1. Ideas of the Passage
Fitrotul Maulidiyah

2. It is very common for reading
passages in the Reading
Comprehension section of the
TOEFL test to have questions about
the overall ideas in the passage.

3. The most common type of question
Subject
Title
Main
Idea
Topic

4. SKILL 1
Answer
Main Idea
Questions
Correctly

5. Reading Passage on
TOEFL Test
Questions about the
main idea of a passage

6. Questions about main idea of a passage
Being worded in a variety of ways
Topic, subject, title, primary idea, main
idea

7. Asking the primary point the author is trying to get across
in the passage
Being generally written in a traditionally organized
manner
Finding the main idea from the topic sentence = 1st
paragraph

8. If a passage consists
of only ONE
paragraph
The beginning of
that paragraph to
determine the
main idea

9. GROUP 1

10. Main Idea
How intelligence differs
from reasoning in
Dewey’s works.

11. If a passage consists of
MORE THAN ONE paragraph
The beginning of EACH
paragraph to determine
the main idea

12. GROUP 2

13. Main Idea
Two nitrogen processes

14. Read the 1st line of each
paragraph
Look for a common
theme or idea in the first
lines
How to answer
the questions?
Skim over the rest of the
passage to find the topic
sentence
Eliminate definitely
wrong answers

15. SKILL 2
Recognize the
Organization
of Ideas

16. Organization of ideas
You will be able to determine how the
ideas in one paragraph (or
paragraphs) relate to the ideas in
another paragraph (or paragraphs).

17. How does each paragraph relate to each other?
Provides examples to support the ideas in the
first paragraph
Precedes the ideas in the first paragraph
Outlines the effect of the idea in the first
paragraph
Refutes the idea in the first paragraph

18. GROUP 3