2024._Introduction_to_the_Reading_Test.ppt

Introduction_to_the_Reading_Test

2. 65 minutes to complete section
4 single passages and 1 paired passage
500-750 words per passage or pair
3250 words total
10-11 questions per passage for a total of 52

3. Passage Type Topics Number of
Passages
Literature U.S. and World classic&
contemporary literature
1
History & Social StudiesAnthropology, communication
studies, economics,education,
geography, law, linguistics, political
science, psychology, & sociology
1
Founding Document or
Great Global
Conversation
U.S.Foundational texts (Founding
Documents), Historical and cultural
works re: civic and political life (Great
Global Conversation)
1
Science Basicconcepts & recent
developments in natural sciences
such as Earth science, biology,
chemistry, & physics
2

4. Consistent questions per passage:
1.General questions: central ideas, themes, point of view, overall text
structure , tone/ attitude , analogy , or unmentioned information.
2.Specific questions: meaning of word or phrase, specific evidence
to support claim *
* these will include line references

5. Repeated types of questions
Two question types to appear with each passage:
1.Two Vocab Word questions in Context
2.Two Evidence questions
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