R · Reading
Matching headings
Choose the heading that captures the whole paragraph, not a striking detail.
Lesson
- Read all headings first and strike any that are obviously too narrow or too broad.
- The first and last sentences of a paragraph often hold the controlling idea.
- A heading that repeats a word from line 2 but ignores the rest of the paragraph is usually wrong.
- There are typically more headings than paragraphs. Unused headings are distractors.
Paragraph B: Rooftop farms cannot feed a whole city. Their real effect is cultural: people see food being grown, ask where supermarket produce comes from, and start to waste less at home. Yield is almost a side issue.