Detail questions are frequently introduced in the following ways:

According to astronomers, the blue arcs are:a. a visual phenomenonb. actually imaginaryc. invisible to the human eyed. bending massive galaxies

According to the passage,…The author states that...All of the following are mentioned in the passage except...

All of the following are mentioned in the paragraph except…

According to astronomers, the blue arcs are:a. a visual phenomenonb. actually imaginaryc. invisible to the human eyed. bending massive galaxies

The discoverers of these arcs think they are actually optical illusions created by light that has been bent by the immense gravitational pull of a massive galaxy.

All of the following are mentioned in the paragraph as factors in the blue arc phenomenon EXCEPTa. the light being bent by the gravitational pull of galaxies.b. the light coming from a distant galaxy and bent by a closer one.c. the amount of gravity needed being explained by dark matter theory.d. the light-bending dark matter existing in such distant intervening galaxies.The discoverers of these arcs think they are actually optical illusions created by light that has been bent by the immense gravitational pull of a massive galaxy. The arcs are probably formed when the light from a distant galaxy is bent by the gravitational pull of another, less distant, intervening galaxy. Even though such light-bending galaxies contain billions of stars, they do not contain enough visible ones that alone could exert the pull needed to create a blue arc. It has been theorized that there must be huge amounts of invisible or “dark” matter within these galaxies.

Slide 2Tell sts some of the questions in the Reading section of the TOEFL test will require them to understand details within a reading passage. Several details may be mentioned within a passage. To answer these questions successfully, you must be able to recognize them.

Slide 3Click and tell sts to observe that detail questions are frequently introduced these ways.Click again and show a sample question.

Slide 4 Click and tell sts that the words/phrases highlighted in the passage are paraphrased in the correct question option.

Slide 5Click and tell sts some questions will ask sts to identify information that has NOT been stated explicitly in the passage. Show sts that the sentences highlighted in the passage are rephrased in three of the options. The remaining option is the one not found in the text.