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* use the test to answer itself | * use the test to answer itself | ||
* read punctuation "out loud" to yourself" so as not to miss it | * read punctuation "out loud" to yourself" so as not to miss it | ||
=== Passage titles === | |||
* use passage titles! | |||
** titles express author intent | |||
** titles are frequently a thesis statements (no other details are provided) | |||
** titles generally answer the last question on each passage (not always) | |||
=== Writing section is rules-based === | === Writing section is rules-based === | ||
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** there can be difficult questions on easy passages, but the bulk of "hard" questions will coincide with difficult passages | ** there can be difficult questions on easy passages, but the bulk of "hard" questions will coincide with difficult passages | ||
=== Elimination | === Elimination === | ||
* | * eliminate the "low-hanging fruit" first | ||
* eliminate for errors | ** i.e., the easy or most obvious eliminations | ||
* always eliminate for errors, don't select for correctness | |||
=== Grammar, logic & punctuation === | === Grammar, logic & punctuation === | ||