Rocketcat&judiethcarol say: Don’t miss these, please!!! RACECAR!!!
Apr 13, 2010 These are the fast ones!
Byjudiethcarol&rocketcat April 2010 http://www.coolrocketcat.org/
Out of 95,849 responses Question of the Day Statistics
Number Answered: Correct: 61,911 Incorrect: 33, 938
Correct 61,911
Many people got this right, but look:
Incorrect 33,938
64% correct 36% is a high percentage to miss a point like this one!
Critical Reading > Sentence Completions
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Rocketcat says: Don’t miss a ‘RACECAR’ point!!!!
Judiethcarol & Rocketcat have a strategy called ‘RACECAR’ to use to get the answer correct on a critical reading, sentence completion question like this one.
We use the word ‘RACECAR’ to remember the strategy because the word is a palindrome. RACECAR is the same word backwards and forwards. Too, RACECAR is sleek, fast, and focused all the way to the finish line.
1) Read the sentence noticing the CLUES of CONNOTATION and fill in your own word, the simplest form you can imagine, reflecting that connotation.
2) Find the combination of words fitting that connotation combination: today: positive-negative.
3) Mark the answer.
4) Eliminate the other answers. MOVE ON!!!
Today’s sentence is a perfect example:
I found that the writer’s ideas were sufficiently ________ to make me bear with his ________ language.
ROCKETCAT says: I found that the writer’s ideas were sufficiently….good enough…..to make me bear with his ….bad….language. Rocket says: I need a positive first word to make me ‘bear with’ a negative word kind of language. (+ -)
A. Positive-negative? Intriguing…skill with ---nope, positive -positive
B. Positive-negative? Interesting…abuses of ---yes, Positive-Negative—fits sentence—MARK ANSWER SHEET AND ELIMINATE OTHER ANSWERS-RACECAR
C. Positive-negative? Humble…mastery of----nope, Neutral-positive
D. Positive-negative? Shallow….errors in—no, Negative-negative
E. Positive-negative? Misguided…style of—no, Negative-neutral
If you did not have confidence in the one chosen at this point, after elimination of all the others by the positive, negative, neutral connotation factors, you could reassure yourself by trying another contender in the sentence before rejecting it.
Don’t spend more time on this after you do the first part if you are confident that you understand the procedure of realizing the connotation of the words and the correct answer. Do check your answer, BUT DO KEEP MOVING. Pacing is important. Use your speed on these faster questions and answers, but use your strategies for accuracy, as well!!!judiethcarol&rocketcatApril132010c
