Summary
◦ For Paired Sets, make sure you’re following the right strategy.
- Specific Paired Questions simply require you to follow the Basic Approach, making sure
you’ve underlined the evidence for your prediction in the text.
- General Paired Questions will be much more straightforward if you use Parallel POE to
consider the “best evidence” in tandem with the previous question.
◦ For Dual Passages, do questions about the first passage first, questions about the second passage
second, and dual questions last. Remember that even with dual questions, you must find support in
the passages.
◦ Save Main Idea or General Questions until the end of the passage. POE will be much more efficient
once you’ve done all of the other questions.
◦ Don’t get bogged down by hard or time-consuming questions! If you find yourself stuck or running
short on time, use LOTD and move on!
