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Recognize similar situations | Quick guide

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Which scenario matches the idea in the passage?

These questions will direct you to something specific in the text and ask you to find something similar to it among the choices.
The subject matter of the choices may be different from that of the passage, but don't let that distract you. You're being asked to take the broad structure of an idea or relationship and apply it to a new context.

Examples

  • "Which of the following would be most similar to ___ as it is described in the passage?"
  • "The ___ described in lines 6-7 are most similar to which of the following?"

Strategies

  • Lose the details: It’s important to sum up the idea, relationship, or scenario in question in simple, broad terms before you try to find a similar situation. Try and say the big picture of the situation in your own words.
  • Disprove the choices: Go through the choices one-by-one. For each one, ask yourself—does this choice match the idea, relationship, or scenario that I’m looking for? The correct choice will be the one you can’t disprove. If you took the time to say the idea in your own words first, it’s time to trust yourself!

Your turn!

Practice these strategies with the example below!
Example
Whatever their disadvantage with respect to distributing education tax dollars evenly among school districts, in one respect at least, local property taxes are superior to state taxes as a means of funding public schools. Because local property taxes provide public schools with a direct source of revenue, these public schools do not have to compete with other government services for tax dollars. School administrators do not have to compete for a share of the state tax dollars, which are already being spent on health, criminal justice, public safety, and transportation. They are not placed in the position of having to argue that school programs must have priority over other public services financed by state taxes.
Which of the following would be most similar to the advantage of funding schools with local property taxes as described in the passage?
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    Posted 10 months ago. Direct link to SandraJ's post “There are three answers t...”
    There are three answers that are non competitive direct source of funding. (Donor, Equal funding...) What is the key word I should focus on to select the one answer that is correct?
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