approaching passages
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summary
the content provides a strategic overview of different approaches to tackling act reading passages, with a focus on the most effective method known as the goldilocks approach.
- approach 1 involves reading questions first and then finding relevant parts in the passage, which may seem time-efficient but lacks context and understanding.
- approach 2 suggests a detailed reading and note-taking method, which is thorough but unnecessarily time-consuming and energy-draining for the act.
- the goldilocks approach, or approach 3, recommends intelligent skimming of the passage for a big-picture understanding followed by focused reading of specific parts as guided by the questions.
- intelligent skimming involves quickly reading the passage to grasp the main ideas without getting bogged down by details or technical terms.
- this approach saves time, provides context for better understanding questions and identifying correct answers, and requires practice to master.
chapters
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the question-first approach
01:51
the detailed reading approach
03:09
the goldilocks approach: intelligent skimming
05:45
practical demonstration of intelligent skimming