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Passage Types and Question Types in Eprep-Test

This guide provides information on different passage types and question types in the Eprep-Test, including literary excerpts, informational texts, historical documents, and more. It also covers question categories such as information and ideas, rhetoric, and synthesis. Review section 2 on environmental science (air pollution) and label each question type accordingly.

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Passage Types and Question Types in Eprep-Test

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  1. Eprep-Test 1 Passage Types Question Types

  2. PASSAGE TYPES • Literary – excerpts from novels or short stories, whether classic or contemporary; or American or global • Informational– • social sciences • found documents/global conversations • science

  3. Passage 1-Literature

  4. Passage 2-Informational (environmental science)

  5. Passage 3-Informational (medicine)

  6. Passage 4-Found Documents (paired passages-historical speeches)

  7. Passage 5-Informational (science-cosmology)

  8. Question Types CATEGORY: INFORMATION AND IDEAS Reading Closely – Determining what’s stated or implied in a passage and applying what you’ve learned from it to a new, similar situation. Citing Textual Evidence – Deciding which part of a passage best supports either the answer to another question or a given conclusion. Determining Central Ideas and Themes – Understanding the main point(s) or theme(s) of a passage. Summarizing – Recognizing an effective summary of a passage or of a part of a passage. Understanding Relationships – Drawing connections (such as cause/effect, compare/contrast, and sequence) between people, ideas, and the like in a passage. Interpreting Words and Phrases (Vocabulary) in Context – Figuring out the precise meaning of a particular word or phrase as it’s used in a passage

  9. Question Types CATEGORY: RHETORIC Analyzing Word Choice – Understanding how an author selects words, phrases, and language patterns to influence meaning, tone, and style. Analyzing Text Structure – Describing how an author shapes and organizes a text and how the parts of the passage contribute to the whole text. Analyzing Point of View – Understanding the point of view or perspective from which passages are told and how that point of view or perspective affects the content and style of the passage. Analyzing Purpose – Determining the main rhetorical aim of a passage or a part of the passage, such as a paragraph. Analyzing Arguments – Examining the claims, counterclaims, reasoning, and evidence an author uses in an argument.

  10. Question Types CATEGORY: SYNTHESIS Analyzing Multiple Texts (Paired Passages) – Making connections between topically related informational passages. Analyzing Quantitative Information (Informational Graphics) – Locating data in informational graphics such as tables, graphs, and charts; drawing reasonable conclusions from such graphics; and integrating information displayed graphically with information and ideas in a passage.

  11. HOMEWORK • Review Section 2 on environmental science (air pollution) • Label each question type. If you think it could count as more than one, list both types.

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