<p>So I'm improving I guess. I raised my CR score from 60->Mid 60s (woohoo)</p>
<p>But my main problem is I don't understand the answer choices. Like it's weirded so weirdly that it takes my a while (sometimes) to just understand what that answer means. And in the choices, it's not even because of the hard words. Like I know the definition, but the choices doesn't make sense.</p>
<p>How do you guys translate SAT wording into comprehensible reading?</p>
<p>Bump. I need to know this too.</p>
<p>When I first started looking at the SATs, the answers were confusing for me, too. I think that the more practice you do, the better you do at those kinds of questions. After going through tons of problems, I got used to the types of answer choices that would come up, and what kinds of answers would be “correct.” </p>
<p>Are you using any prep books? Prep books like Princeton Review and Barron’s have great strategies that can help you by analyzing the answer choices and giving you strategies to conquer them. </p>
<p>There are also lots of guides on CC that you could use. This thread is extremely helpful: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/763933-everyone-read-before-posting-best-sat-prep-forum-faqs.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/763933-everyone-read-before-posting-best-sat-prep-forum-faqs.html</a></p>
<p>Good Luck! :)</p>
<p>Read very literally, the answer is right in front of you. Proving why an answer is wrong is the most effective. Another thing would be reading a wider range of topics since the sat reading passages are usually varied.</p>
<p>I rarely, if ever, do CR problems by proving answers wrong using devil’s advocate/etc., and I can usually score in the 78-80 range. I like to judge answers based on what is “just right.” I search for an answer that’s relevant to the subject matter at hand but at the same time is not extreme.</p>
<p>Author’s tone: read a lot of biased articles; political blogs or a conglomerate of articles like The Week help a lot. Main idea: read the relevant paragraph(s), choose best answer; best answered last based on knowledge of answer of previous questions. Inferences: Forgetting all you know about the subject except what the author says to you, which one is the most logical (but not jump-to-conclusion-ish) conclusion? Word-in-context: easiest but probably also the easiest to make a dumb mistake on; READ ALL ANSWER CHOICES.</p>
<p>^really, there isn’t much to say. practice makes perfect (at least for me) in CR.</p>
<p>I’m asking how to make sense on the answer choices.</p>
<p>So you tell me to play devil’s advocate or read very literally aren’t the most helpful. I don’t understand the question and answer in front of me, let alone try to play any DA or literal</p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>Are you a native english speaker? I’m not but I read quite a lot hence my proficiency. Just read more advanced material and define what you don’t understand. How do you not understand the question?</p>
<p>opps. I meant I don’t understand the answer choices. MY BAD!!!</p>
<p>I am native. But still…</p>