<p>I know this question has been answered before, but searching back in threads is difficult because of the common words to search for. Anywho, What works for you? I am improving a little bit on passage readin by using a strategy I found on this board: go through questions, mark line numbers, read passage, then answer questions as you reach marked lines, but I find that this is very time consuming. </p>
<p>How many people don't read the passage and do well? If you don't read the passage, how do you get the main idea questions?</p>
<p>i know people say not to, but i always read the whole passage. it helps me get the gist of the whole thing, imp. for those "main idea" and "inference" questions. i usually look at the questions first then go back and read the passage. good luck.</p>
<p>i'm kind of tired responding to the same thing so i suggest u going through my SAT posts. My strategy should be there. But to make the whole thing short no i don't read the whole passage.</p>
<p>What's the problem with reading the whole passage? I always read it, and then searched back for what the questions wanted. If the question asked something that encompassed the whole thing, how else would you know for certain that you answered it correctly?</p>
<p>Who here is subscribed to the SAT Online Course?</p>
<p>I just took the first practice quiz for reading passages, and I almost completely missed the author's intent for the last passage.</p>
<p>If anyone has the SAT Online Course and can quickly look up the long passage that I'm referring to, can you tell me how typical these passages are on the SAT (difficulty wise). I finished the CR sections in the blue book, and I didn't think any of the passages were nearly as difficult as that last passage.</p>
<p>I might copy + paste the passage for people to see (am I allowed to do that?).</p>