Reading Comprehension - Overall Review Questions
- 2. Overall Review Questions •One that asks about the passage as a whole rather than one small detail
- 3. Overall review questions are NOT main idea questions. They ask about some other aspect of the passage as a whole.
- 4. Where in the passage something is found. The tone of the passage Most common types of overall review questions The author’s purpose in writing the passage Which course the passage might be a part of
- 5. SKILL 12 Determine where specific information is found
- 6. The answer choices will list possible locations for that information. Study the questions to determine the information that you are looking for Go to the lines listed in the answers and skim for that information
- 7. SKILL 13 Determine the tone, purpose, or course
- 8. Tone If the author is showing any emotion in his or her writing.
- 9. Type of tone in a passage Informational Explanatory Factual
- 10. If the author is being funny, the tone might be humorous. If the author is making fun of something, the tone might be sarcastic. If the author feels strongly that something is right or wrong, the tone might be impassioned.
- 11. Purpose What the author is trying to do in the passage.
- 12. Draw a conclusion about the author’s purpose By referring to the main idea and the organization of details in the passage
- 13. The main idea George Washington’s early life greatly influence his later career. The details give a history of his early life To show how George Washington’s early life influenced his later career. The author’s purpose might be
- 14. However.. The answer to a purpose question is often more general than the main idea. The more general author’s purpose is.. To demonstrate the influence of early experiences on later life (without any mention of George Washington.
- 15. Course To decide which university course might have this passage as assigned reading.
- 16. Draw a conclusion about the course by referring to the topic of the passage and the organization of details. If the passage is about George Washington and the details give historical background on his early life.. This would probably be assigned reading in an American class history.