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Reading Comprehension
The Reading Comprehension section of the COMPASS covers several skill areas with each skill area addressing a number of sub-skills. An outline showing these skill areas and their major sub-skills is shown below.
Understand the Main Idea and Supporting Details in Written Material
- Identify Explicit and Implicit Main Ideas of a Paragraph or Passage
- Identify the Statement or Statements that Best Express the Main Idea of a Paragraph or Passage
Identify a Writer's Purpose and Point of View
- Recognize a Writer's Expressed or Implied Audience and Purpose for Writing
- Evaluating the Appropriateness of Written Material for a Specific Purpose or Audience
- Recognizing the Likely Effect on an Audience of a Writer's Language Choices
- Using the Content, Word Choice, and Phrasing of a Passage to Determine a Writer's Purpose or Point of View
- Identifying an Author's Attitude
- Recognizing How Language is Used in a Passage
Analyze the Relationship Among Ideas in Written Material
- Identifying Sequence of Events or Steps and Analyzing Relationships Among Similar Ideas
- Predicting Outcomes
- Drawing Conclusions Inductively and Deductively from Information Stated or Implied in a Passage
Use Critical Reasoning Skills to Evaluate Written Material
- Evaluating the Stated or Implied Assumptions upon Which the Validity of a Writer's Argument Depends
- Judging the Relevance or Importance of Facts, Examples, or Graphic Data to a Writer's Argument
- Evaluating the Logic of a Writer's Argument and the Validity of Analogies
- Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion
- Assessing the Credibility or Objectivity of a Writer or Source of Written Material
Determine the Meaning of Words and Phrases
- Determining the Meaning of Words and Phrases in Context
- Determining the Meaning of Figurative Expressions in Context
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