<p>In the SAT reading, I think i should understand/interpret the passage a little bit so i know the tone, main idea, and by having a general summary of the IDEAS (not the tiny supporting details.) </p>
<p>I don’t think i should make inferences that are not even mentioned in the passage. However, Grammatix tells me not to make ANY inferences or interpretations at all, and to be extremely literal. </p>
<p>Perhaps i’m misinterpreting Grammatix, but is Grammatix right? Should i be completely literal or not?</p>
<p>You can buy grammatix from the grammatix website. Google it. I found that being very literal does help. The problem I had before was that I was always trying to over-analyze the passage, but now I know that all the answers are in the passage. You just have to know where to find them. Despite what Grammatix says, I find reading the passage carefully helpful too.</p>
<p>it is literal.
though u might get confused in the wording, this is why reasoning and thinking come into play. u need to understand what the line ref is telling you.
for example:
Tom eats a lot.</p>
<p>Line 9-10 “tom…”
a. Tom is very handsome.
b. Tom is very strong.
c. tom is voracious(or hungry idk XD)
d. tom is lazy
e. tom is always in the restaurant with friends.</p>
<p>perhaps its not the best example,but there is only one correct answer,which is C, it restated the fact that tom eats alot and stuff.
u cannot say he’s lazy because he eat alot, it has got nothing to do with laziness. just simply EATING ALOT. that doesn’t allow u make inferences like he likes to eat alot with friends.</p>
<p>hope that makes sense XD
u’ll get a grip of how correct answers are once u practice and start to see those idiotic tricks cb play.</p>
<p>main ideas should always come in last, at least to me.
your interpretations must be backed up by the lines in the passage.
its hard to explain,but u cannot overanalyze things, u have to know what the author is trying to argue, and where he’s standing, that’s possibly the best way to figure out main ideas and tones.</p>
<p>The strategy for grammatix works varying on the person…
Just test out strategies that you like and if they work, use them.
But probably if you can’t figure out the main ideas and tones, you just need more practice with SAT reading questions in general.</p>