Connecting the Questions to the Passage | The Complete SAT Course - Class 10 PDF Download

Think of Your Own Answer First 

1. Read each question carefully, covering up the answer choices for now. 
2. Translate it into a “stand-alone” question, if possible. 
3. Formulate your own answer to the translated question. 
4. Choose the best match among the choices.

This strategy takes advantage of the work you’ve done answering the key questions, and keeps you from getting “talked into” wrong answers that only look good.

To simplify SAT CR questions, rephrase them as open-ended questions. For example, “The passage suggests that most people do not notice bias in the media because . . .” can be rephrased as “Why don’t people notice bias in the media?”

Know the 6 Question

1. Purpose questions ask why the author wrote the passage or used some particular word or lines.
2. Central idea questions ask you to summarize the central idea or make an inference based on the author’s position.
3. Secondary idea questions ask you to identify the main ideas of individual paragraphs rather than of the passage as a whole.
4. Tone questions ask you about the attitude of the author or the tone of particular characterizations.
5. Word or phrase in context questions ask you what a particular word or phrase means in the context of a sentence.
6. Structure or device questions ask you about the relationship between paragraphs or the author’s use of such devices as anecdotes, authoritative references, statistics, metaphors, counterexamples, and such.

Check the Line References

Use the “Sandwich Strategy” to Find the Answer