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I have found that a lot of the LR questions that I get wrong are the result of picking the wrong of two choices. I'm able to narrow the answer choices down to the two most popular choices, but I often end up picking the wrong of the two answers and then getting it right on the blind review. Any tips for picking the right answer when I have it narrowed down already?
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I'd add that it can also be helpful to zoom in on the specific, relevant difference between the two answer choices you're stuck between. Sometimes there will be two answer choices that are identical in meaning, except for one word that makes all the difference. Or you could have two answer choices expressing a conditional relationship between X and Y, but the arrow points in opposite directions. If you can isolate that one difference, then you'll usually be able to pick out the correct one.
Here is a quick and effective hack that can really help a lot:
Instead of focusing only on finding and selecting the RIGHT answer out of the final two, try to also prioritize finding and eliminating the WRONG one.
One (and hopefully only one) of your remaining choices is still wrong, which usually means it contains some kind of clear or disqualifying flaw. If you haven’t eliminated that answer choice yet, that usually means you haven’t identified the flaw in it yet.
A lot of improvement on LR comes from getting better at “finding the flaw” in wrong answer choices quickly and precisely.
Once that skill improves, your final-two accuracy can increase pretty dramatically.
I hope that helps!
@SCOTT_LEBO Thank you!
@ezd123 My pleasure!