Your comfort level is really important when it comes to doing well on the exam.
And that's why I'm going through several strategy application lectures for the standard multiple choice
question.
You're going to see this question on the exam.
You're also going to see the yes.
No, not giving question several times filled the blank question, the standard fill the blank question
several times.
So I want you to be really, really comfortable when you see this question so you know exactly what
to do.
Let's now go through another strategy application lecture for the standard multiple choice question.
One last time in terms of strategy, look at all the questions and identify the key words right away.
You want to be able to do this in 30 to 45 seconds, then quickly identify the easiest question to scan
for an answer first, because sometimes a question can be easy to scan for.
But if they're asking you what is suggested that that may be more difficult to be able to answer, then
you want to find the matching sentences in the reading passage and read the sentences.
Sometimes there's one sentence or two sentences.
If you have this question, type in passage three, you may have to go through three sentences because
what they've done is pull information from three different sentences to create one question and answer.
So we have to work really hard at applying our answers strategy.
So coming up next, we're going to go ahead and walk through a full passage application working on our
scanning ability and answer application.
This one comes from Cambridge Book 11 Test for part two and Introduction to Film Sound.
So please get your book open your book to test for part two.
And let's walk through this together.
On the left side, you can see the reading passage on the right side.
You see we're doing questions 14 through 18.
Now you'll notice that I don't have all the paragraphs on my screen.
There's a reason when you look at numbers 17 and 18, and I can quickly see that this one is about bringing
up baby.
And number 18 is about the click of a door.
This language will be found.
Exactly.
And because the multiple choice question goes in order, I know that I don't need to look beyond where
I see the word click for any any answers to these questions.
So that's the reason why you see only these paragraphs on the screen, because right down here at the
bottom, in these last paragraphs, you see a click of a door.
I know that every answer to 14, 15, 16 and 17 has to be above this.
It must be.
So our first job is to identify the keywords of kind of maybe I messed it up a little bit by talking
about what I just mentioned, but our first job is to identify the keywords under time conditions.
So what I want you to do is set your timer for 45 seconds.
Look at questions 14 through 18 and identify the keywords in the questions.
Please do that right now.
For number 14.
First paragraph and makes a point.
Think about that question for a second.
Where do you look when you want to find out the point that a writer is making?
15 is really easy to find.
Humphrey Bogart.
Easy 16.
They tell us the paragraph, but here they're asking you, what does the writer suggest?
Again, that type of language is really difficult to find.
But hopefully after me explaining it to you, you'll have a better handle on how to spot what a writer
is suggesting.
Number 17 is really easy to locate also with bringing up baby.
And then 18, where it says Click of a door.
That's also easy to locate.
So I hope that you are able to circle or highlight the same keywords.
And as as I said earlier, number 17 with Bringing Up Baby and 18 with a click of a door.
Those are really, really easy to locate also.
Humphrey Bogart.
But I would find 18/1 so that I know I don't need to go beyond this point.
I don't need to.
Everything is above that.
We're now going to work on scanning for the matching sentences for the keywords.
So get ready to set your timer.
We're going to start with questions 17 and 18/1, since those are very easy to locate and will give
us our ending point.
So the first thing we're going to do is set a one minute timer and scan and look for only questions
17 and 18/1.
Go ahead and look in your book.
Take one minute and scan the passage for the matching sentences for questions 17 and 18 right now.
So did you easily locate the matching sentences?
I'm sure you did.
For number 17, we see it right here where we see bringing a baby.
And for 18, we see click of a door, click of an opening door.
We know 18 is here.
We know 17 is here.
Now set a timer for 2 minutes and locate the matching sentences in the passage for questions 14 through
16.
Look for these questions in the passage.
Questions 14 to 16.
Set your timer for 2 minutes.
We know 17 is here.
We know 17 is right down here.
And so numbers 14, 15 and 16 have to be above that.
They must.
So set your timer for 2 minutes and locate questions 14 through 16 right now.
Did you locate the matching sentences for 14 through 16?
Let's take a look.
Number 14 is right up here.
Right here because I'm looking at the topic sentence because they want to know what point is the writer
going to make here?
