SKILL 7: ANSWER TRANSITION QUESTIONS CORRECTLY

You will sometimes be asked to answer a multiple choice questions about what probably came before the reading passage (in the preceding paragraph) or what probably comes after the reading passage. Of course, the topic of the preceding is not directly stated, and you must draw a conclusion to determine what is the probably in these paragraph.

This type of question is a transition. It asks you to demonstrate that you understand that good writing contains transition from one paragraph to the next. A paragraph may start out with idea of the previous paragraph as a way of linking the ideas in the two paragraph. A paragraph may also ends with an idea that will be further developed in the following paragraph.

The followings you should remember about transition questions :

       1. How to identify the question.

- The paragraph preceding the passage probably......

- What is most likely in the paragraph following the passage?

       2. Where to find the answer.

- The answer can generally be found in the first line of the passage for a preceding question. The answer can generally be found in the last line for a following question.

      3. How to answer the question.

-. Read the first line for a preceding question.

- Read the last line for a following question.

- Draw a conclusion about what comes before or after.

- Choose the answer that is reflected in the first or last line of the passa

Example:

    Another myth of the oceans concerns Davy Jones, who in folklore is a mean-spirited sovereign of the ocean’s depths. The name “Jones” is thought by some etymologists to have been derived from the name “Jonah”, the Hebrew prophet who spent three days in a whale’s belly. 
   According to tradition, any object that goes overboard and sinks to the bottom of the ocean is said to have gone to Davy Jones’s locker, the ocean-sized, mythical receptacle for anything that falls into the water. Needless to say, any sailor on the seas is not so eager to take a tour of Davy Jones’s locker, although it might be a rather interesting trip considering all the treasures located there.

The paragraph preceding this passage most probably discusses

(A)   The youth of Davy Jones

(B)   Davy Jones’s career as a sailor

(C)   a different traditional story from the sea

(D)  Preparing to travel on the ocean

This question is asking to you about the topic  of the preceding paragraph, and you should know that a myth is a traditional  story, so the best answer to this question is letter C, beacasue it discusses a different  traditional story from the Sea.

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