<p>I'm in dire need of CR help. I score pretty average on it, I suppose (650), but since I am now taking AP Lang and am taking the PSATs in a month or so, it would be nice to get that score up a bit.</p>
<p>Any tips that have worked for you?</p>
<p>The tips that have best helped my students are:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Learn from your mistakes
Every time you miss a question, really study it and figure out what went wrong. The College Board has go-to tricks for their wrong answers, such as answers that are true but don’t answer the question asked, and answers that are half right. After a while, these tricks will stick out. </p></li>
<li><p>Most of the time, you just have to read more.
When a question asks the significance of a quote in lines 18-20, that significance often doesn’t become apparent till line 23, so keep reading if you’re not seeing the answer. </p></li>
<li><p>Use process of elimination
It’s amazing how just getting the obviously wrong answers out of the way can help you spot the right answer from what’s left. </p></li>
<li><p>If you’re stuck, try to prove answers wrong, not right.
You’ve been trying to find the right answer and it’s not working; it’s time to switch your strategy. Stop looking for the right answer and start looking for the four wrong answers. It’s easier to spot errors if you’re looking for them. </p></li>
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<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>In addition to ^, mark up the reading passages. Not only will it help you understand the passage, but it’ll also keep you more attentive and involved in the reading. Underline what you think are key phrases, put question marks by things you don’t understand at first glance (return to them later, like when the question asks about them, to digest), etc. Connecting phrases that seem related with lines (slash through the passage if necessary) will help you with questions like the one PrestigePrep mentioned.
Also, bracket/parenthesize quotes mentioned in questions so you aren’t constantly going back and looking for it.</p>
<p>But you don’t have to use any of the markings I mentioned, just what works for you. </p>
<p>AP Lang, especially when you learn rhetorical analysis, will help you a lot with picking out what’s worth marking.</p>
<p>should we read teh whoel passage if it is long or jst the section concerned about the question!!!</p>
<p>^Read the whole passage before you answer any of the questions. If a question asks about a specific part of the passage, go back and read that section before answering the question.</p>
<p>Here is a tip I have never seen before, but works well:</p>
<p>READ FAST!</p>
<p>reading comprehension, for me atleast, improves with speed. If I slow down, I lose sense of the entire passage, and thus the bigger picture.</p>
<p>Anyone have any tips for AP Eng Lang. passages too? Especially when you have no freaking idea what the passage is going on and on about… :(</p>