Does anyone have tips for last 5 questions of the Writing Section?

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<p>Many people say these are the easiest questions, but I seem to perform very poorly on this particular section.</p>

<p>My writing score ranges from 740~800 because of this section. Can someone give me some tips for these questions?</p>

<p>Btw, is there anyone else who is having trouble on these questions?</p>

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<p>Do you read the passage before attacking the questions?</p>

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<p>I attack the questions that don’t require reading the passage.</p>

<p>Then, I skim through and read only part of the passage that I need to read…</p>

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<p>I could say something generic like “know your grammar rules,” but I won’t. What exactly are you missing? Are you missing sentence deletion questions? Title questions? Fixing-in-context questions?</p>

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<p>I think I know most of my grammar rules since I do well on Improving Sentences and Identifying sentence error section. I usually miss the ones that ask, “in context…”.
Like adding transitions.</p>

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<p>Your strategy is counterproductive. You need to read the passage, but read for information flow ONLY, not content. The Q’s require you to understand the relationship between each sentence and the preceding and following trains of thought. Holistic reading, not hunt-and-peck, is optimal.</p>

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I’ll try that my next Writing section! Thanks!</p>

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<p>Skim through the passage, before approaching the questions. In each question, read all preceding and following sentences to get a feel for how the designated sentence should be constructed. The sentence you are required to improve, may have a certain relation with a previous one, requiring it to have a certain transition such as “yet” in the beginning. It is crucial that you read everything around one sentence before actually answering anything about it. </p>

<p>Other than that, I think it’s based on which sentence you pick out that relates the most to the passage. Which answer makes the most sense when placed in context of sentence number ##. Which answer conveys the meaning most concisely.</p>

<p>And remember, sometimes the shortest and simplest answer, is always the right one.</p>