<p>Do you read the passage first or read the questions first in the Critical Reading part of Verbal section ? I’m retaking SATI on Jan 22 because my verbal sucks (570). I bought Kaplan’s book. Its techniques are very different prom PR.</p>
<p>Definitely do the non-crit reading questions first. You won’t waste time that way and you’ll get more answers in, in case you run out of time reading those passages.</p>
<p>This works for me but may not work for all people. I like to read the passages pretty thouroughly first, then go and anwser the questions. Reading it well once means I get a better grip on the passage, and don’t have to keep going back and forth between the passage and the questions thus saving time.</p>
<p>he’s asking whether, for the reading part of the verbal section, you read the passage and then answer the questions or read the questions so you can address the answers while reading the passage</p>
<p>I do specific questions first then maybe skim the passage to do the questions that require inferences.</p>
<p>I did this testmasters course and it says not to read the passage first, there are all these rules for where the answer to a question is and its pointless to read the passage, most questions only use 33% of each passage.</p>
<p>I read the questions first, then skimmed the passage till I found the right answer. It seemed to go quicker than reading first, then doing the questions, cause half the time, I’d end up having to refer back to the passage anyway. Just saving time.</p>
<p>Seemed to work for me, well enough.</p>
<p>i read first but if i see a problem related to the line i’m reading i solve it and then keep on reading.</p>
<p>i read fast…so i read the entire passage always…i always can answer all the questions and still have 5 min left over to check over anything im unsure of. so build up speed in reading. it helps because youll walk out of the test room being confident about the answers you picked. cuz sometimes those test taking skills from PR for cr are just not so practical</p>
<p>PR says don’t read…</p>
<p>sparknotes says read…</p>
<p>in the princeton review classes I had 90+ percent on critical reading using there method. on the sparknotes test i noticed i drop in my analogies score because i had less time since i read the entire passage.</p>
<p>if analogies are easy and a synch for you than read the entire passage. if you really suck badly at analogies and need all the time you can get than use the pr method and don’t read. or you can learn to be a speed reader like smurf says. there really isn’t any correct way, just which way works best for you. i’d suggest taking practice tests using one method vs the another and analyzing your final score to see which one puts you in the position to score best.</p>
<p>it also goes to show how BS the critical reading is because you can use tricks and practically get all the answers right. even though i was getting 90+ percent of the cr questions right i didn’t know jack **** about the passage at all.</p>
<p>I read a paragraph at a time, and check the questions to see if i can answer some</p>
<p>I read the entire passage fast but thoroughly, it really helps to read everything to get better context to answer the questions. </p>
<p>I also usually can guess what the questions/answers are going to be while I’m reading while I usually get sidetracked from understanding the passage when I’m reading to pick out answers to questions I already know.</p>
<p>Just works for me, I know almost everything says to read questions first.</p>
<p>put your strategy and then your score so we can get an idea…</p>
<p>Heh. I read the whole thing first. Then I answer the questions, always referring back to the passage if they cite a line number. Then I read it over again completely to get a “fresh idea”, then answer the questions I wasn’t sure about.</p>
<p>I don’t think that strategy will work for everyone, though (heh…). But if you didn’t know already, ALWAYS go back and look at the passage if they say something like, “In lines 45-57…” Also, when you go throught he passage the first time, circle/underline important things or questionable words that you think they might ask a question on. Like Pygo, usually I can spot one or two questions in the passage itself just by knowing the type of stuff test makers like to pull. That way you’re more prepared for a certain question if it pops up, and since you remember that part of the passage, you can answer the question on your own without looking at any of the answer choices. And when you do read the answer choices, you know right away which one fits your answer. </p>
<p>I took it once and got an 800; I took it again last Saturday. We’ll see what I get this time! And good luck to everyone else…</p>