<p>np, good luck guys! hope this helped somewhat!</p>
<p>I’m gonna take the SAT 28th JAN, just 10 days left! I’ve several questions on CR:
1.The best technique to read long passage:
- 1.Read piece by piece: Read 1 piece and answer Questions about it read another answer…
- 2.Read the whole passage at once with full attention, asking Qs yourself and writing brief note on the margin
- 3.Read introductory para s whole+1st sentences of other paras+Conc as whole
And also is it true that i can choose by evaluating them /crossing out absolute answers, politically wrong answers… and choosing appropriate answers/ with out paying lot attention to the passage. If so how many score i can get by this way?
THANK YOU!</p>
<p>What I do is, is first mark the line refs on the passage. Once you have done that start reading from the top till the first line ref. Answer the line ref question. Then continue reading from the first lline ref to the next line ref and so on until you get to the end of the passage. Then answer the main idea questions.
But whatever works for you</p>
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<p>Wow, that’s great nonetheless :D. I also have some SAT CR questions I’ll post later today.</p>
<p>“He was punctual and tidy, not overly familiar with his co-workers; quite simply, the best employee they had.” </p>
<p>Here’s some context for that sentence:</p>
<p>[The</a> Second Life of Samuel Tyne - Esi Edugyan - Google Books](<a href=“The Second Life of Samuel Tyne - Esi Edugyan - Google Books”>The Second Life of Samuel Tyne - Esi Edugyan - Google Books)</p>
<p>Question: The word “familiar” is closest in meaning to"</p>
<p>a) common
b) expected
c) forward
d) natural
e) recognizable </p>
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<p>Feudalism is one of those words that have taken on so many extended and figurative meanings that the original meaning has been obscured. </p>
<p>The word “extended” most nearly means</p>
<p>a) prolonged
b) expanded
c) removed
d) allocated
e) intensive</p>
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<p>The first question is rather high on the difficulty scale; it tests a little used meaning of “forward.” </p>
<p>The second one is similarly hard, and I got the second one wrong, as I put “removed,” as in “removed” from the original meaning. </p>
<p>I suppose that “removed” is simply not the best choice for the second question because the next sentence of the passage says “Today any oppressive government, greedy landholder, or brutal exploiter of labor is called feudal.” </p>
<p>Therefore, the definition of “feudalism” may have been “removed” from its original meaning, but “expanded” is better as the next sentence makes it clear that the meaning of “feudalism” today has become more encompassing … </p>
<p>Yeah, I guess I might have answered my own question, but the moral of the story is. I should probably try to follow my own advice more too :p. </p>
<p>Always, for vocab-in-context questions, READ AROUND the sentence containing the word. Read before the sentence, read after the sentence, and pick the answer that would logically fit in and build upon the flow of the prose.</p>
<p>what books did you used for Critical Reading and studying vocabulary?</p>
<p>Mnd, I guess it varies per person, but my answer would be none of the above. I read until I get the gist of the passage- basically, if you can master the tone the style of writing, and overall feeling the author has towards the subject matter, you should be fine on most of the passage questions. When I start kind of getting the basics, I skim over the rest and then head on over to the questions. Then I make sure to refer back to the text frequently, especially if it was a part of the passage I didn’t read that in-depth into.</p>
<p>I guess the way I approach the questions is kind of like number 2, but only for a while so I have plenty of time to make sure to refer back to the text for the answers. I underline as I go, but making notes in the margins is WAYYYYYYY too much effort/ not good for optimizing time. hope it helps, and good luck!</p>
<p>Strategicfiasco (really cool name!) I tried that the very first time I started, but I think Gestalt has a point when he says that the sum is greater than it’s individual parts.</p>
<p>The answers to the questions, even for ones that refer to lines, are IMO skewed to match the big idea. Again in my personal opinion (redundant, I know, but for emphasis) if you know the gist, then it’s easier to find the answer college board deems most easy to get, and it helps you get past the different wordings rather than going solely based on the word choice. As I’ve said before, and I really think this is true, the answers are allll in the text idea-wise but reworded so it’s not that easy. </p>
