<p>I've been trying to study hard for the SAT writing and critical reading section. However, although I've spent many hours studying for it, my improvement is very minimal. What I do is take as many Critical reading tests and writing tests on the practice SAT and see how I do. Afterwards, I try to see what I did wrong and the process continues...
UNFORTUNATELY..that isn't working. Although there are answers to every question I don't seem to be making a significant improvement. Please help. Anyone have any suggestions and reccomendations?</p>
<p>Grammatix study guide</p>
<p>I've seen many people post that..What is it??</p>
<p>It's a strategy guide for the SAT and all its sections.</p>
<p>Does anyone have it and would share it??</p>
<p>spikey003: Here's what I do for critical reading.
1. Read the blurb at the top of the reading passage; this give introductory info.
2. Go immediately to the first question that is not general. Often the first question in the passage is, "What is the main idea?" Skip that. Go to a question that says, "In line 9, blah means..."
3. Read the paragraph that has the line number. THE WHOLE PARAGRAPH. Try to get a sense of the tone, main idea, etc. as you're reading. Try not to read too slowly.
4. Then answer the specific questions for that paragraph.
5. Do the same thing for every paragraph. READ EVERY PARAGRAPH!!! Princeton Review tells you just to skim and search for the answers, but trust me, often you will miss something important in a paragraph that you skipped. READ EVERY PARAGRAPH!
6. By the time you're done with the passage, you should have:
a. Answered the specific questions.
b. Gotten the main idea: what is the passage about.
c. Figured out the tone.
d. Figured out the author's audience: is the author formal, reflective, what?
7. Now, go to the general questions. These shouldn't be too bad.
8. And now, you are done with the entire passage.</p>
<p>With this method, you would read everything and answer everything. With care.</p>
<p>Just don't overthink and overanalyze--figure out the tone and main idea, these are most important. And remember, read the whole passage.</p>
<p>Practice, practice, practice. Read. And don't just read reading passages. Read the newspaper (not the comics, but stuff like short editorials). Read novels. Try reading Time magazine. Read, read, read. This is the only way you will get used to passages. And for each article you read, ask yourself, what is the main idea? What is the tone? What is the purpose? Read. Now. Don't waste your time. Get off the computer, pick up a newspaper, and read something interesting.</p>
<p>This is the best help I can give you. If I had a secret formula, I would give it to you. The fact is, for critical reading, you simply have to read more--give it time, and every so often, check up and see how you're doing.</p>
<p>What critical reading problems are you getting wrong? Sentence completions, the tiny passages, the specific questions, or the general questions?</p>
<p>I totally agree with dchow08. Overthinking or overanalyzing always leads to choosing a wrong answer. And that's what happens to me a lot. Also don't use your own knowledge about the idea of the passage when answering. Be like a blank paper and write only the ideas from the passage on it, then answer the questions basing on it. It's all I want to say.</p>
<p>wats grammatix studyguide</p>
<p>Peteyflow: Amu just answered it above--please, read the posts before you post something like that. Also, there is something called Google.</p>