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Basic

TOEFL Pro
Reading 1
Adrian Bahri
@bahrixc
[email protected]
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We are going to learn:

Overview Questions
Main idea, main topic,
purpose, and others
Overview Questions
1. Main Idea (Ide Pokok atau Gagasan Utama)
Contoh soal:
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
2. The primary idea of the passage is ...
3. Which of the following best summarizes the author's main idea?

2. Main Topic (Topic Utama)


Contoh soal:
4. The main topic of the passage is …
5. What does the passage mainly discuss?
6. The passage is primarily concerned with …

3. Main Purpose (Tujuan/Alasan Utama)


Contoh soal:
7. The author's purpose in writing is to …
8. What is the author's main purpose in the passage?
9. The main point of this passage is to …
10. Why did the author write the passage?
Contoh jawaban:
To define ... To discuss ... To relate ... To
propose ...
To support the idea that ... To compare ... To illustrate . . . To distinguish
PRO TIPS
Overview Questions

1. Jawab tipe pertanyaan ini terakhir. Dahulukan


pertanyaan yang menanyakan hal detail/spesifik.
2. Fokus pada kalimat utama dan paragraf utama.
3. Hati-hati dengan pilihan jawaban yang:
a. terlalu spesifik
b. terlalu general
c. tidak sesuai teks
d. tidak sesuai dengan yang ditanya
Other Overview Questions
1. Tone Questions (Perasaan Penulis)
Contoh soal:
1. What tone does the author take in writing this passage?
2. The tone of this passage could best be described as …
Positive Negative Neutral
favorable optimistic critical unfavorable objective impersonal
amused pleased angry defiant
respectful humorous worried outraged

Try this!
3. That was just the beginning of a remarkable series of performances by this
brilliant actress.
4. Despite some minor problems, this device has a number of admirable features.
5. This practice is a waste of time and money.
6. At the time his poems were first published, they were very popular, but today
most critics find them simplistic and rather uninteresting.
Other Overview Questions
2. Attitude Questions (Sikap Penulis)
Contoh soal:
1. What is the author's attitude toward ...?
2. The author's opinion is best described as …
3. The author's attitude toward could best be described as one of …
4. How would the author probably feel about ...?

Berikut beberapa contoh lain dari Attitude Questions


5. Which of the following recommendations would the author most likely support?
6. The author would be LEAST likely to agree with which of the following statements?
7. The author of the passage would most likely be in favor of which of the following policies?

What is the author's attitude toward smoking on airplanes as expressed in the


sentence below?
“Although some passengers may experience a slight
discomfort from not smoking on long flights, their smoking
endangers the health of all the passengers and crew”.
Other Overview Questions
3. Organization Questions (Susunan Isi Teks)
Contoh soal:
• How is the information in the passage organized?
• How is the information in the second paragraph related to the information in the first
paragraph?
• Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage?

How to Answer the Questions:


1. Read the first line of each paragraph.
2. Look for words that show relationships among the paragraphs.
3. Choose the answer that best expresses the relationship.
Other Overview Questions
Conflict within an organization is not always viewed as undesirable. In fact,
various managers have widely divergent ideas on the value that conflict can have.
According to the traditional view of conflict, conflict is harmful to an
organization. Managers with this traditional view of conflict see it as their role in an
organization to rid the organization of any possible sources of conflict.
The interactionist view of conflict, on the other hand, holds that conflict can
serve an important function in an organization by reducing complacency among
workers and causing positive changes to occur. Managers who hold an interactionist
view of conflict may actually take steps to stimulate conflict within the organization.

How is the information in the passage organize?


A. The origin of the ideas about conflict is presented.
B. Contrasting views of conflict are presented.
C. Two theorists discuss the strengths and weaknesses of their views on conflict.
D. Examples of conflict within organizations are presented.
Other Overview Questions
4. Questions about previous or following paragraphs (Petanyaan yang
menanyakan paragraf sebelum atau sesudah)
Contoh soal:
1. With what topic would the following/preceding paragraph most likely deal?
2. The paragraph prior to/after the passage most probably discusses . . .
3. It can be inferred from the passage that the previous/next paragraph concerns ...
4. What most likely precedes/follows the passage?

preceding, prior to = previous


Thank You

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