside Knowledge
ONLY rely on info from the passage
Emotional Appeals
state positions that might be believe but are not discussed in the passage
