TAILIEUCHUNG - – THE SAT CRITICAL READING SECTION – Part 3: Paragraph-Length Critical Reading Out with the old

– THE SAT CRITICAL READING SECTION – Part 3: Paragraph-Length Critical Reading Out with the old and in with the new: New paragraphlength critical reading questions have replaced the old analogies on the SAT. And that’s good news for you, because these paragraph-length critical reading passages are essentially the same as those in the reading comprehension section, only much shorter and easier to manage. The SAT has about eight paragraph-length critical reading questions. The questions should be divided more or less equally among the three Critical Reading sections. You can expect the passages for paragraphlength critical reading questions to be just that—one. | THE SAT CRITICAL READING SECTION Part 3 Paragraph-Length Critical Reading Out with the old and in with the new New paragraphlength critical reading questions have replaced the old analogies on the SAT. And that s good news for you because these paragraph-length critical reading passages are essentially the same as those in the reading comprehension section only much shorter and easier to manage. The SAT has about eight paragraph-length critical reading questions. The questions should be divided more or less equally among the three Critical Reading sections. You can expect the passages for paragraphlength critical reading questions to be just that one paragraph. Most passages will be 100-350 words long followed by two to five questions a sharp contrast to the half-dozen or more questions that follow the 400-850-word reading comprehension passages. While the paragraph-length critical reading passages and questions are very similar to their long passage counterparts there are a few important differences to keep in mind and some specific strategies you can use to answer these questions more effectively. Structure and Strategy For paragraph-length critical reading passages you can expect fewer questions about specific facts and details which are easy to find in such short passages and more questions about the structure of the passage and the strategies the author uses to convey his or her idea. These questions may ask you about the order of ideas or the purpose of specific lines in the passage. They may ask you to consider why the writer uses certain words or includes a particular piece of information. Here is a good example of this type of question 1. In lines 1-2 the author refers to a list of pros and cons to a. show that there are both positive and negative aspects of utilitarianism b. suggest that making a list of pros and cons is not an effective way to make a decision c. emphasize that utilitarians consider both the good and the bad before making a decision d. .

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