HESI A2 section
Reading Comprehension
Short passages, mostly general-interest (some schools describe health-related scenarios): main idea, details, meaning in context, purpose and tone, fact versus opinion, and inference.
- 55 questions (50 scored)
- 60 minutes
- 8 topics
Key ideas
- Main IdeaFinding what a passage is mostly about: topic versus main idea, stated and implied main ideas, and the best title.
- Supporting DetailsLocating the facts that support the main idea, true/not-true questions, and the order in which events or steps happen.
- SummarizingChoosing the summary that keeps the main idea and key points and leaves out minor details and opinion.
Inference
Author's craft & word meaning
- Word Meaning in ContextWorking out what a word means as it is used in a passage, from the clues in the sentences around it.
- Author's PurposeWhy the author wrote it — to inform, persuade, entertain or instruct — and how the passage's clues reveal the purpose.
- Tone & Point of ViewThe author's attitude and stance toward the subject — the connotation and loaded words that carry it, and spotting bias.
- Fact vs OpinionTelling a statement that can be proven from a belief or judgment, and the signal words that mark opinion (an author's bias and loaded words: Tone).
Study Reading topic by topic, then take the timed section test.
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