<p>i have a problem with the CR section of the SAT..i can never finish reading the second passage and i am always rushing it to finish/guess on the last questions...i consider myself to be a slow reader mostly because i fear missing content and want to make sure i take in every sentence just in case its "an important one" that they will ask about..this is really hurting my CR score</p>
<p>does anyone have any advice on how i can speed up my reading so i can finish the CR section, while still keeping the content?</p>
<p>graciass</p>
<p>Read the italicized blurb at top, then topic sentence and concluding sentence of each paragraph. Then read whole concluding sentence. It's wrong to spend that much time reading teh whole passage. Trust me. When questions already give inference to specifics in passage, that is the only time to actually read the stuff in that specific section. hope this helps. learned most at princeton review</p>
<p>hannie88, what do you mean by this: "Then read whole concluding sentence." ?</p>
<p>Possibly she meant, "then read the whole conclusion."</p>
<p>Another option is to take a speed reading course.</p>
<p>A good tip: get thru the sentence completions quickly. Mulling (sp?) over words you don't know can take away several minutes from the passage questions.</p>
<p>yup. flipsta_G is right. I meant the last paragraph, especially the last sentence cause usually good writers can sum up everything into one sentence at the end. It kinda gives u a grasp of what the main idea is.</p>
<p>I got an 800. Don't read the passages. It's a waste of time.</p>
<p>i try not to read the passage, but some questions like: the author does all of these except, or the roman numeral questions; those force me to read the whole passage. What can I do (I tried skimming but I missed key elements).</p>
<p>H20Poloer, I know what you mean. There are always those questions like the "all except..". Another one that forces me to read the entire thing is if it's a story-type passage. Because it's in sequence, it's hard to understand what's going on exactly without reading the entire thing (or most of it)!</p>
<p>Reading the passage is a waste of time no matter what you might think. At first I didnt believe it but then I took the SAT apart (basically what every good test prep company does for you now anyway) and you can definetly tell its a waste.</p>
<p>how can you answer any of the questions that require understanding without reading the passage? please reveal that mystery. I am so confused</p>
<p>Hardly any questions require understanding. Most are line reference, inference, vocab-in-context, etc. I would suggest reading the blurb and then skimming the passage to get the feel of it. Most questions make you go back and read the passage(even if you've done it already) so why do it earlier. Trust me it saves time. But if your a really fast reader or just can't digest the fact that you don't need to read the whole passage then go ahead and read it.</p>
<p>one word: SKIM</p>
<p>I skim the entire passage and then re-read some portions that need re-reading</p>