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Don’t waste time carefully reading the whole passage the first time you see it! You’re reading to earn points, not to paraphrase the writer’s argument.  \nReading Comprehension questions maybe 1 to 6 paragraphs long and maybe followed by 1 to 6 questions. Reading Comprehension questions can have good answers and better answers. Don’t select one answer until you’ve considered all of them.  \nThe Questions  \n❖ Reading Comprehension questions come in three formats:  \no Multiple Choice: one right answer  \no Multiple Choice: more than one right answer  \no Text Selection: highlight the part of the text that answers the question  \n❖ Reading Comprehension questions come in three types:  \no Recognition (the answer is explicitly in the reading)  \no Reasoning (the answer is not explicitly in the reading and must be inferred)  \no Vocabulary  \nYour Approach  \n❖ Use your scratch paper: write down ABCDE and cross the corresponding answers off as you eliminate them. This strategy is especially important for negative questions (“Which of these is not…”) .  \n❖ Skim the passage first to find the main idea.  \no read the first and last sentences of each paragraph  \no read the last sentence of each paragraph  \no jot down a few words that express  \n▪ the main idea  \n▪ the kind of writing it is: explaining? arguing? problem-posing?  \n▪ the author’s tone and point ofview  \n❖ Analyze the question and reword it so it tells you what you’re looking for—you might start with “what” or “why.” Reword negative questions as positive questions and cross answers that fit them off on your scratch paper.  \nExample: “The passage states that Jordan did all of the following EXCEPT…”  \nRewording: Which of these did Jordan do?  \no Ifit asks about a specific word or idea in the passage,  \n▪ Skim the text until you see a keyword from the question and then start reading carefully about four lines before that word. Read until about four lines after.  \n▪ Predict an answer to the question before you look at the choices.  \no Ifit asks a broader question,  \n▪ Reread the passage carefully to find the answer.  \n▪ If you can predict an answer to the question before you look at the choices, great; more often, you’ll move straight to the answer choices.  \n❖ Read the answers and eliminate any that you can.  \n❖ Choose the remaining answer closest to your prediction and go on.  \nBe careful!  \n❖ In reading questions, pay careful attention to the number of concepts you’re being asked about. If the question mentions two concepts, eliminate any answer that applies to only one--and vice-versa.  \n❖ Pay close attention to words like must, every, all, each, totally, always, least, except, and not, and avoid all over-general answer choices.  \n❖ Readings require no outside knowledge, so don’t worry about readings which include technical terms you don’t know. Most other readers don’t know them either, and the questions won’t be about them.  \n❖ Watch out for (and eliminate) answer choices that include elements not specifically mentioned in the passage.  \nGRE Review  \nISU Student Success Center Verbal Section  \nPractice Test: Reading Comprehension  \nFirst Passage  \nAmong the more interesting elements of etymology is the attempt to derive the meaning of seemingly nonsensical expressions. Take, for instance, the increasingly archaic rural phrase“to buy a pig in a poke.” For centuries, the expression has been used to signify the purchase of an item without full knowledge of its condition, and it relates to the common Renaissance practice of securing suckling pigs for transport to market in a poke, or drawstring bag. Unscrupulous sellers would sometimes attempt to dupe purchasers by replacing the suckling pig with a cat, considered worthless at market. 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