Am I Studying For CR Correctly?

Jayxbx
Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:49:27 +0000

What type of problems are you getting wrong? Are they main idea, inferencing, tone, vocab in context etc?

Read the explanations on the collegeboard website. Learn why you got something wrong and completely understand why CB chose the correct answer. Argue why your choice was wrong. The correct answer is ALWAYS supported by the text. Sooner or later you’ll adopt CB’s way of thinking on the CR section.

Perhaps strategy could also be a problem? Try these two strategies out:


Read texts chunk by chunk (1 paragraph, half a passage, whatever you feel comfortable with)
Answer the questions pertaining to that area (leave out main idea questions!!)
Repeat until you finish the passage
By this time you should have gotten everything but your main idea questions out of the way
Focus on the main idea questions (these should be easy now because answering the other questions should give you a strong understanding of the passage)


Strategy 2: