Strategy : 'According to the passage...EXCEPT' questions

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Hi,

I take lot of time (~2-3.5mins ) to answer 'According to the passage...EXCEPT' questions.

Can we discuss what are the various ways to answer such questions in RC.

One of the potential reason could be I struggle to find the right location wherein the answer may lie.

Appreciate your input in advance.

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by lunarpower » Thu Aug 04, 2011 5:15 am
i received a pm.

in every question i've ever seen with this form, there will be clues that tell you where you should look in the passage. for instance, here are some prompts from OG12 with this format:

#41
According to the passage, each of the following is a difference between women's oral narratives and most standard histories EXCEPT: --> look for the section of the passage where they describe differences between women's oral narratives and standard histories.

#92
According to the passage, senior managers use intuition in all of the following ways EXCEPT to
--> look through the paragraph where senior managers' uses of intuition are described.

#100
According to the passage, the classical model of decision analysis includes all of the following EXCEPT
--> look through the paragraph enumerating the aspects of the classical model.

when you read the passage, you shouldn't be memorizing the details themselves, but you should be trying to remember the approximate location of various types of details. for instance, when you read the passage for #92, you obviously shouldn't be trying to memorize or write down all of the different ways in which senior managers use intuition -- instead, you should just say to yourself, "hey, this paragraph describes all the ways in which managers use intuition." that way, if you ever get a question like #92, you know where to look.
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