<p>“Situating along the scenic coast in Italy, Francavilla is the town where the family will vacation in the sumer.”</p>
<p>Why does “situating” have to be “situated”?</p>
<p>-Belated Answer- For the mangrove question, statement I and II apply because II is obvious, it’s wrapped in mystery, as the sentence implies. But lapped also applies for washing against, as the mangrove is said to be a floating island in the next sentence, and the water simply laps against it. Brilliant use of language, if you ask me.</p>
<p>(And before you ask, yes, I am in AP Lang.)</p>
<p>Hey, bluenotebook2, firstly I’d like to thank you for taking the time to post a helpful thread for all us who aspire to achieve a 2300+ on the next SAT.</p>
<p>Do you have any advice on what to drink on test day, how many hours to sleep? Did chewing gum help keep you sharp during the exam? Also, did you utilize any specific techniques in approaching the CR passages? Did you read first then answer, or the opposite? Any help is appreciated, and congratulations. :)</p>
<p>How hard was it to achieve such a high score? What is your GPA? Can person who is not super-smart score high (2000-2400) with studying? Btw I like your username ;)</p>
<p>Oh oops embarrassing accidentally pasted that last part about the username from another post</p>
<p>Hi bluenotebook2, thanks for having the time to help other people about the subject. I’m taking the SAT this January and my math and writing are pretty high (700+), but I’m still struggling on the CR section, a very specific part, the long dual passages. I try my best to maintain focus, but it seems that this vanishes after I finish reading. I try to write side notes for each passage, but it just takes too much time. What would you recommend me to do, or is it that I’m doomed to struggle with this?</p>
<p>Bluenotebook, another question I have is how to remember tone words? To me, most of those words sound like two random word placed next to each other</p>
<p>I’m also a 2300+ er (:
In response to a few of the questions, you definitely don’t need to be super smart to get a high score…for me I started at 2000’s and 2100’s and work my way up by doing a lot of practice exams (:</p>
<p>@Nvrlate those long dual passages are definitely tough. Personally, I gave up on writing notes throughout the passage. Instead, I tried to skim the passages quickly, read the questions, then go back as I could usually remember where the questions were. Starting with specific questions like “What does the author mean in line 9” and saving the general questions for last usually helps too.</p>
<p>From another 2300+er, here’s some CR advice that you may find helpful:</p>
<p>Mark the passages. Underline sentences that reveal author intent, style, or attitude towards the subject.
Circle words that may have questions about. In particulars, words that have multiple meanings.
Write brief notes and words that summarize the main idea of paragraphs. Be sure not to make them too elaborate; one or two words are fine.
Pretend to be interested. Even if the passage is about how bacteria eat, pretend to be interested because it will make you more focused on the passage.
For the questions, have an answer in your mind before looking at the choices; then, choose the one that most closely matches your guess.
Read carefully. One or two words can make a big difference. This is especially true when you have dual passage questions, and it asks for what the author of one passage thinks.
Stay focused. Losing focus will often slow your pace, causing you to have to rush the last several questions. Thus, it is important to keep up a steady tempo.
Circle questions you skip so that you know to go back to them. Skip questions when its taking too long to answer them.
Go back to the passage, especially if line numbers are given. After all, the answers are in the passage.</p>
<p>Admittedly, CR is what kept me from a perfect, but this may yet still help.</p>
<p>I have questions with math, in particular. Math is by far my weakest area (660-720).</p>
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<p>This is the route of Diane’s trip from her house to her job. Diane travels 16 mi from A to B, 15 mi from B to C, and 4 mi from C to C. If she were able to travel from A to D directly, how much shorter, in miles, would the trip be? </p>
<p>I know the answer, but how would I get there?</p>
<p>@NvrLate, especially for dual passages, I read the line numbers first, circle the parts of the passages they refer to, and skim the passage.
Then I flip back to the questions, answer questions about passage 1, AND eliminate answer choices from the “compare passage 1 and 2” questions. I’m eliminating solely based on my exposure to passage 1, which is still fresh in my mind. I can usually eliminate two or three answer choices, easy.
I then skim the second passage, answer corresponding questions, eliminate the remaining choices in the comparison questions, and do the main idea questions (regardless of where they’re placed, i save them for last).</p>
<p>Dumb errors aside, I usually get 760-800 on practice tests. But there are so many dumb errors I make D:</p>
<p>How do you guys remember all the vocab? That’s what really decreases my score</p>
<p>2300+ers, I need help! </p>
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<p>4 CR questions, Level 4 or 5. I don’t understand them…</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1276275-post-your-hardest-cr-writing-qs-mini-study-guide-march-sat-2.html#25[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1276275-post-your-hardest-cr-writing-qs-mini-study-guide-march-sat-2.html#25</a></p>
<p>Thank you in advance! :)</p>
<p>@supine</p>
<p>After doing some practices, I find the main idea question type is easier than the specific details/author 1 would answer to author 2/compare 1 to 2 type which often costs me much time to find the correct answer in the passages. What are your tips or strategies to conquer such question type? Thanks :D</p>
<p>@YoungProdigy</p>
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<p>No. “With more passion” modifies “portray.” It’s an adverbial phrase. There’s no relationship between “with” the preposition and “he” the pronoun which is being compared. Also, “he” is not an objective pronoun; it’s subjective, or nominative.</p>
<p>The wide availability of a relatively inexpensive mode of transportation had a particularly dramatic impact on (a. the lives of women who, b. women’s lives that) had traditionally been much less immobile than men.</p>
<p>Why is A better?? Thanks!</p>
<p>was yo score</p>
<p>Can anyone help me with my still-unanswered math question (#50)?</p>
<p>@Rosaline, circle all line references first, then when you’re reading, slow down within a 5-line radius of the quote and really let it sink in. Read the rest of the passage and really try to get a feel for what the author’s saying. It sounds weird, but try and feel like author 1 when you read article 2, and think of a rebuttal for the second opinion while you’re reading.</p>
<p>It would be great if someone stepped up and answered the question in post #50 for me. /shameless advertising</p>
<p>@jane, in A, you are comparing the lives of <em>women</em> who had traditionally been less immobile than men. While in B, you are comparing <em>women’s lives</em> that had been less immobile than men. For B to be correct, you would have to write <em>men’s lives</em>.</p>
<p>Thank you, Supine!</p>
<p>Haha, me too. It’d be greatly great if somebody could answer #50 post. ;)</p>
<p>Since you know the distance between A and B is 16 and C and D is 6, you could work out that A to D (on the level of B) would be 20. This would give one side of a triangle whose length is 20. </p>
<p>The height from B to C remains 15, and that’s you’re other side.</p>
<p>Using the Pythagorean thereon, the distance from A to D comes out to be 25.</p>
<p>The long way (using the lines given) is a distance of 35. Therefore, 35-25 = 10</p>