Toefl exam Essentials

FINDING SUPPORTING DETAILS
Supporting details are facts or specific information that provide
evidence for an author’s main idea. They often answer the ques-
tions what? when? where? why? or how? Three question types on
the reading test ask you about specific information within a pas-
sage: supporting-detail questions, exception questions, and loca-
tion of information questions. You will need to be able to:
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identify supporting details from a passage
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recognize information that is not provided in the passage
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identify the place in the passage where specific
information is given

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READING
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How can you recall one fact from a passage that is five para-
graphs long? Follow these techniques as a guide: