SKILL 8: FIND DEFINITIONS FROM STRUCTURAL CLUES

STRUCTURAL CLUES
HOW TO IDENTIFY THE QUESTION	What is the meaning of “X” in line Y? The word “X” in line Y is closest in meaning to… The word “X” in line Y could best to replaced by…
TYPES OF CLUES	Punctuation	comma, parentheses, dashes
	Restatement	or, that is, in other words, i.e.
	Examples	such as, for example, e.g.
WHERE TO FIND THE ANSWER	Information to help you determine what something means will generally be found the punctuation clue, the restatement clue, or the example clue.
HOW TO ANSWER THE QUESTION	1.       Find the word in the passage. 2.       Locate any structural clues. 3.       Read the part of the passage after the structural clue carefully. 4.       Eliminate any definitely wrong answers and choose the best answer from the remaining choices.

Example :

The passage:
Line (5)	One of the leading schools of psychological thought in the twentieth century is behaviorism-the belief that the role of the psychologist is to study behavior, which is observable, rather than conscious or unconscious thought, which is not. Probably the best-known proponent of behaviorism is B.F. Skinner, who is famous for his research on how positive and negative reinforcement influence behavior. He came to believe that positive reinforcement such as praise, food, or money were more effective in promoting good behavior than negative reinforcement, or punishment.
The question:
	In “behaviorism” in line 2, a psychologist is concerned with (A)   conscious thought patterns (B)   unconscious thought patterns (C)   observable actions (D)   unobservable actions
The answer: C

  

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