Reading Comprehension Passage A and B

tannirzane1

Hello,

I had a question regarding the best approach to RC passages that have two different subpassages for one set of questions. In the practice test explanation videos, JY approaches these by reading passage A and then going through the questions, then reading passage B and doing this the same, but there is no video in the core curriculum about these types of passages. Do you guys find the strategy of reading one and doing the questions then reading the other and repeating the questions to be fast enough, or do you usually just read them both at once then go to the questions? Thanks.

canihazJD

I do them one passage at a time. One of the main “tricks” on the comparative passages is to induce confusion as to which passage a given answer draws from. Not reading one removes that variable. In fact when you do so, it’s not hard to predict what passage B is going to talk about based on the other answers you eliminate.