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CAT 2k Reading Comprehension passage 2 analysis

Text Analysis Round 1 or Preliminary analysis : High word Count , Repeating words and ideas. Topic Statements and elaborations

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Analysis Paralysis

1. Identify at most 5 sentences which reflect the central idea of the passage 2. Identify Keywords 3. Describe the color coding 4. Identify cases of topic statement and elaboration 5. Provide Meta-listing of the passage Chief Justice V N … Continue reading

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for Pattern seekers and map makers

one of the fundamental skills in reading is the ability to identify patterns and the structures being used to organize the information in a piece of text . Early recognition of the structure of information can make assimilating information easier.  … Continue reading

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Text Break Down

For each of the following paragraphs , Identify the main idea/Topic statement 1. Like many other fast-growing cities around the world, Mexico City is facing severe water shortages. Many of its 20 million inhabitants receive only one hour of piped … Continue reading

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Divide and Conquer

Reading Skills generalized to information handling We have been screaming , shouting , showing , sharing the idea of Dividing all INFORMATION into the main idea/Topic Statement and secondary details/elaborations/examples etc.(You can access  text analysis samples based on this idea … Continue reading

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D.T.A Day 5

D.T.A is where we pick one article a day and learn reading techniques from the same. Text analysis in action. 1 Topic Statement and supporting details 2. Pronoun reference , ” See a pronoun ask a question ” (Red threads) … Continue reading

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D.T.A day 3

Special keyword Focus : Not…………..but…………. Text Structure: Problem- Solution Awareness of commonly used language structures can greatly enhance comprehension in simpler words Keywords and transitive phrases aid comprehension by providing known structures to organize information.  Most of us by now … Continue reading

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Grabbing the point and skimming the examples

In the following passage try and identify the main idea. If you are able to do that then see if you can ignore the examples or at least read them faster than usual. Ladies and gentlemen please take your seats. … Continue reading

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