Overcoming the 750 barrier for SAT® critcal reading

[Thegodofrice]

I've been struggling with critical reading, around the 730-750 range but i'm striving for a perfect score or close.
I find the science passages a breeze and the history and humanities decent
However, I always get DESTROYED by the narratives
I've found a few difficulties about them.
1. FLOWERY LANGUAGE that is soo hard to disect
sometimes I'm wondering if i "get it" or if i'm just did not understand it like a few sentences
For example, in my practices i've come across passages like these
As in droughty regions baptism by immersion could only be performed symbolicall, Mr. Casaubon found that sprinkling was the utmost approach to a plunge which his stream would afford him; and he concluded that the poets had much exaggerated the force of masculine passion.

Wtf does that mean. I find narrative passages are @#$# retarded. why the !#$ dont they just say what they mean? i dont give a $@#$ about your flowery @#$@#$

but i have to overcome this to get a decent score
any suggestions?

[Sbehl]

i'd say Intensify your current vocab and opt for a better understanding of words because the meaning of a word can vary dpending upon the situation and sometimes these variations are so vast that the entire root meaning of the word changes

[Thegodofrice]

i've memorized 5000 sat words.
sentence completion is NOt my problem

[Shreyass]

Work on your skimming ability. I manage to finish reading the passage thoroughly yet fast, and answering the shorter questions becomes a breeze, leaving you some time to puzzle over the tougher ones. ( I got an 800 )

[Xxwarxpertxx]

actually those problems are TOUGH, my opinion is that you look for the answers instead of the passage, use common sense.(thats prob not enough for 750+ but i mean it helps me at least cuz i dont get anything those passages say)

[Klezma]

The guide on guideparadise.com helped me raise my critical reading score substantially. CR is the hardest section in my opinion. Memorizing SAT words only goes so far.

[Laserprecision2]

klezma, once again, stop spamming your pay-for-info site. Who in their right mind would buy from it when the header of the page isn't even spelled correctly?

thegodofrice, if you're not too big on reading poetry or old english literature, those passages will simply be a crapshoot. Normally you won't have one like that though. Honestly your best bet is to underline important words that you DO know and try to create some type of relationship between them.

[Benstein123]

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