| A | B |
|---|
| Main Idea Q’s | focus on what the passage as a whole is about; main purpose |
| Detail Q’s | focus on important info. that is explicitly stated in passage; look for restatements or paraphrases of the text |
| Inference Q’s | focus on drawing conclusions from the passage |
| Tone Q’s | focus on author’s attitude toward subject; pay attention to “feeling” words in text |
| Author’s Technique Q’s | focus on the way a text is organized and language author uses; you must think about structure and function |
| denotation | the dictionary definition of a word |
| connotation | the tone of a word; the emotions it arouses |
| banal | hackneyed; trite; commonplace; stale; insipid |
| belabor | to work excessively; overwork |
| coherent | holding or sticking together; consistent; meaningful |
| emulate | to imitate or mimic |
| eschew | to avoid; to shun; to keep away from |
| invidious | offensive; hateful; malicious |
