Critical Reading Analysis

Erica Meltzer, who blogs over at The Critical Reader, makes an outstanding point about what is being tested in the SAT Critical Reading section. In her post Neutral Tone, Definite Opinion, she says

You *are* being tested on your ability to understand the argument [a passage] makes, how the argument is structured and conveyed, and sometimes the assumptions underlying that argument. The argument is the point, not the facts. If there weren’t an argument, there would be no test.

You need to be able to step back and don’t miss the forest for the trees.

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