<p>I just like this strategy because I find that it’s time efficient, fits why college board might do what it does, and helps me understand the passage :\ but to each their own!</p>
<p>Ice Qube, I know, those are my least favorite types of questions too 
hahaha yes you did! I’ll look at that other passage later today for the ap lang test! and thank you! :P</p>
<p>Gondal505, I just did some practice tests in the blue book and 2 old PSATs. Studying vocab, tbh, was just googling words I didn’t know in the practice tests, and learning about words with double meanings. this also helps: [SAT:</a> Improve SAT Score with SparkNotes: The Top 250 Most Difficult SAT Words](<a href=“SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides”>SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides) and then there’s another review I did the night before for vocab on a website that I’ll try to find! silverturtle’s sat guide (should be one of the IMPORTANT threads, but if you can’t find it, I’ll help) also helped me a ton.</p>
<p>Here’s a good (as in hard) question:</p>
<p>In the context of the sentence in lines 1-5, “lapped” evokes which of the following meanings of the word “lap”? </p>
<p>I. Wash against
II. Enfold or wrap
III. Overtake in a race</p>
<p>Context:</p>
<p>“If survival is an art, then mangroves are artists of the beautiful. not only that they exist at all – smooth-barked, glossy-leaved, thickets of lapped mystery – but that they can and do exist as floating islands, as trees upright and loosen, alive and homeless on the water.”</p>
<p>I’d guess II, but it would be easier if I knew the full context!</p>
<p>^Here’s the context. The passage starts from page 146 and ends halfway down 148. </p>
<p>[Teaching</a> a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters - Annie Dillard - Google Books](<a href=“Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters - Annie Dillard - Google Books”>Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters - Annie Dillard - Google Books)</p>
<p>The answer is C, but I really don’t see how statement I fits. If it makes you feel any better, I put down II as well :p.</p>
<p>ohhhh I see!!! the clue’s in the sentence after, which tbh, I didn’t look at: it talks about competition :)</p>
<p>Tips for writing essays?</p>
<p>Thanks! Ahh, IceQube, that “forward” question is hard. I thought it was “common”. </p>
<p>But, it really puzzles me! Familiar means Intimate, but Forward means Pompous. Help?</p>
<p>wow…800 on CR I envy you,
I took the December test last year and got 650 or sth, 
tried hard for a month i guess and pulled it up to 6 to 7 wrongs and dunno what im supposed to do for the Jan 28th to pull the score up a little more in like 9days!!!</p>
<p>Although critics say that many have portrayed Othello with more pasion than ___</p>
<p>a. he, they can’t help but admire his acting.
b. him, they can’t help but admire his acting.
Can anyone explain why the answer is a?? ):</p>
<p>I dont know the exact grammer rule but here is my thought process. You wouldnt say </p>
<p>“many have portrayed Othello with more pasion than HIM did”</p>
<p>Instead you would put he. Just like that the sentence would be proper</p>
<p>“many have portrayed Othello with more pasion than he did”</p>
<p>so the orginial sentence corrected would be</p>
<p>Although critics say that many have portrayed Othello with more pasion than he, they can’t help but admire his acting.</p>
<p>There is a grammar rule for this but im very rusty on grammar rules so someone else is gonna have to fill you in on that.</p>
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<p>There’s a comparison error here. </p>
<p>If you substitute “him” into the sentence, then you are comparing how the other actors portrayed Othello to a person - “him.” </p>
<p>What you want to compare is how the other actors portrayed Othello and how he portrayed Othello. </p>
<p>Therefore, the answer is “he…” not “him…”</p>
<p>The grammar rule related to this sentence is objective and subjective pronoun usage.</p>
<p>eagles94’s right. If you are puzzled by that kind of question, complete the sentence. </p>
<p>“Although critics say that many (actors) have portrayed XX more passionately than he has, they can’t help but…”</p>
<p>“Although critics say that many have portrayed Othello with more pasion than ___”</p>
<p>Isn’t another reason that it is he is because it is a prepositional phrase? “With” is a preposition so we need an objective pronoun. Can anyone verify if this is right?</p>