Strategy
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Topic: Main Idea
Questions
Strategy
Used: Paying Attention to Scope
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One of the six question types on the MCAT Verbal Reasoning
section is the Main Idea question. These questions ask for a
restatement of the author's main point, the primary idea, or the
overall gist of the passage.
A key strategy for Main Idea questions is to read the answer
choices and pay attention to their scope. Wrong answer choices
will generally be too broad or too narrow. Eliminate those
quickly and look for the answer choice that best matches the
scope of the main theme.
Main idea questions are common in this section. So it's a good
idea to look for the main idea while you initially read the
passage. Key words to look for include "theme," "idea," and
"purpose."
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