All Three Item Types
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Looking at the answer choices without having some
idea of what the correct answer should be.
- Spending
more than a minute or so on any one item in a set.
- Failing
to practice sufficiently—reading this book is not
enough!
- Failing
to master the Essential Concepts.
- Failing
to master the Essential Strategies.
- Failing
to practice the step methods on every practice test item—you’ll
need these methods when the answer isn’t obvious
to you.
- Refusing
to guess when you’ve eliminated one answer choice.
- Refusing
to fly Bombing Runs—that is, not doing items out of order based
on your assessment of which will be easiest.
- Having
unrealistic expectations about your score goal. (Unless you’re either
already scoring fairly high on the Writing section or you have a
lot of time before your test, spending time preparing for Paragraph
Improvement will dilute your potential score payoff.)
- If
you’ve prepared for Paragraph Improvement, not doing all sentence-level
items before attempting Paragraph Improvement.
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