<p>I'm sorry I know that someone in the past must've addressed the extremes for the CR questions, but can someone list them on this thread again. I'm having a bit of trouble recognizing what words in an answer choice are considered "extreme." I'm able to distinguish obvious ones, but I'm having trouble with ones such as "only." a list would be nice and very helpful. (:</p>
<p>I’m not so sure discerning answer choices this way is effective. Personally, it never worked for me, so I decided to abandon this whole idea. Perhaps you should try this as well. :)</p>
<p>It might work for you. I was told that answer choices that leave “the benefit of the doubt” are always safe guesses.</p>
<p>“unqualified --, never, always, only…” These are some examples…</p>
<p>Thanks man. I’ll be sure to try it out.</p>
<p> all, total, only, solely, exclusively, completely, entirely, thoroughly
mainly, chiefly, primarily, largely, mostly, many, most
invariably, certainly, absolutely, unquestionably, must, needs
always, never, not
words that end in -est (greatest, largest, etc.)
words that end in -less (worthless, useless, etc.)
words that are preceded by most (most accurate, most important, etc.)
words that are preceded by least (least significant, least truthful, etc.)</p>
<p>Also watch extreme adjectives and verbs. Consider the difference between these:
unfriendly vs. hostile, happy vs. elated, sad vs. despairing, excited vs. hysterical, impolite vs. barbaric, mischievous vs. sinister, opposition vs. malice, unrealistic vs. outrageous, challenge vs. mock, foolish vs. ludicrous, anxious vs. frantic, unlikely vs. impossible, criticize vs. chastise. The second word in each pairing is likely too extreme to be used in an SAT answer.</p>