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<pre>The questions in this section address a number of important reading and writing skills.</pre> | <pre>The questions in this section address a number of important reading and writing skills.</pre> | ||
=== Skills === | === Skills === | ||
* Vocabulary | * '''Vocabulary''' | ||
** contextual identification,especially for parts of speech and word "type" | ** contextual identification, especially for parts of speech and word "type" or its appropriate associations | ||
** word definition anticipation | ** word definition anticipation | ||
* Reading comprehension, including | * '''Reading comprehension''', including | ||
** paragraph construction (esp. topic and concluding sentences) | ** paragraph construction (esp. topic and concluding sentences) | ||
** contextual purpose of a sentence | ** contextual purpose of a sentence | ||
** main point | ** main point | ||
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** author perspective point of view | ** author perspective point of view | ||
** using evidence | ** using evidence | ||
* '''Logic & Reasoning''', including | |||
** inverted or backwards thinking (especially with the word "not" to invert an idea) | |||
** identifying patterns, especially in charts | |||
** inference from given evidence | |||
* Grammar & punctuation, including | * '''Grammar & punctuation''', including | ||
** verb tense | ** verb tense | ||
** clauses and phrases, especially participle phrases | ** clauses and phrases, especially participle phrases | ||
** pronouns | ** pronouns | ||
** modifiers, especially determiners ''(such, this, one,some, any,'' etc.) | ** modifiers, especially determiners ''(such, this, one, some, any,'' etc.) | ||
** punctuation of phrases, dependent clauses and independent clauses | ** punctuation of phrases, dependent clauses and independent clauses | ||
* '''Usage''' | |||
** parallelism (maintaining "parallel" sentence and word forms) | |||
** '''concise''' and '''precise''' word choice and sentence construction | |||
*** i.e. avoiding redundancy, wordiness and passive voice | |||
= Elimination = | = Elimination = | ||