Vocabulary Questions
These questions will test your understand of specific words that have been presented in the passage. There will be 3 to 5 questions for each reading passage. Remember, these questions are not about analyzing the passage so you aren’t likely to find any clues in the reading passage. These questions can be spotted because they ask you do identify or explain the meaning of. Ex: X is closest in meaning to … When stating Y, the author means….
The best way of scoring will on this section is to define the word to yourself before looking at the available options. Pick the choice that most resembles what you know the word to mean.
How to deal:
1. Locate the word you are being asked to define and reread the surround sentences carefully. You maybe able to find some clues by studying the context of the sentence, or discover some examples of the word you need to define.
2. Know your prefixes, suffixes and roots. Deconstruct the word to help you understand what it may mean. For example: you may not recognize the word demote, but if you break down the word you find “de” a prefix that means remove, take away or lower. Now that you know this, look for a definition or synonym that means to remove, take away or lower. Or use your powers of deduction to compare words that share roots and suffixes.
3. Use word clues to eliminate choices. Take the word you are being asked to define and replace it with your available options. For example: We used to laugh at their (antics). If you have the choice of pain, or behavior, replace antic with each word and decide which one fits the context better.
Watch out for:
* Words that share the same prefix, root, or suffix but means different things. Ex: mislead - to trick and misplace - to lose.
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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