Please share your critical reading strategies!

DMA017
Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:45:06 +0000

For the short reading passages, the ones with 2 questions, I would read the questions first then read the passage. Since there are only two questions to deal with, your mind is boggled down with trying to remember them and comprehend the passage when reading.

When it comes to answering reading passage questions, always try to come up with your own answer. This was the tip that really helped me. I was constantly getting questions wrong because I had fallen for the SAT trap ( the true but not relevant to the question). So by coming up with my own answer first and then looking at the given answers to see which comes close to mine, I began to see a marked improvement in my score.

For tips on how to read the passages and on answering the different types of questions use [SAT: Improve SAT Score with SparkNotes: The Long of It](SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides)

This is another invaluable resource that I used. This along with my previous link are responsible for my increase in my practice test scores. I did the Nov SAT so I’m waiting on my official results. I did the SAT for the first time in Jan, CR was 570. Last practice test before SAT, CR was 740