<p>Hey guys, I've been studying the SAT all summer long and have started seeing something when I do CR practice questions. It seems that every time I get to the passage based questions I can eliminate three questions right off the bat but then I am stuck with two answers that both seem correct. This happens like almost every time and I need help on fixing this problem. Doesn't this happen some of you guys too?</p>
<p>It does. What I tend to do is see if I can defend my choices. I imagine debating it with some hardcore English friends and try defending both (or 3 or 4) of the choices independently; usually there's only one with solid evidence. Or at least, one has <em>more</em> solid evidence than the others....of course this is where the big gray area is. Also, I ask myself if this choice answer the question or if it just provides related material. </p>
<p>sphoenixee</p>
<p>You mean like analyzing both answers to see which one fits more? Well, I try to analyze like that and I still see both of them being correct answers. Then when I look at the actual answer, I see immediately why the other one was wrong. Any help why this is happening? Thanks</p>
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<p>Try to see what makes them wrong. When judging for the last two, look out for extreme words like: all, universally, everywhere and try to avoid very general choices which include these words..... like the passage is talking about democracy in Albania and the choice makes a generalization about universal democracy ..these choices usually cannot be proved from the limited information given in the passage.
And look out for seemingly correct choices which add subtle, irrelevant info. For instance, the passage is talking about the annual rainfall in Bolivia and the choice adds something extra like the wind speed or atmospheric pressure.</p>
<p>Thanks, that cleared things up a bit. Realizing that some answers added subtle irrelavent detail really eliminated the majority of the questions that I answered wrong. But there is still some questions out there that just seem like both of them are correct (although I know there can only be one answer), especially answering the last few for the long paired passages. I guess I'm not grasping the main idea and unable to correctly eliminate one of the two choices.</p>
<p>If I'm not completely wrong, the last few of the double passages ask to compare/contrast the two passages. That should not be very tough after you've gone through all the other answers and read both of the passages.
As always try not to dig up or think too much...look for general statements that fit the main idea and always look out for choices that are supported by only one of the two passages. Usually there will be 1-3 such choices.</p>
<p>For example there may be questions like...the best relationship between the passages can be described as...Passage 1 supports and Passage 2 undermines , etc. If it says P1 supports and you know that it does not, do not go to the second part of the choice. Instead, directly eliminate it.</p>
<p>Thanks 714nD1, that kinda helped on the paired passages. I guess its practice from now on whether or not I can detect those errors which you pointed out, because I still seem to miss a lot of those questions.</p>