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comprehension text 2&3 (Content questions (Inferential (answer hidden…

- - - - further and clearer elaboration
      - can repeat key words
      - (sometimes=in your own words) when explaining certain expression
    - - answer can be directly found in the text
      - rephrase: change all the key words
      - rephrase: change the sentence structure
      - do not use words that have the same root
    - - usually need further elaboration
      - must be in your own words
- - - - the writer is saying/trying to tell/suggesting that...
      - the meaning behind/the meaning of the word
    - - (it is effective because)"Word" suggests that...(elaboration of word, syns or the meaning behind)
      - it is unusual because "Word' is used to/means ..., but the writer use it to refer/describe
    - - the writer want to emphasise .../show that...(what information/feeling does the expression give to the reader)
    - - the writer is saying that...(explain the expression)
  - - - "Word" suggest/shows that .... while "word" only tells that...
  - - - read the context (the message of the paragraph) (the main idea of the whole passage)
      - the writer is saying that...( the most direct meaning implied)
      - e.g. As a developed country, Singapore should not have the problem of social isolation. suggested message: social isolation is rampant/commonly seen in less developed countries.
  - - - identifying
        
        similes： as...as..., like...
        
        metaphor: not the literal meaning
      - answer: (identifying) + imagery +(effect) i.e. "expression". It shows that...(the real message) just like/as if ...(the literal), suggesting that ...(the effect)
      - it is because the ....(factor) is ...(features in common) just like ...(literal)
    - - shows that ...( the feature of the thing/ the feeling it gives to the author)
    - - what are the two possible meanings of this expression?
        
        list down the two meanings simply
      - refer to the context
    - - identify the irony in the sentence
        
        the sentence itself is showing irony by using the opposite meaning of the word
        
        answer: what is written + what it really means e.g. "thank you for your wonderful goal!" the man said. the man said ..., while he actually means that he will hate the player forever for his terribly shot own goal.
      - what is ironic about....
        
        recount of the story (usually contrast)
        
        e.g. what happened before + but/yet + what happened after
        
        e.g. the player was shot soon after he said that he aught to be.
- - - - avoid "to do", use "doing" or "do"
      - avoid moral words (delete as many as possible)
      - avoid passive voice
      - avoid phrases like "would have to", replace with "should" "would" or nothing.
      - avoid perfect tense, use past tense
      - avoid starting with "it" and "there"
      - get rid of preposition
      - avoid subordinate clause