Tip # 4 Detail Questions

1.These questions are questions that are distinguishable from many others in that they are:.—
1. Locatable questions. While it may be tricky to ;loactetr them they are locatable in specific location.
2— The prompt itself is often a rich source to note before you locate the answer. Thus, these questions are heavily reliant on
1.Key words - words helpful for your search but often found as synonyms in the text
2.Anchor words - words that you can expect will be exactly replicated from the multiple choice selections in the text. In other words, they cannot be replaced
—3. These questions are ones that are almost always decided by confirming with the text rather than deduction on the spot
—4. They contain many tricks & traps. Especially common is the trick of using exact key word matches in the text in the multiple choice questions

Strategies

1.Recognize these as detail questions
2.Note Key words &  Anchor words in the MCQ prompt
3.Decide on your lead off key or anchor word before you search the text
4.Have a hypothesis of location of the answer. Is it likely to be:
   1.beginning,
   2.upper middle,
   3.middle,
   4.lower middle,
   5.near end
5. Skim quickly for location
6. SLOWLY read the section and process information
7.  Go back and forth to it as you confirm