<p>Please. I got a 600 on my practice because I didn't understand a whole passage!!!! I need help!</p>
<p>Please look at your blue book. Turn to pg. 865. Please answer and explain ALL of the questions! ESPECIALLY TONE!</p>
<p>If you have any advice on tone, please help a sister out.</p>
<p>bumpbumpbump!!!</p>
<p>bump.......</p>
<p>First of all, calm down. You've been studying for critical reading questions ever since you learned how to read. That is, the more you read, the easier the critical reading sections will be (and you may even improve your writing score as well).</p>
<p>Pay attention to the tone of the passage without axctually TRYING to decipher the tone. Let your subconscious determine the author's intent.</p>
<p>As for vocabulary-in-context questions: treat these like sentence completion questions with regard to the passage's topic.</p>
<p>A general rule I try to follow is to eliminate answer choices that are too extreme, too specific, or too general. Look for the one that fits just right. This is helpful for those " what is the main idea of the passage" questions.</p>
<p>Hope this helps! Bring up your CR score to 800 baby!</p>
<p>I don't think I can bring up my score to an 800 if there are going to be passages like THIS! Have you seen the passage I'm talking about? Please look at it. :( But thankyou for your advice.</p>
<p>Bump.</p>
<p><em>looking at the passage</em> .......oh my. that's one long, boring, and pointless passage. <em>dies</em></p>
<p>I feel your frustration, burnsk8er :( It can be very depressing to not get an entire section on the SAT -- but don't let it get you down, these types of questions are more than conquerable.</p>
<p>The best advice I can give you as far as CR is to imagine what you are reading as you are reading it. Imagine this guy, walking down the street in this mid nineteenth century town, with his British accent - give him a face, a voice - and listen to him, telling you his story in HIS voice - if you imagine it in someone else's voice, the tone will start to be very clear. I always read hearing the story in someone else's voice. And visualize. Visualize what's written.</p>
<p>That, and know your vocab, as the meaning of a word makes all the difference in whether an answer choice is correct or not (#16, for example), if "ignominious" meant something other than "humiliating, degrading", then it would be the wrong answer. If you had no idea what it meant, you might have well have chosen a safer answer you understood, like B, which is pretty close, but unfortunately not "the best" answer. </p>
<p>If you want more detailed help let me know.</p>
<p>Burnsk8er, </p>
<p>I really want to help you because I see how discouraged you're getting. Unfortunately, I don't have CB book so unless you post specific passages/questions, I'm not sure what kind of advice to give. </p>
<p>Like obsessedAndre said, the questions with the vocabulary words are relatively simple. When they say "_______ most nearly means....," just substitute all the answer choices in the sentence. The sentence that best fits is your answer. Also, sometimes, the correct definition of the word is not the answer since they're looking for what fits the best in the context of the passage.</p>
<p>I find it hard to believe that EVERY SAT includes a passage that will dumbfound you. Chances are you will be able to understand every passage in most critical reading sections. If not, you need more practice. (i.e. READ on your own!)</p>
<p>Thanks for the encouragement.</p>