<p>Can you all give me some tips for the critical reading section?
I always seem to run out of time, and have to leave a few questions blank on each section. Should I read the passage and then answer the questions? (that's what I do now) Or should I read the questions then just search for the answers within the passage? What are the best techniques? I do have a great deal of reading comprehension, I'm just too darn sloooow.</p>
<p>Reading first and then answering questions: 68 on PSAT
Going straight to the questions and hunting for the answers: 750 on SAT.</p>
<p>The way I see it, by the time you finish reading the passage, you'll have forgotten most of the information anyway.</p>
<p>Good point. Thanks. :) Anyone else?</p>
<p>I always read the whole passage first, then go to the questions, in order to answer more general "point of the whole passage questions", etc. But if time is an issue, probably just start hunting.</p>
<p>Start hunting for the first questions, but you'll probably have to read the whole passage when you get to the harder questions (point of passage, authors general opinion, etc...), but by hunting first it should help you read the passage.</p>
<p>I'm not that good at CR but when I tried to read the passage then go to the questions, my score increased alot (460 :( to 550)</p>
<p>I'd suggest the "reading-the-questions-first-then-going-back-to-the-passage-looking-for-answers" method. It boosted my reading scores from 650 on practice tests to a consistent 770+.</p>
<p>i read first then find the questions then just re read it. I always seem to have enough time because i spend like 1 or 2 minutes on the vocab :)</p>
<p>But, for the dual passages. Read 1 passage answer the questions for it. and then read the second passagel.</p>
<p>Another thing that helps, like backfire said, is going through the sentence completion faster. I always get those done in just a couple minutes and have extra time left at the end.</p>
<p>And the passage usually tests on general ideas or they tell you where a specific thing can be found. You don't have to memorize the passage. Just read it well enough to get the general idea.</p>
<p>you have to try all the approaches to CR. i found that they only way i could answer all the questions (or most of them) correctly was if i thoroughly read the passage before even looking at the questions. Im a pretty fast reader, which helps greatly.</p>
<p>If you are also a fast reader, i would advise you to read all passages, and not just skim and hunt.</p>