<p>vocab:
basically you have to memorize terms
(not any tricks out there for this section)</p>
<p>passage based questions:</p>
<p>eliminate extreme choices (never, always, completely, will, etc)
eliminate choices that seem offensive
the correct answer to "purpose questions" are often not very specific to the passage
eliminate the common/dictionary defininition of a word you are asked the meaning of (if they are asking you and giving you a line reference, the word is obviously not being used in its everyday, most commonly thought of way
Please use common sense. make sure your answer makes sense in the real world according to common sense reasoning
read the blurb at the top of the passage
do not choose the answer that sounds like it is quoted from the passage
do not make assumptions, go off what is given to you</p>
<p>Please feel free to share some of your tips!</p>
<p>“vocab:
basically you have to memorize terms
(not any tricks out there for this section)” </p>
<p>This is a common misconception imo - I got an 800 in CR without ever memorising a single word. If you’ve ever studied Latin, Greek, any romance language, or German, you can work out most of the words meanings based on roots etc. Personally, I’d done Latin from 11-14, Greek from 14-17, and Spanish from 11-17. Plus, if you regularly read challenging books you should pick up a good level of vocab.</p>
<p>@elaras - so you’re saying students should go back in time, read challenging books, study Latin for four years, Greek for four years, and Spanish for six years? You have just REVOLUTIONIZED test prep!</p>
<p>I actually used to advocate studying roots, but I’ve reversed my opinion on that practice. The problem is that there are many, many words that use the same strings of letters found in common roots but have no etymological relationship to those roots, so the roots can lead you astray. I found over the years that this “straying” significantly outweighs the benefits of root study.</p>
<p>Of course actually spending years learning Latin and Greek (or even Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, or Romanian) is different and can be extremely helpful.</p>
<p>People can sometimes make up a false definition using roots. Root do not ALWAYS help. There are times when you must memorize actual words and not rely on tricks like that. </p>