<p>So far I have categorized the questions as such</p>
<p>Explicit Detail/Text: Ask you to find what is true according to the passage or what the passage states.</p>
<p>Inference: Ask you to determine what the passage suggests, what it implies, what conclusions it supports, or a statement the author would most likely agree with</p>
<p>Logic: Ask why the author includes a particular example sentence or phrase, or ask you to determine the function of a paragraph</p>
<p>Vocabulary-in-Context: As you to define a word or phrase as it it used in the passage</p>
<p>Global: Ask you to identify the central idea or primary purpose of the passage. I also group tone questions here.</p>
<p>Question: How exactly should you approach these questions so you do not fall into the traps CB makes, otherwise known as wrong answer choices? What are the dos and don't? For example, we should assume things, or take info from outside the passage. </p>
<p>Someone who has done a lot of practice with CR passages, and has learned or developed rules on how to answer these questions, please share your knowledge,</p>
<p>I know the answer to my question may seem obvious, or that these CR threads come up way too many times, but I am disparately looking for some valuable insight.</p>
<p>Explicit Detail/Text- page 590 # 11
Inference- page 609 # 16, page 610 # 23, page 619 # 18
Logic- page 609 # 19
Vocab- I usually don't have a prob with this
Global- no real problem here</p>
<p>As you can see I mostly have a prob with logic and inference</p>
<p>Exactly how do I approach these questions do avoid mistakes
Also, sometime the passages ask, the author did all of the following except ...
a) prove a point
b) refute an idea
c) etc ..</p>
<p>How are we supposed to go back and find each thing the author did in so little time?</p>
<p>You're not supposed to.
The best way to tackle the last kind of question you mentioned, is, I guess, to read the passage. Actually I think it's the only way. </p>
<p>I've never had trouble with this type. I read the passage piecemeal and I answer on the way. Whenever I come across a "general" question, I mark it and solve after I've gone through all the passage. Please note that the type you lastly mentioned is usually "general", unless it specifies a certain paragraph.
So what you basically have to do, is try to eliminate the most you can. To do this you have to consider every choice separately and try to find evidence in the passage. Eliminate as many as you can. After you're done with the elimination, and are not still sure about what to choose, and are tired of reasoning and wasting time, either guess or trust your gut and choose the one that sounds the most off-topic or exaggerated.</p>
<p>ps. Don't let my tone make you think "I'm the guy here". I'm actually striving for improvement myself. I'm stuck in mid 700s.</p>
<p>I guess the eliminating method would work to get those last few questions right. I have also been advised to come up with my own answer, then eliminate choices that don't agree with it.</p>