Information & Ideas
Command of Evidence is the trickiest question type for most students. Learn to identify strong inferences, central ideas, and how supporting details actually support.
Central Ideas & Details
Never let the answer choices tell you what the passage said. You tell the choices what the passage said.
An answer can be 99% correct, but if a single word is not in the text, the entire choice is 100% wrong.
If you get halfway through a passage and cannot recite the main points, you are reading passively.
Fight for every word. Do not feel relaxed just because you have time saved from skipping harder questions.
Command of Evidence
Predict before you peek. Never let the answer choices tell you what the passage said.
One wrong word disqualifies an entire choice, even if every other word is perfectly correct.
If you get halfway through the passage and cannot recite the main logic from memory, restart with active engagement.
Accuracy over speed. Even skipping the hardest questions, fight to understand every word the first time.
Inferences
Predict before you peek. You tell the choices what the passage said, not the other way around.
One wrong word disqualifies an entire choice, even if it is 99% correct.
Reading is a mental investment. If you find it boring, you are not predicting enough.
Active over passive. Engage with the text for the specific purpose of answering the question.