Critical reading help?

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<p>I am using the Princeton review 11 practice test book. So far, the method that had worked fore for math and writing was to just focus on one subject a day. And today, Ive done some reading practice tests and noticed that I would get about 6-7 wrong per section EVERY time. The only time I get a couple or even none wrong is if the passage or the question is really easy. I have not seen any improvements from doing these practice test for critical reading unlike math and writing. Usually, I would just read through the explanation once and go read the line reference where the book says the answer is. I would understand explanation as to why the answer is so. So far, Ive used noitaraperp's method of going to line ref. questions and marking them. I usuall have trouble with the 2 short passages that has a lot of comparison questions as opposed to those long ones where the questions actually guide u through the passage.Any suggestions as to how to study for critical reading?</p>

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<p>For the linked passages, I would say to take them one at a time. Read the first passage first, answer the questions pertaining to it and then do the same thing for the second one. When you finish both passages, you should get a better idea of the gist of what both the passages are saying, so you should be able to answer the tougher questions about both of them.</p>

<p>Im in the same boat as you by the way; it’s hard to increase your CR score and it just takes a bunch of practice. Don’t worry, your score should improve if you do all the CR sections in that book and go over the answers</p>

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<p>^ I agree. Just take it slowly, one section at a time.</p>

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<p>Try taking a few notes on the side of each short passage. For instance, if author 1 is against a certain idea and author 2 is for it, quickly write that down so when you are answering the questions you can keep straight who said what.</p>

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<p>maybe tryy this</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/750399-how-attack-sat-critical-reading-section-effectively.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/750399-how-attack-sat-critical-reading-section-effectively.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>^I believe the OP said he was using that guide already.</p>

<p>To the OP:
Check out Silverturtle’s guide, and practice makes perfect :slight_smile: I’m also trying to improve my CR score. Good Luck to all of us!</p>