And I know the topic sentence is really important when you're talking about that number 15, we see
Humphrey Bogart.
So we know it comes from right here.
I want to know about reasons.
So where it says perhaps this is because that's the reasoning language.
Number 16, they don't give us a lot of direction.
They only tell us that we're looking for what the writer suggests.
And when we're looking for that.
Normally when an author is talking about an example, they're really giving you what is suggested.
And that's something that only really good writers or people that read a lot of reading passages really
get an idea of.
But you have to be able to tell what kind of language in a paragraph is going to indicate what an author
is going to suggest or what the writer is going to suggest.
Number 17, we found it bringing a baby in 18.
Click of a door, click of an opening door.
So it's time to answer the question.
We're going to answer all the questions and we're going to set a four minute timer when we do this.
So open your book, set your timer for 4 minutes and answer questions 14 through 18 right now.
How did you deal with these questions?
I really hope you were able to find all the correct answers.
Let's see.
14 is B, 15 is A, 16 is B.
So at 14 it will be wrong to overlook the contribution of sound to the artistry of films.
So right here for 14, it says, Though we may think of a film as an essentially visual experience,
we really cannot afford to underestimate the importance of film sound where it talks about we can't
afford to underestimate.
That means it would be wrong to overlook.
Choice B is the correct answer.
Choice number 15.
One reason that the writer refers to Humphrey Bogart is to exemplify.
So right here in this sentence, they mentioned Humphrey Bogart.
But the answer comes from the next sentence where it says perhaps this is because because that's the
reasoning language.
Perhaps this is because the very texture of a performer's voice supplies an element of the character.
They're making a connection between the voice and the element or aspect of the character that is paraphrased
in Choice.
A The importance of the actor and the character appearing to have similar personalities.
16.
In this paragraph, you can end up reading these first three sentences.
Our first four sentence is actually because you have to get to language that really indicates what does
the author what does the writer suggest?
What is happening here is the writer is giving you some details.
They give a topic sentence.
And then they give you two details and telling you is interesting to note.
That how dialogue is used in the very amount of dialogue used varies widely.
And what does it suggest?
The example is going to tell you what that detail suggest.
In the highly successful science fiction film 2001.
One of my favorite films, Little Dialogue, was evident, and most of it was banal.
And of little intrinsic interest.
So really, they're testing your vocabulary here, if you know what the word banal and of little interest,
intrinsic interest, what that means, then you can get this answer right away because that language
is the same as saying something is dull.
So the correct answer choice here is be.
What does the writer suggest about bringing a baby?
Again, what kind of language will indicate what somebody is suggesting?
Just like for number 16, an example is one way somebody can suggest something or suggest what a detail
means.
17 We see the reference pronoun this this use.
So in this sentence, they give us a really great keyword to find where to read bringing a baby.
But you have to know when somebody talks about this is because or this use is that language is pointing
towards what somebody suggests about what was stated in the previous sentence, meaning further explanation.
This use of dialogue underscores not only the quality, not only the dizzy quality of the character
played by Katharine Hepburn, but also the absurdity of the film.
Itself and thus its humor.
So you have to be able to read this information.
Read this information and then you have to be able to capture which of these answer choices is paraphrasing
that information.
And the correct answer here is.
DH The nature of the dialogue emphasizes key elements.
So this use of dialogue underscores not only the characters dizzy quality, but also the absurdity of
the film.
So the nature of the dialogue emphasizes the key elements the absurdity, the dizzy quality of the film
and the film's character.
18 The writer refers to the click of a door to make what point about realistic sounds.
So you have to read these two sentences to really get it.
So the first sentence is, for example, the click of a door may be open.
The click of a door being open may simply serve to convince the audience that the image portrayed is
real.
The next sentence.
However, I told you before about that word.
However, when I say that word, however, I get interested.
However, if the click of an opening door is part of an ominous action such as a burglary, the sound
mixer may call attention to the click with an increase in volume.
When I see the word, however, is telling me the click of a door can mean this.
However, it can also mean that.
And if you look at the answer choices choice see captures that perfectly.
Thank you so much for joining me.
In our analysis of applying the strategy for a standard multiple choice question.
Thank you very much.