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Think of Your Own Answer First 

After answering the three key questions for yourself, attack the SAT questions by following these steps:

  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

There are 6 types of questions that may appear in SAT reading passages:

  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


That's a helpful tip! Rereading is a crucial step in understanding the question and finding the correct answer. Keeping the question type in mind while rereading can help focus on the relevant information and avoid getting distracted by irrelevant details.

Use the “Sandwich Strategy” to Find the Answer

The sandwich strategy can be useful when answering SAT CR questions without line references. The strategy involves using the surrounding questions that do have line references to help identify where the answer to the question without a line reference is likely to be found in the passage. This is based on the idea that the questions typically follow the order of the passage, with earlier questions being about the beginning and later questions about the end. By using this strategy, you can narrow down the possible location of the answer and focus your attention on a specific section of the passage to find it.
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