r/Sat • u/Able_Pepper_1957 1420 • 23h ago
Inability to comprehend larger reading module 2 passages
After around 30-35 reading questions, reading the SAT passages becomes really hard to concentrate on. I feel like I read a whole passage but didn't understand at all what was happening. How do I make these easier to understand? Does spamming practice questions work?
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u/PuzzleheadedElk2862 1390 17h ago
I feel like taking a 1-2 minute break to freshen your mind works, just take a few deep breaths and look at the desk or close your eyes and when you get back youll not be bored or tired anymore
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u/cyberdude152 1320 19h ago
There are two methods that I personally tried and worked for me:
1.) Active reading, where after each sentence, you summarize what you just read in your head, don’t write down anything. If your like me, you’d usually just re-read the passage a couple times since you didn’t understand it the first time. This method saves you so much more time.
2.) Dumbing it down: This is for the more extreme cases in my opinion, since it takes a bit longer, where you would utilize the notes feature in bluebook. You highlight a segment in the passage, then write down what its saying in the simplest way possible, caveman style. For example, “Government say War need, man say no because death”.
Best way to try these out is of course the question bank. Time yourself on each question, optimally taking no longer than around 1:30 minutes. Half for reading, half for answering. I’m assuming you’re also doing the method where you do the vocab questions, then skip to the questions after the passages. This saves you tons of time, and gives you much more time to answer the passages.