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
supportive - complimentary – appreciative-optimistic reassuring - sympathetic - favorable - approving biased-prejudiced - subjective - partial spirited - passionate - enthusiastic - ebullient
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? •
Hard
2- What does the passage imply? •
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? •
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