Time Saving Tip: As soon as you see a follow-up
evidence question, jot down the line numbers next to the
passage. Like so:171325This will save you time, frustration, and the paper cuts
that come with flipping back and forth.Pro Tip: You can use the evidence-based follow-up question to check if your
previous answer was correct. For example, if you picked an answer that cannot
be proven with any of the sentence options, then you know that you were wrong,
and you should go back and reconsider the other answer choices.
Finally, you might see one more type of meaning question: the analogy.
These are pretty bizarre. The questions take forms like:
• Which situation is most similar to the one described in lines 71–78 (“The
eel . . . ascent”)?
• Which of the following is most like the fear Constanza expresses in the
beginning of paragraph 2?
These questions require that you abstract from the specifics of a particular
passage and turn it into a template. Then apply that template to the answer
choices to see which one fits. Take this passage:
The composition of Martian soil might not factor into the everyday
concerns of your average citizen. But the number of tax dollars
allocated to Martian eco-science means that every one of us is actively
participating in this area of research. If we’re paying for this, then we
should be giving Mars more thought.First, let’s abstract from the specifics and turn it into a template. Here, a distant,
seemingly unimportant thing is shown to be more important than it initially
appeared. The question might look like this: