1 reading introduction

Critical Reading

Questions Difficulty

Easy

Medium

Hard

Line

Paragraph

Passage

Graph

Main Idea (first)

Comparison (1-2)

Tips Wrong Answers

 Extremes (best-worst-most-least)  Out of the Scope  90 % different meaning

Meaning

 Read and translate.

Tone – Attitude Positive – Negative - Neutral

Positive

Negative

Neutral

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supportive - complimentary – appreciative-optimistic reassuring - sympathetic - favorable - approving biased-prejudiced - subjective - partial spirited - passionate - enthusiastic - ebullient

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critical - satirical - sarcastic - contradictory ironic - mocking - sardonic - bitter diffident - unfavorable – disapproving Somber – gloomy - pessimistic

 objective - unbiased - detached  impartial - disinterested

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Practice

1- What is the tone of the writer?

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Hard

2- What does the passage imply?

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Hard

3- What is the author’s primary purpose?

• Medium 4- What is the meaning of the word “perplex” in line 19?

• Easy 5- What is the writer’s attitude in the third paragraph?

• Medium

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Practice

6- What can you infer from the last sentence in the passage?

• Easy 7- What does the word “paradox” in line 10 serve to?

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Hard

8- What can you infer from lines 10-13?

• Easy 9- According to line 35, the writer is …..

• Easy 10- Compared to passage 2, passage 1 is considered …

• Hard

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Practice

11- What can you deduce from the second sentence in the first paragraph?

• Easy 12- What does the phrase “in and about” in line 14 closely mean?

• Easy 13- What does the sentence line 7 suggest?

• Easy 14- The main emphasis of the passage is …

• Medium 15- The function of the first sentence of the fourth paragraph is ..

• Hard