Paired Passage

What's the NUMBER 1 strategy that will absolutely help you successfully answer paired passage questions?

• PIE

• annotated notes

• highlighting topic sentences

• finding text evidence for my answers

What does READ stand for when answering paired passages?

• Review, Explain, Answer, Decide

• Read, Explain, Answer, Determine

• Read, Explain, Analyze, Determine

• Review, Explain, Analyze, Decide

When I look at the paired passage, I am looking for the similarities and differences of the two passages.

• True

• False

The poet includes stanza 2 in order to show that-

• Gertrude had tried to swim the English Channel before

• Many people had swum across the English Channel

• It is extremely difficult to swim across the English Channel

• The distance across the English Channel is 35 miles

• A

• B

• C

• D

• F

• G

• H

• J

• A

• B

• C

• D

• A

• B

• C

• D

What is the primary purpose of comparing paired passages in a reading comprehension test?

• To identify the main idea of each passage

• To find grammatical errors

• To compare the writing styles

• To analyze similarities and differences

Which of the following strategies is most effective when dealing with paired passages?

• Skimming both passages quickly

• Reading one passage and ignoring the other

• Highlighting key points in both passages

• Focusing only on the questions