SKILL 12. Determine Where Specific Information is Found
Sometimes the final question accompanying a reading passage (or one paragraph of a passage) will ask you to determine where in the passage a piece of information is found. On the test there will be a multiple-choice question that asks where certain information is found. The answer choices will list possible locations for that information.
The following that you should remember when you are trying to determine where in the passage something is found :
1. How to identify the question.
- Where in the passage......?
2. Where to find the answer.
- The answer can be in any of the lines listed in the answers to the question.
3. How to answer the question.
- Choose a key word or idea in the question.
- Skim the appropriate(s) of the passsage looking for the key word or idea.
- Choose the answer that contains the key word or idea.
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