<p>For those of you who did well on lit, did you read the entire passage and then answer questions, or answer questions as you read the passage?</p>
<p>I read the entire passage through first. Obviously, I don't then go on and nswer all the questions without looking at the pasage again, I keep going back to read the specific pertinent parts. But I find that reading it first without having seen the questions allows me to have a gut interpretation that frequently proves helpful.</p>
<p>I scanned the questions first, just to check if there was anything I needed to look out for while I was reading.
Like, sometimes they ask "which of the following literary devices was NOT used in the passage?" or something like that. That way, it's pretty easy to just eliminate the incorrect choices as you go.</p>
<p>I did a combination of .illogic and pinnipotto's strategies. I scanned the questions for the "fetch" questions (i.e. In line 20, "she" refers to ...), but I didn't read any of the answers. Then I read the passage, underlining the "fetch" questions. Scanning the questions gives you a heads-up on the easy questions where you just have to refer to a line, but by not reading the answers to the questions, you can develop your own ideas about the passage without being swayed by answer choices. </p>
<p>Is that clear?</p>
<p>^^^ I think that the above it a good strategy.
I personally do not have a problem with time on lit tests, so I really didn't mind reading through and then going back to "fetch". But, I could see how this would perhaps speed things up, if that's important to you. However, I also agree that it is wise not to read the answer choices in advance, for the reasons I said before.</p>
<p>I think all of the above are good strategies, depending on your personal style.</p>