<p>After reading a passage, how long does it take you to answer each questions???</p>
<p>Can the questions be answered in 20-30 seconds…if you have already read the passage???</p>
<p>I am just curious…</p>
<p>It depends on the type of question. For example, if it says “On line 11, ‘function’ most nearly means…” then it will take 15-20 seconds. But if it’s a main idea question like “What does the author infer in paragraph 2?”, it will usually take anywhere from 45 seconds to 1.5 minutes.</p>
<p>i would say you can go faster than that.</p>
<p>I got a 34 on the ACT English (translates to 760 SAT) and I spent quite a while on the long passages (I’m a slow reader to begin with)… Positron has the times about right, so just try to savor the easy “on line 11” Q’s and do them as fast as possible, as well as the grammar/vocab Q’s in the previous sections in order to allow yourself time enough to do the passage</p>
<p>My slow passage times kinda backfired on me on my first SAT and I only received a 630, mainly due to incomplete passage Q’s</p>
<p>I think it will depend on how fresh the information you read is in your head. You could answer “on line 11” questions in less than 10 seconds if you know what the question is asking and where the answer is located.</p>
<p>Can you people delineate how you attack CR? While reading passages, what do u mark or write in column? I tried 2 follow advice of writing main points beside but I run out of time.
Can someone give a list of the literary devices ETS tests?</p>
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<p>I just box the paragraph were the answer is found. The answer to that question <em>WILL</em> always be found in that section. So if you just sift through the section fast enough, you can get some decent times. Right now, I finish with just about 2 mins remaining, which gives enough to time to briefly check the answers.</p>
<p>i wouldn’t read the passage first b/c none of the questions require you to read the entire passage except for “the main idea…”</p>
<p>^ I agree with aisgzdavinci…</p>
<p>Most of the questions refer to a specific line…or a specific author tone or concept from the line. </p>
<p>Actually, I think that it’s a great idea to mark all the “on line 11 questions” and answer them right after you read the respective line. You might want to read one or two sentences further, before answering the question, to get maybe a clearer picture…</p>
<p>That makes it much easier when answering tone questions, as well as specific detail questions…Also, u can get around many of the tricks the SAT throws at you…</p>
<p>what about reading a paragraph or two, then answering the questions related to them, and then the same fo the rest of the passage?</p>
<p>That is what I do but it doesn’t seem to work for the narratives</p>
<p>hi akahmed–</p>
<p>i agree with what lotf said in the other thread about practice being the best thing right now, and about how you might want to abandon cc for a little bit. i also agree about picking an approach that works for you and sticking with it.</p>
<p>that said, i think you might be building the fiction passages up a little too much in your mind. insist on a literal interpretation of every word and every question, and you should be fine. in my opinion, the way to approach all SAT cr questions is the same, regardless of the passage. i think the passages you’ve mentioned having difficulty with might be throwing you off because of the writing style of the passages, not because the questions themselves are different from the questions for other passages.</p>
<p>I see,</p>
<p>But how do you stop the writing style from hindering your performance? How can I make a passage that seems hard to me the same as a passage that’s easy- i.e a doctor’s account of neurological disorders?</p>
<p>Hi guys
Just my two cents, not meant to be taken hands down as 100% effective.</p>
<p>My SAT instructor told me about timing reading the average passage in about 2 min, which gives you plenty of time to do the questions (usually you will look at the passage again instinctively while doing the questions)</p>
<p>On double passages, he said to read the first passage, do the questions for the first, and then later read the second and do the rest because the passages are fresher in your mind.</p>
<p>Again, just my two cents. How long is the average passage? I don’t know either an I just like most of you am here to perfect my CR.</p>
<p>I don’t know if I’d call myself an expert, but when I’m doing the passages I usually skim them to see what they’re about (author bio, obscure science topic, etc.) which generally takes a couple seconds. Then I go through looking at each question before I read the part of the passage that answers it. They almost always go in order, and usually the context of the question is specific to the section rather than to the passage as a whole, so it seems time efficient to me.</p>