<p>I heard there were some critics out there that could choose the right answer without reading the passage.</p>
<p>what are some tips that can discriminate between the wrong and right choices without even reading the pssages?</p>
<p>Read grammatix.</p>
<p>Tip: Don't be lazy. Read the passage.</p>
<p>Honestly, skimming the passage helps. use grammatix tips for the rest.</p>
<p>lol I don't think we can answers all the questions correctly without reading. at least after you read the question, refer to the relevant paragraph and read the materials there (minimum 5-10 sentences) to get the idea.</p>
<p>okay, one thing, you will find it VERY difficult to get a perfect score this way. This technique works oh yes, i ve tried it many times. One flaw, questions like "Lines 45-64 ...
a) Support a Theory mentioned before
b) Contradict and argument aforementioned..
c) blah blah
d) blah
e) blah blah</p>
<p>so you get the idea.. first you read the 20 or so lines and you see choices that assume u read the earlier part of the passage. Do you have any idea how annoying that can be? I suggest you try it only after making sure there are no annoying questions like that.</p>
<p>this method is only good for slow readers who run out of time before being able to complete the questions. without reading the entire passage, you will most likely miss the main idea questions and fully not understand what the the purpose of the passage, tone, etc. i highly advise you to not use this strategy. at best, SKIM, but do not go directly to questions.</p>
<p>If you have some intuitive logical ability, it is simple to eliminate certain answer choices. However, it is necessary to read the passages if you wish to obtain a good score.</p>
<p>obviously im not giong to do that on the SATs. But there are certain answers you can immediately knock off, even if you didnt read the passages.</p>
<p>I would like to know what kind of clues you get, like if one of the choices is too extreme.</p>
<p>With many questions, you are given 2-3 answers that are roughly in the ballpark of the correct response and 1-2 that are way out in left field. You can eliminate those immediately. Also, there may be a thematic relationship between some of the answer choices; you can safely exclude the answers that lack that connection. It all depends on the context of the problem.</p>
<p>Eliminate:
- choices that have more info than what's asked
-choices that require you to justify them by over thinking.
-choices that are simply irrelevant
-choices that are assertive of opinions (biased or dogmatic ya know)
there you go, you have no eliminated 4 of them. What's left?</p>
<p>Read the passage... Skimming should be a last choice alternative. Practice reading quickly and effectively.</p>
<p>reading works for me ,skimming does not =/
it works for others,but i really think it depends on the individual =p</p>
<p>ummm, i am not a good student....but here is the thing i should say--at least try the GRAMMATIX method for twice,not once but TWICE.i learnt the grammatix method for the first time tonight and i messed up at the first time by being too much cautious about time and by panicking.but the second long passage i did proved the grammatix method a fruitful one for one who knows when is the perfect time to skip a question.attack the questions in this sequence:1.word ques 2.citation ques 3.general passage ques---in this way u will get a fair bit of idea about the passage before u take on the lengthy general idea questions (ps- this idea is borrowed from grammatix)....there you go.....by the way,don't forget to minimize your answering time in the SC part,then you can have at least two minutes to skim the passage.good luck</p>