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Course: Praxis Core Reading > Unit 1
Lesson 2: Quick guides- Main idea | Quick guide
- Supporting ideas | Quick guide
- Meanings of words | Quick guide
- Organization | Quick guide
- Inferences | Quick guide
- Evaluation of evidence | Quick guide
- Purpose of component | Quick guide
- Relationship of ideas | Quick guide
- Fact or opinion | Quick guide
- Author's attitude | Quick guide
- Recognize similar situations | Quick guide
- Draw conclusions | Quick guide
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Relationship of ideas | Quick guide
How do these ideas relate to one another?
Relationship of Ideas questions ask you to spot the relationships between ideas in a passage or a pair of passages.
Examples
- "Which best describes the relationship between Passage 1 and Passage 2?"
- "Which of the following best describes the relationship between the two paragraphs in the passage?"
Strategies
- Lose the details. The specifics don't matter much in these questions, so try describing the ideas in broad terms. Do the ideas contradict? Does one passage expand on the other passage? Predict the relationship in your own words.
- Use process of elimination to get rid of choices that don't match the relationship you identified.
Common wrong choices
Wrong choices will sometimes describe the relationship convincingly, but flip the roles played by the passages (e.g., say that Passage 1 does something that Passage 2 actually does). Be sure to double check the passages and make sure you know which one is serving which purpose.
Your turn!
Practice these strategies with the example below!
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