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Passage Based Reading

Passage Based Reading. SAT Prep. 100- 850 words long. Single source or a pair to C & C Humanities, social studies, natural sciences, and literary fiction. Narrative, persuasive, expository, and/or literary elements. Set of questions follow each passage. The Facts.

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Passage Based Reading

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  1. Passage Based Reading SAT Prep

  2. 100- 850 words long. • Single source or a pair to C & C • Humanities, social studies, natural sciences, and literary fiction. • Narrative, persuasive, expository, and/or literary elements. • Set of questions follow each passage. The Facts

  3. Mark the passages or make short notes so you can find the info. quickly! Not too many. • Notes in the margin. • Selective underlining. • You MUST go by what is in the article, not what YOU think about the subject! • Ask yourself questions. Approaches

  4. Read actively: Is the passage a factual account of an event? What is the purpose of the passage? Is the writer trying to inform you, amuse you, or influence you? • Read the questions FIRST!!!! • Annotate in the margins! • Who, what, where, when, why Approaches

  5. Ask you to draw conclusions from or evaluate the information in the passage. • The answer will be inferred. • Overall theme of the article/passage • Tone, purpose, attitude of the writer • Probably, apparently, seems, suggests, it can be inferred, the author implies Extended Reasoning Questions

  6. Facts- Statements that are true and can be shown to be true in the passage. • Assumptions- Suppositions or propositions that writers make to reach conclusion. • Inferences- Conclusions you reach based on what has been said in a passage. • To infer- to arrive at a conclusion through reasoning. Facts, Assumptions, Inferences

  7. The answers come from the passage. • Every word counts. If someone’s face is described as “handsome” or “scarred”; if an event is “surprising” or a word is “whispered” or “spoken with a smile,” PAY ATTENTION!!!! • An answer choice can be both true and wrong. Use the choice that BEST answers the question. Approaches

  8. Make sure the reading passage supports your answer. Evidence!!! • Try eliminating choices. • Don’t jump from passage to passage. You may forget what the passage is about if you move on and come back to it later. Re-reading takes a lot of time you don’t have! Approaches

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