When you are asked to determine the meaning of a word in the reading comprehension section of the TOEFL test, it is possible 1 that the passage provides information about the meaning of the word and 2 that there are structural clues to tell you that the definition of a word is included in the passage.
STRUCTURAL CLUES
HOW TO IDENTIFY THE QUESTION
What is...?
what is the meaning of...?
what is true about...?
TYPES OF CLUES
punctuation: comma, parentheses, dashes.
restatement: or, that is, in other words, i.e
examples: such as, for example, e.g.
WHERE TO FIND THE ANSWER
Information to help you determine what something means will generally be found after the punctuation clue, the restatement clue, or the example clue.
HOW TO ANSWER THE QUESTION
1.- find the word in the passage.
2.- locate any structural clues.
3.- read the part of the passage after the structural clue carefully.
4.-eliminate any definitely wrong answers and choose the best answer from the remaining choices.
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