RC Detail Question help needed

[varunrajwade]

I keep a log of my mistakes and found that in RC,most (65% to be exact) of my mistakes were in detail questions... I seem to be doing great in the admittedly tougher inference and overall idea questions, but am struggling in these minute questions.

I typically do spend 1.3- 1.5 minutes per question on RC and have a accuracy of 85% - 88% on both OG and OG Verbal Review RC's. But I am want to get detail question hit rate up, so please suggest any strategies...

[esledge]

Always find the proof of the answer in the text of the passage. This may require you to read the proof sentence(s) multiple times, as the phrasing is often deliberately confusing.

Never rely on your memory of the passage from the first read.

Always find the answer in the passage first, then find the answer in the choices. The best order is: 1) read the question, 2) find where that detail is discussed in the passage, 3) re-read the relevant passage section, 4) read the choices, and 5) select the answer that matches the passage exactly.

[varunrajwade]

Thanks Emily. I have been using this strategy for the last 4 tests and have had much better results in RC.. Thanks a lot.

[varunrajwade]

Oops i meant last RCs :D

[StaceyKoprince]

I was going to say - you didn't take 4 tests in the last 10 days, did you?!? :)