2016-04-01 Pre TOEFL: types of reading question

Greg Malivuk
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Types of Reading Organization:
classification: explains different types of something (we listened to a lecture classifying different types of atmospheric phenomena)
compare/contrast: how two things are similar and different (we did a reading that compared and contrasted different versions of the mythological “trickster”)
cause/effect: causes and effects of something (listening about the Boston Tea Party)
problem/solution: describes a problem and gives one or more solutions

(You can try to identify this when you skim the reading quickly at the beginning of your 20 minutes.)
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Types of Reading Questions:
factual information - “according to the paragraph, which of the following is true” (find specific and explicit information)
negative factual information - “all of the following are true EXCEPT”
inference - (find information that is suggested but not explicitly stated) “the author implies that…” or “which of the following can be inferred”
rhetorical purpose - “why does the author…” “The author says ___ in order to…” “The author uses ____ as an example of…” (asks about why the author did something)
vocabulary - “In line 25, the word ____ is closest in meaning to…” (asks about the meaning of a specific word or phrase in the passage)
reference - “the word ____ refers to” (questions about what different pronouns or “which” or “this” refer to in the passage)
sentence simplification - “Which of the following is closest in meaning to the last sentence in paragraph 3?” (choose a sentence with the same meaning as one in the passage)
insert text - (choose where in a paragraph a given sentence fits)
prose summary - select the main or most important ideas of the passage (distinguished from minor details)
fill in a table - categorize different information into two or more categories based on the reading (especially with compare/contrast)
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Reading passage handout p. 149 - Identify the types of questions.
1 factual information (1)
2 factual information (1)
3 vocabulary (5)
4 “negative inference” (2/3)
5 factual information (1)
6 vocabulary (5)
7 sentence simplification (7)
8 rhetorical purpose (4)
9 negative factual (2)
10 vocabulary (5)
11 inference (3)
12 insert text (8)
13 fill in a table (10)
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Homework: Answer the questions about the reading passage.