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⏱ 12 daqiqa o'qish
· Information and Ideas
Evidence-Based Questions: Reading Between the Lines
A deep dive into paired evidence questions — how to find the right quote and connect it to the correct claim.
What Are Evidence-Based Questions?
These questions ask you to identify which part of the passage supports a particular conclusion. They test whether you can distinguish between what the passage says and what you think it says.
Strategy: Work Backwards
- Read the claim or conclusion in the question stem.
- Go to each quoted option and ask: "Does this directly support the claim?"
- Beware of quotes that are related to the topic but don't actually prove the specific claim.
The "Almost Right" Trap
The hardest wrong answers will be quotes that discuss the same topic but support a slightly different point. For example, if the question asks for evidence that the author is skeptical of a theory, a quote showing the author describing the theory isn't evidence of skepticism.
Key Distinction
- Paraphrase ≠ Evidence. A quote that restates the claim isn't evidence — it's just the claim again.
- Correlation ≠ Support. Being in the same paragraph doesn't make it supporting evidence.
Quick Drill
Take any SAT passage you've already read. Pick a main idea. Now find the one sentence that most directly supports it. That's the skill.
Evidence Based
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