Self-study
Any tips/strategies for how to properly and efficiently review and go over RC section after doing PTs.
Currently getting 5-6 wrong per RC section and would like to know how to best go over wrong ACs and understand them.
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when I'm reading a passage, I try to predict what questions I'll be asked. of course there's author opinion, main point, purpose of passage, purpose of paragraph; but there's also other things that come up in a passage that just seem important, and often times you'll be right, a question does appear on that topic
so when I'm reviewing after a PT, I go through the RC questions & ask myself should I have predicted that question would appear? I've caught on to certain indicators, like when there are lists present it's not unlikely you'll be asked about the list or items in the list, or if there are competing viewpoints, you're almost always asked about them.
so maybe look for common themes across the questions, compare to the passage & try to understand how you could've known while reading that question would be there. it helps me as I don't go into the questions completely blind. if something stands out to me in the passage, I'll spend 5 extra seconds to make sure I really understand it well. sometimes I'm right, other times I'm not. But when I'm right it pays off
Try creating rules for yourself to utilize the next time you come to the same issues
Make yourself a wrong answer journal and note why you're picking the wrong answers. Go over the analysis of the readings (and watch the video explanations if necessary)