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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Skill 12: Determine where specific information is found

Sometimes the final question in a reading passage will ask you to determine where in the passage a piece of information is found. the answer choices will list possible locations for that information. the best way to approach this type of question is to study the question to determine the information that you are looking for and then to go the lines listed in the answers and skim for that information.

QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE IN THE PASSAGE

HOW TO IDENTIFY THE QUESTION

where in the passage..?

WHERE TO FIND THE ANSWER

The answer can be in any of the lines listed in the answers to the question.

HOW TO ANSWER THE QUESTION

1.- choose a key word or idea in the question.
2.- skim the lines in the passage that are listed in the answers to the question. you should skim for the key word or idea.
3.- choose the answer that contains the line numbers of a restatement of the question.

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