Chapter 11: Complete the Passage

Question 1

Which is the most important, but not the only important, sentence to read carefully when answering the CR “complete the passage” question type?

Answer 1

Read the last sentence before the blank carefully and look at the words that appear directly before that might signal what the answer is.

Question 2

What is an effective strategy we can use to find the correct answer to the CR “complete the passage” question type?

Answer 2

Turn the last sentence before the blank into a question starting with either “what” or “why” - the correct answer is the best answer to that question.

If the word preceding the blank is a connective that functions like because (since, as), then start the question with why. If not, use what.

Question 3

When using the what or why a strategy to answer the CR “complete the passage” question type, what must we remember which part of the stimulus the correct answer refers to?

Answer 3

The correct answer must work with the entire passage not just one part.

(Link to other CR question types that need a holistic answer, e.g. Inference)

Question 4

The CR “complete the passage” question type draws on which 4 other CR question types?

Answer 4

1. Strengthen the Argument.
2. Weaken the Argument.
3. Inference Questions.
4. Assumption Questions.

Question 5

What are the 4 most common incorrect answer choices to the CR “complete the passage” question type?

Answer 5

1. Sounds correct, but subtly heads in the wrong direction.
2. Plausible/inferable from the passage but not the logical completion.
3. Addresses a material issue that is not the focus of the passage.
4. Explains part of the passage rather than complete the passage.