# WHY
# Why should we use verb and logic to read a passage?
- VERB is the key to the core of a sentence.
- LOGIC helps us to fully understand a passage.
- The combination of VERB and LOGIC helps us to catch the main idea of a passage in the most efficient approach.
- The questions of TOEFL Reading are coming from the logic of passages.
# WHAT
# Verb
From Wikipedia: A verb (from Latin verbum ‘word’) is a word (part of speech) that in syntax generally conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), an occurrence (happen, become), or a state of being (be, exist, stand).
To abstract? We could simply understand verb is a kind of action or attitude (occurrence or a state of being, it is because these two verbs contain positive, neutral that is always used in definition or negative attitude).
Only using verb could help us a sentence meaning:
- I washed the car yesterday. -> Action: washed
- John studies English and French. -> Action: studies
- Barack Obama became the President of the United States in 2009. -> Action: became or Attitude: be positive
- Mike Trout is a center fielder. -> Attitude: neutral (definition)
# Logic
Every passage especially in TOEFL Reading has a target. Reading passage with logic help us to reach the target without missing any point:
- Introducing object: Why we should know? What is this thing? How do we use this thing?
- Introducing process: Introducing the object in the process; beginning -> midterm -> ending; some exceptions
- Opinions Argument: Opinion 1’s strength and weakness -> solving weakness then Opinion 2’s strength and new weakness -> Opinion 3 …
- Comparing object: What is the same things? What are the differences? What is the interaction?
In addition, Logic words are also been supposed to notice. Logic words help us to understand the connection between sentences and paragraphs.
BTW, the words with ‘s’ could also be a ’logic word’. It implies that there will be parallel logic in the following content.
# HOW
# How to read the passages
- Title
- Beginning paragraph/Background/Target
- Main sentence/idea of a paragraph
- Connection between paragraph
- Ending paragraph/Conclusion