Analyze text structure and how sections/paragraphs contribute to the whole.
Track what each section does for the whole passage.
核心知识
Structure questions ask what a section does for the whole passage. Track how each paragraph changes the reader's understanding.
深入理解
Name the paragraph's job before you summarize it. Ask why it appears there: to introduce an issue, offer a competing explanation, provide evidence, narrow a claim, or deliver a final judgment.
ACT often rewards answers that describe movement, not just content. The right choice explains how one part sets up, qualifies, or reshapes the next.
分步讲解
- Label the job of the beginning, middle, and end in a few plain words.
- Notice whether a later section adds evidence, shifts viewpoint, narrows the issue, or resolves a comparison.
- Pick the answer that explains the section's function in the passage, not just its subject matter.
常见误解
- Summarizing what a paragraph says without explaining what it does.
- Assuming every passage moves in time order when the structure is actually compare-and-evaluate.
- Choosing an answer that is true of one paragraph but not of its role in the whole passage.
示例解析
Excerpt: City residents complained that summer temperatures in the downtown district had risen sharply. The passage then explains that years of tree removal and added pavement caused the area to hold heat after sunset. Later, the author argues that city planning decisions, not weather alone, created the pattern.
In the passage, the second sentence mainly serves to:
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