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    Reading Comprehension
  I: Introduction
  II: The Challenge
III: The Five Steps  
1. Passage Classification
2. Breaking Down Each Passage
3. See the Organization
3a. Short Essays
3b. Long Essays
4. Find the Big Idea
  5. Diagnose Author's Purpose  
  IV: Question Types  
  V: Tips
  VI: Sample Essays
   

1. Passage Classification
 

 

Classifying the basic subject and purpose of a passage is important as your approach and expectations should shift with the nature of the passage.

There are essentially three subjects of passages:

A. Science

These passages deal with such topics as biology, chemistry, and medicine. Although these passages can often be unexciting and dare we say boring, they are also often straightforward and thus manageable. You are not likely to see any inference questions here. Instead, you will most likely see several factual questions that can be answered by direct, accurate reading of the passage. So long as you don't allow yourself to be blinded by the flashy jargon, science passages should be the easiest reading comprehension questions you encounter.



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The Five Steps


2. Breaking Down Each Passage