Originally Posted by ZeroGravity23
work smarter not harder, don't just rush into each question thinking that you have to answer everything... no that is not the case. you're trying to get as many points per section as possible. each section goes from easy to difficult.
use most of your time on the easy to medium questions and less time on the difficult questions to scoop up more points.
for the reading and writing part.. don't jump right into the passage,read the questions first and than actively read and fish for the answer. don't rely on your memory either go back to the passage and look for the answer if you have to.
a trick for reading long passages is to read the first and last sentence of each paragraph and get the GIST of what the author is talking about. in your own words write a few words of what the main idea was for each paragraph.
graders have less than a minute to grade your essay, so yes size matters. the longer your essay the better. use a lot of transition sentences like... however, while, although, in addition, furthermore.. another example, reason, point... i agree with the statement blah blah blah, etc.
