Gkt Practice Reading

Front 1

Time order sequence

Back 1

Listing in order things or events. For example, passages involving a progression of dates

Front 2

Simple listing

Back 2

Of ideas, events, activities. Items in no particular order. For example, list of organizational patterns

Front 3

Definition

Back 3

Extended to provide examples. Explanation or clarification of a word or teerm. For example, a passage defines "Americanism" and lists examples to clarify

Front 4

Division/classification

Back 4

Dividing a subject into categories. Ideas are presented from general to specific. For example, classifying different types of schools or archetecture.

Front 5

Cause and effect

Back 5

Claims that the existence of a first event is sufficient to guarantee the occurence of a second. Demonstration of how an event came to be, due to certain circomstances

Front 6

Comparison and contrast

Back 6

Pointing out similarities or differences. For example, passage might look at the difference in values of renting and purchasing.

Front 7

Description

Back 7

Of a person, place, or event. For example, going into detail about life of Abraham Lincoln

Front 8

Sequence/process

Back 8

For example, describing the steps to prepare a turkey dinner

Front 9

Spatial/place order

Back 9

For example, describing the location of a mountain home

Front 10

Order of importance

Back 10

Listing items by value. For example, listing in order the items needed by a homeowner encountering a hurricane

Front 11

Addition

Back 11

Development of a subject point by point. For example, developing the subject of discipline with many points

Front 12

Generalization

Back 12

Making of a general statement, which includes the support of specific examples.

Front 13

Summary

Back 13

Summation of what has already been said but in greater detail.