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ntnguyen2108986
Wednesday, Apr 20, 2022
Hey! I am interest. I'm in EST. I am planning to sit for June and August.
ntnguyen2108986
Friday, Sep 10, 2021
What I do include:
make sure I understand the first paragraph - if I don't understand the 1st paragraph, I can't move on and hope the next ones will suddenly become digestible. I have had times during which I reread the 1st paragraph twice.
read for structure - i always stop for a quick 5 seconds and connect paragraphs on a high level. I always ask myself where in the previous paragraph does this next paragraph try to get at.
highlight (only, for me) words that hint at the author's feelings/attitude towards the subject of the passage. Even if there is no question asking about the author's attitude, I have seen these highlights help me with other questions like main point or what sentence would the author agree with.
At least for me, RC is also so much about short term memory, and I come in with the mindset that I am going to focus intensely for the 3-4 (even 4.5 approaching 5 minutes) minutes that I am reading the passage. Unlike with LR, for RC, I come in trusting the passage so for those 3-4 minutes, I digest and trust everything the passage says lol - for some reason, that helps me create a mindset that I will be here to learn something new and that the passage is my friend to guide me through the questions. I hope this helps even just a little bit!
ntnguyen2108986
Friday, Jul 30, 2021
Hey, I definitely see your point; however, I don't think it's factually inaccurate to refer to the last paragraph either because both paragraphs talk about the volcano theory. Ultimately, the vocalno theory says this lava causes climate change causes dinosaurs to die. Answer B attacks this causal relationship by saying there is the lava and no climate change. I see the last paragraph as more of an extension of the 3rd, providing more information on the relationship between volcano and sea level impacting marine species part.
ntnguyen2108986
Sunday, Jun 27, 2021
Hey, do you mind sharing your thought process on how E and D are saying similar things? I tried searching for colloquial expressions but I couldn't find any lines that contain those words. I find that with RC, often, the right AC comes straight out of the passage, almost word for word like in this case with AC D.
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ntnguyen2108986
Sunday, Jan 3, 2021
Hey there! Hopefully you find my reasoning for crossing out C helpful.
The conclusion of this passage concerns specifically construction cost. Answer choice C does imply that expansion of bus route does cost money - but I don't think that cost should be considered construction cost, more of operational cost. Hence I crossed it out (it was pretty appealing when I first evaluated it though).
ntnguyen2108986
Saturday, Nov 28, 2020
Hey there. Answer choice A paraphrases (almost repeats verbatim) the last sentence but I think the placement of this answer choice as the first option is to trick test takers. Ultimately, the conclusion is there is something missing about the theory ("does not fully explain" in answer choice B) - i stopped there when paraphrased to myself what the conclusion of the argument to avoid myself getting caught up with what's missing, which isn't the main point of the argument.
This isn't game 1 of pt 88 is it?