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When its referred in RC to a certain part of the passage should you always return to it and read the line they indicate?
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When its referred in RC to a certain part of the passage should you always return to it and read the line they indicate?
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@chelseapichor156 I don't scan the scan questions first because I am always reading for the same things- main point, tone, purpose and structure. I can answer the majority of questions have a solid idea of these. As I read I highlight around the structure of the passage/ argument ( if there is one) and also highlight any conditionals I see throughout the passage. This way I know where to come back to for inference/detail questions.
@peterhong245 got another question for ya....do you not ever scan the questions first in RC? I know it seems to be a no-no but ive done it a couple times and found that ive performed better. Wondering what others opinions are???
@chelseapichor156, I am glad to hear it really helped me! How we approach a section and on a more micro level, each question can really make a large impact on our performance.
@peterhong245 thank you for that! I am going to implement this on my next PT, definitely makes sense to do it this way i think
How to approach line reference questions was one of the easiest to implement strategies that was recommended to me. In RC it is important to keep momentum. I personally spend more time on the passage ( I average around 4 minutes) so need to work through questions efficiently. I skip line cite questions on the first pass and then complete them before I finish the passage and move onto the next one. I will give you an example of how this helps. This helps because the typical first question is the main point ( this typically takes 30 seconds to a minute) but last thing I want to do is spend close to 2 minutes on question 2 because it is a line cite question and asking about obscure line. I would much rather go onto question 3 which is an author attitude question and I know I can also get that in maybe 30 seconds. I keep this momentum up and now I have 6 of 8 questions answered ( these last two are line cite) my brain is happy because it feels like it has answered almost everything from the passage and even if somehow I were to run low on time I would have the vast majority of questions answered. Like @ashleytien240 I don’t always read the line- depends on if it was something I remembered specifically or a more obscure line.
@ashleytien240 thanks for your input. The reason i ask is i never seem to have enough time to finish RC and the last 2 PTS i felt confident so tried to save time by going with my gut. I got them wrong and when going over the questions after it appears it would have been quite obvious if i had just gone back quickly and scanned it. I just cant seem to have enough time. With the Jan lsat days away, freaking out a bit!
@chelseapichor156 said:
When its referred in RC to a certain part of the passage should you always return to it and read the line they indicate?
#help
not "always" for me.
it very much depends on my confidence level for the question.
there are times when i do a better job with active reading that i feel pretty confident answering these questions even without referring back to the passage; or there are times when i'm down to 2 answer choices and i only need a few seconds to go back to the passage and quickly confirm/disconfirm my answer; other times, i just need a few seconds to refresh my memory of the referenced idea (without actually re-reading the lines)
and of course, there are times when i do less well with my reading, and realize that i need to actually spend some time re-reading and understanding the surrounding sentences; there are times when i answer it with some degree of uncertainty and flag it and move on.
i personally do better when i spend more time upfront on the passage; this means i have less time on the questions. so i let my confidence level and trust guide my decisions, rather than have a strict rule to follow.
I personally would. And read around it as well.