CHAPTER 4 / CRITICAL READING SKILLS 189
Concept Review 5:
Connecting the Questions to the Passage
- What are the four steps to effectively attacking SAT CR questions?
- What does it mean to translate SAT CR questions into “stand-alone” questions?
- Why is it important to translate SAT CR questions into “stand-alone” questions whenever possible?
- Translate each of the following questions into a “stand-alone” open-ended essay question:
a. “The author’s attitude toward the opposition (line 42) is one of.. .”
b. “The garden has become important to the author because.. .”
c. “The last paragraph suggests that Davis is motivated by.. .”
d. “The author refers to the freedom of estuary birds in lines 1–2 in order to emphasize the fact that.. .”
e. “The author uses the term solid (line 16) primarily in order to.. .”- What is the “sandwich strategy”?
- How should you attack a question that contains the phrase “in order to”?