Rhetorical Structure Questions
These questions will be about how the author of the passage supports key points of the passage through the use of details, specifically, description, examples, definitions and explanation. Before you can answer these questions you will have to know what details are being used and why they are being used. So take a moment to ask yourself, am I reading a description or an explanation? Why is the author presenting this description?
You will be faced with two types of Rhetorical Structure Questions. The first asks you to identify a particular idea, or ideas and questions you on the purpose. Ex: Why does the writer mention X? To emphasis Y. The second type of question presents a type of rhetorical structure and asks you how the writer accomplishes it. Ex: How does the author explain A? By comparing B and C. There will be no more then 2 question of this type per reading passage.
How to deal:
1. Recognize types of details and other Rhetorical Structure. Are you looking at a description, a definition, an example, or an explanation? Is the author attempting to demonstrate, clarify, distinguish, expand, emphasize prove or refute something?
2. Identify the key ideas of the questions, locate them in the passage and reread the surround area carefully.
3. Get ready to infer meaning. You may be require to connect multiple phrases to form the complete answer.
Watch out for:
* Answers that refer to another part of the passage
* Answers that provide similar, but unmentioned or altered ideas.
Types of questions you can except.
1) Fact/Detail Questions
2) Not/Except Questions
3) Referent Questions
4) Vocabulary Questions
5) Inference Questions
6) Rhetorical Structure Questions
7) Coherence Questions
8) Paraphrasing Questions
9) Table Completion Questions
10) Prose Summary Questions
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