Reading: details, structure and integration
| English | 中文 | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|
| viewpoint/ˈvjuːpɔɪnt/ | 观点 | guān diǎn |
| tone/təʊn/ | 语气 | yǔ qì |
A decision before an answer
- A narrator says a train was “finally” on time. That word reveals an expectation, not just a timetable fact.
- Your goal: Find key ideas, details and warranted inferences.
Read the relationship
- Map a longer passage by paragraph roles: setting, claim, evidence, objection or resolution.
- Analyse author craft, viewpoint and structure.
“Finally, the train arrived on time” implies:
Finally suggests prior frustration or waiting.
Use the defining rule
- Locate an answer’s evidence before selecting it. An inference must be supported even if no sentence states it directly.
- Compare passages and integrate textual or visual evidence.
Two authors favour libraries for different reasons. They:
Distinguish their conclusion from their supporting reasons.
Check the conditions
- Separate a character’s belief from the narrator’s view. Tone emerges from wording and context.
- Compare passages and integrate textual or visual evidence.
Passage A values a museum because it protects objects. Passage B values it because it invites debate. Both can favour museums while offering different reasons. An answer claiming that B opposes all preservation would go beyond the evidence.
An author’s attitude conveyed by wording is ____.
Tone must be supported by specific language.
Apply the task format
- In paired passages, compare the authors on the question’s shared issue. For a graphic, verify that the visual supports the precise claim.
- Compare passages and integrate textual or visual evidence.
Do not choose an answer merely because it repeats a passage word. The relationship between ideas must also fit.
Which answer fits this case?
Find key ideas, details and warranted inferences
A character’s statement always gives the author’s own opinion.
A text may portray a belief without endorsing it.
Keep the distinctions
- viewpoint 观点 — The position from which something is described.
- tone 语气 — An attitude conveyed by wording.
- Find key ideas, details and warranted inferences.
- Analyse author craft, viewpoint and structure.
- Compare passages and integrate textual or visual evidence.
Match each term with its precise meaning in this lesson.
Keep the distinctions stated in the teaching example.
Put this lesson’s reasoning or event sequence in order.
The order follows the stated process; check each stage before the next.