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 * types of errors include:
 ** textual evidence that is unrelated to the question
-** or, an incorrect association with a word in the passage
+** an incorrect association with a word in the passage (which is designed to fool you)
-**
+** for "main point" or author purpose questions, the error could be of:
+*** ''generality'', i.e., the error goes beyond the main point), or
+*** ''specificity'', i.e., the error is that the evidence is too specific, narrow, or a minor and not the main point (this is more common)
+** errors of perspective, i.e., the error is that the perspective is, in fiction, inconsistent with the character, or, in other types, inconsistent with author purpose or other comparison
+** in historical passages, the error could be one of historical context, such as a passage written in 1802 would not be concerned with an issue that was important in 1923 or today
+** particular syntax (word choice) designed to fool students by using a negative construct ("author does not" or "author would be skeptical of") and then presenting possible answer that corresponds to the positive construct
+** errors of precise textual evidence when the answer must be ''inferred'' (especially on comparison passages and charts/tables questions)
 === Perspective shift ===