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1
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Opinionated answer choices

A

the right answers are always objective, never subjective

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opinionated words to avoid

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  • exactly
  • always
  • all
  • every
  • must
  • no
  • none
  • never
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objective words to look for

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  • often
  • if
  • mostly
  • usually
  • may
  • can
  • almost
  • sometimes
  • some
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group of people, ethnicity, world region

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The college board will never express a negative opinion about a certain people group, ethnicity or world region. Any answer choice that puts a general population in a negative light will be incorrect

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answers with the same meaning

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if two answers have the same meaning, they are both wrong

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opposite meanings

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if two answer choices have opposite meaning, one will usually be right

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read or skim?

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read line citation first, by the end, you will probably have the general idea

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what to look for in line citation

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circle the nouns and verbs in the citation, then circle the nouns and verb in the answer choices, the one that has the most matching is usually the correct answer.
- carefully look at/circle first word

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how to identify wrong answers

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  • COAT
  • completely irrelevant
  • obscure information
  • additional information
  • totally contradictory information
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10
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big words

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simplify them and see if they still make sense

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appositives

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  • renaming the noun
  • will say something then say it again in a different way
  • look for the answer choice that restates the first way
  • “she made a mistake, a slip of the tongue, when it was her turn”
  • look for the answer choice that restates “made a mistake”
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common definition is usually

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wrong

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how to find right vocab answer

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  • USE
  • unquestionably
  • substitute
  • each answer
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overall passage questions

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  • tone
  • main idea
  • inference
  • details
  • comparison
  • skip them and come back, may not be necessary to read the whole passage if you’ve done the other questions first
  • do essential reading
  • avoid SON
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essential reading

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  • read the italicized introduction
  • opening sentence of each paragraph
  • closing sentence of each paragraph
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if two passages are speaking about different subject matters

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they probably agree on a unifying theme

17
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if two passages are speaking on the same subject

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they probably disagree

18
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answering questions on dual passage

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read and answer passage one and its questions separately before moving onto passage 2

19
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both passage traps

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  • answers that sidetrack or confuse you
  • answers that neglect one passage all together
  • answer choices that swap passages
20
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the positive/negative test

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for sentence completion questions, deterring if it positive or negative to help eliminate answer choices

21
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predicting words

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write in simple words that would work

22
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prefixes and roots

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help you predict the meaning of the word

23
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SCOPE words

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change the flow of the sentence on the connotation of words

24
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cause and effect words

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  • found in sentences with the same flow
25
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two-blank sentence completion tips

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  • both words must fit exactly

- if one word is PERFECT, its usually the most common, and the second is usually wrong

26
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imposter words

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look very similar to the perfect answer but have completely different meanings

27
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same subject area

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if a word has the same subject as the sentence (like partisanship and political) it will usually seem right but its a trap and is usually wrong.

28
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contradictory words

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very often one of the answer choices will be the exact opposite of the correct answer choice.

29
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passage based reading acronyms

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  • CITATION
  • USE
  • PASSAGE
  • COAT
30
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CITATION

A

citation questions

  • circle the citation in the passage
  • identify nouns/verbs- circle them
  • terminate hidden patterns in sentence
  • additional information
  • totally contradictory information
  • irrelevant information
  • obscure information
  • note the one that restates
31
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USE

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vocab questions

  • unquestionably
  • substitute
  • each answer choice
32
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PASSAGE

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main theme questions

  • PASS these questions up until the end
  • add the essential reading
  • go over the circled portions/answers
  • every answer should be politically correct
33
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COAT

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to identify wrong answer choices

  • completely irrelevant information
  • obscure information
  • additional information
  • totally contradictory information
34
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DUAL

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use for dual passages

  • do each passage/its questions one at a time
  • underline main themes in each passage
  • answer must match correct passages
  • leave both passage questions until the end
35
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COMPLETION

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use for sentence completion

  • classify unknown words
  • operate the positive/negative test
  • magnify key elements (scope words, adj, etc)
  • predict the blank
  • look at the answer choices
  • eliminate wrong flow answer choices
  • try second blank first
  • identify the correct answer
  • only one restates
  • now it is an exact fit

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