The Passage - Part I
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Strategies and Fundamentals
Summary
The content provides strategic insights and techniques for tackling specific types of SAT reading comprehension questions, emphasizing active reading, understanding context, and employing evidence-based strategies to efficiently find answers.
- Active reading is crucial for comprehending passages and answering questions accurately.
- Understanding the motivation behind characters' actions or statements, such as Erskine's reason for showing the narrator a portrait, is key to answering questions correctly.
- Vocabulary in context questions require ignoring preconceived notions of words and focusing on how they are used within the passage.
- Evidence-based questions should be approached by first identifying and understanding the evidence provided before attempting to answer the question.
- Strategies for efficiently navigating the test include focusing on vocabulary in context and evidence-based questions to save time and increase accuracy.
Chapters
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Active Reading and Comprehension
00:31
Understanding Character Motivations
02:51
Vocabulary in Context
05:06
Evidence-Based Questions Strategy