Typical Questions
- "Which choice best describes the main purpose of the text?"
- "Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?"
How to Approach
- Connect detail to whole passage
- Understand how the sentence affects surrounding structure
- Requires modeling the passage's flow of ideas
Typical Trap and Quick Fix
- Ignoring paragraph’s broader logic
- Ask: "What point is this detail helping make?"
Signal Clues
- Leads from one claim to another (e.g., This helps us see...)