<p>Just like the title says, I need some help on critical reading. The problem I am having is that I am having trouble reading some of the passages and that is hurting my question answering ability. Is there a way to fix this? I sometimes don't understand the passages and do not have the time to re-read....I really need a method that really helps me understand the passage.</p>
<p>Any suggestions on a practicing method? Has this ever happened to you and if so, what did you do?</p>
<p>Please help me guys, I really need to improve my Critical Reading score.</p>
<p>Try annotating the passage as you read. Annotate lightly, don’t get caught up in annotations. </p>
<p>Annotations help me remember and understand the passage better. As you read, you have to be what educators call an “active reader.” </p>
<p>See a big word? Stop and think - what does it mean? Can you use context clues to figure it out? More than likely, there will be a question asking you to define the word in context. </p>
<p>Pay attention to the introduction and conclusion. That’s where the author introduces his main idea and purpose for writing the article. </p>
<p>Also pay attention to tone words, words that inspire a certain feeling in the reader. Is the article meant to be funny, or formal and scholarly? You should be able to tell by the diction, or the author’s choice of words.</p>
<p>My initial strategy was to read the whole passage and then do the questions. I found myself in the same thoughts as you.</p>
<p>The best strategy, in my tested experience, is to go to the questions, mark the line references, and begin reading. Once you reach a line reference, you read a few more lines ahead of it and answer the question. Keep doing this until you reach the end of the passage. Then after you finish answer the “tone of the author”/“main purpose of this selection” questions".</p>
<p>For the double passages do the same thing, just waiting to do the “passage x would percieve passage y “,om,i” as…” later</p>
<p>At first, this method seems time consuming, but the more you practice the more natural you get at it. This only applies to the long passages, for the short passages I suggest reading the whole thing.</p>
<p>^^^^^I do all of that.</p>
<p>I still stumble upon those “hard parts” in the passages and suffer some massive blows. Sometimes I feel lost in passage but other times I am really in the flow of things. I guess I just have to practice, practice, practice! I was just wondering if there was a particular method for keeping yourself focused…active reading seems like a good one, but it seems pretty time consuming.</p>
<p>What is your current score?</p>
<p>What are you aiming for?</p>