CR Help

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<p>I need a lot of help in this section. I got a 640 last time I took the test.</p>

<p>It's just that there are some questions that I get wrong that I have no idea why I got wrong. Even after I look at the answer and explanation I'm still confused. I don't understand the Collegeboard's logic.</p>

<p>I read a lot too. And not just novels, I read a lot of heavy non-fiction such as Sigmund Freud and economy books just for fun. I understand everything that I read. I also understand everything that I read in the CR section. But the questions just simply throw me off. Some of them are very vague to me, seem pointless as they have nothing to do with the passage as a whole, or pick at little unimportant parts of the passage.</p>

<p>Please, do not give me a link to silverturtle's thread, Noitaraperp's thread, or refer to the strategies mentioned in Barron's 2400. I have read everything in those sources that have to do with Critical Reading. Yes, the little tricks of bracketing the sentences do help, but so far. NO ONE MENTIONS HOW TACKLE THE QUESTIONS THEMSELVES.</p>

<p>I just really don't understand this section. I really don't.</p>

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<p>It sounds like you aren’t reading closely enough. All of the CR questions are perfectly understandable and easily answerable if you scrutinize the passage.</p>

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<p>Am I really that bad that I can’t get the answer even after I read the explanation, re-read the passage over and over, and scrutinize all the answers? I feel it’s all just opinionated.</p>

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<p>^ I second that</p>

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<p>Thanks MitDuke. At least I know I’m not alone.</p>

<p>I just need to know simply how to deal with the questions themselves. I don’t need advice such as “read the passage closely” or “scrutinize every answer.” I already do that, and my score isn’t improving.</p>

<p>Do I just need to practice more? I know practice certainly doesn’t hurt, but is practice all there is to it? Nothing more?</p>