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**** is the insertion or deletion consistent w/ the title? | **** is the insertion or deletion consistent w/ the title? | ||
*** final paragraph questions | *** final paragraph questions | ||
**** last sentences of a passage generally summarize the main point, which is usually also expressed in the passage title | |||
click EXPAND for example of using titles to answer a question from CB test 10: | |||
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* Passage title: "How a Cat in a Hat Changed Children’s Education" | |||
* Test 10, question 2: | |||
<pre>The writer wants to include a quotation by Hersey | |||
that supports the topic of the passage. Which choice | |||
best accomplishes this goal? | |||
A) (NO CHANGE) interesting, since “an individual’s sense of wholeness... follows, and cannot precede, a sense of accomplishment.” | |||
B) interesting, since “learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.” | |||
C) interesting because “journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.” | |||
D) interesting with “drawings like those of the wonderfully imaginative geniuses among children’s illustrators.”</pre> | |||
* elimination using the title, "How a Cat in a Hat Changed Children’s Education" | |||
** note: this assumes the student knows that the "Cat in a Hat" is an illustration book designed to teach reading (fairly common knowledge for English speakers) | |||
* x A) a sense of wholeness and accomplishment unrelated to the title << so eliminate | |||
* x B) failure has nothing to do with illustration books and reading<< so eliminate | |||
* x C) nothing about journalism in the title << so eliminate | |||
* y D) drawings and children's illustration assumed in the title << correct | |||
* Test 10, question 11 -- the final question of the passage regarding the last sentence (thus a concluding sentence): | |||
<pre> | |||
Full sentence: "But perhaps the best proof of The Cat in the Hat’s success is not its influence on other books but its __" | |||
Question: The writer wants a conclusion that restates the main themes of the passage. Which choice best accomplishes this goal? | |||
A) (NO CHANGE) limited vocabulary and appealing word choices. | |||
B) impressive worldwide sales that continue to remain high to this day. | |||
C) enduring ability to delight children and engage them in learning how to read. | |||
D) important role in the history of illustration in the twentieth century</pre> | |||
* elimination using the title, "How a Cat in a Hat Changed Children’s Education" | |||
* x A) title is not about word choices (or limiting vocabulary) << so eliminate | |||
* x B) title is not about the book's sales, it's about changing children's education << so eliminate | |||
* y C) we can infer that the title is about learning to read << correct | |||
* x D) title is about children's education not history of illustration << so eliminate | |||
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=== Test & booklet formatting === | === Test & booklet formatting === | ||