Reading Comprehension • Topic 4 of 4

Detail & Fact Questions

Detail questions ask for a fact explicitly stated ('According to the passage, …'). Scan back to the relevant line and match it. Beware options that are true in real life but not stated, and options that distort the wording.

The answer is in black and white

Detail questions (often "According to the passage…") have an answer written in the text. Scan back, find the line, and pick the option that accurately paraphrases it.

Two traps to reject: (1) an option that is true in real life but not stated in the passage; (2) an option that distorts the wording slightly (adds "all/only/always"). The correct option restates the line faithfully — no more, no less.

✅ Solved examples

1. Where is the answer to a detail question found?
Explicitly in the passage — scan back to the line.
2. Why reject a "true but not stated" option?
Detail answers must come from the passage, not general knowledge.
3. What does the correct detail option do?
Accurately paraphrases the relevant line.
4. What signals a detail question?
Phrases like "According to the passage…".

✏️ Practice — try these, take hints as needed

1. A detail answer is ___ stated in the passage.
Directly.
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explicitly
2. An option true in life but absent from the text should be?
Action.
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rejected
3. The best detail option ___ the line accurately.
Restates.
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paraphrases
4. To answer, ___ back to the relevant sentence.
Search.
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scan
5. "According to the passage" signals a ___ question.
Type.
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detail / fact

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