| Question | Answer | | | | | |
| absent author passage | Author NOT present | NO expression of opinion | | | | |
| Present Author | Author IS present | Expresses opinion in favor of particular thesis | Author's own opinion or someone else's | | | |
| Tagging the passage | Give headers to passage [will show you role of pieces of passages] | Not good enough to label each paragraph | Maybe 3 or 4 headers | | | |
| Marking up the passage | Be sure to NOT highlight a bunch of stuff | High level words [how are words used??] | | | | |
| Isolating secondary structures? | Cause/effect [claiming in passage that 1 thing caused another] | You will see them in strength/weak quests. | Example
- very common to see them
-NEVER used as main pt.
-NOT a claim
+Illustrate a claim | | | |
| Common Question Types [Thesis: Absent Author] | It needs to encompass the whole thing | Main Pt.
-It's the conclusion
Purpose
-How do they get to the conclusion? | Purpose
-Look for answers that describe what's happening in the passage
-Explain, describe, present | Author's attitude
-Look for neutral answer choices | Quest. Anticipation
-Look for specific reference quests.
-Quests. relating to secondary structures | |
| Common Question Types [Thesis: Present Author] | What did the author decide?
What is their pt.? | Main Pt.
-Look for answers that best capture author's advocacy of arguments conclusion | Purpose
-Answer choices that pt. to evidence for argument that align with author's opinion | Author Attitude
-Answer choices that align with author's opinion | Quest. Anticipation
-Quests. that revolve around author's view | |
| RC Tips? | RC is NOT about remembering
Most quests. are about big picture
Learn how to read for structure | Lots of RC is about author's role [What do they support??] | understand each viewpoint | DON’T over-analyze assumptions/criticisms | Give yourself a table of contents
DON'T jump to quests. then find answers [WRONG!!!] | BE sure to recap passage at the end
-Go over headers |
| Steps to tackle a passage? | ID the subject matter | ID the primary structure | ID the role of the author | Tag the passage | Mark up the passage | Isolate secondary structures |
| How do you ID the subject matter of a passage? | ASK [What is general subject of passage??] | | | | | |
| How do you ID Primary Structure? | ASK [How many POVs are presented towards the subj. matter?] | Thesis
-1 main idea | Antithesis
-2 primary POVs
-Some sort of disagreement | Synthesis
-3 primary POVs
-Thesis and antithesis position presented then combining | | |
