Identify the best approach if a question asks for a detail from "the second paragraph."
QUESTION
Which part of the passage should you rely on most to answer an explicit-detail question?
QUESTION
What should you do if the question asks "What does the passage say happened first?"
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ANSWER
Locate the sequence words and select the explicitly earliest event. Sequence indicators in the text establish the explicit order of events without inference.