Determining the Best Evidence
When tackling a "determining the best evidence" type question, this is what you should you primarily look for in the passage:
What is specific evidence from the text that supports the main idea?
This is what author’s use of evidence” questions focus on:
What is how the author makes the point?
The best way to approach data interpretation questions involving graphs or charts.
What is analyze the visual data as well as the passage?
This is a specific strategy for successfully answering this “command of evidence” questions:
What is underline the four pieces of textual evidence (the answer choices) to make it easier to focus on each answer choice to determine the correct answer?
In this question type you are NOT determining what type of evidence the author uses to support the main argument:
What is False?
The number of “data interpretation” questions TOTAL should you expect to see on the SAT?
What is 6?
How many parts does a “determining best evidence” question have?
2
This is an example of a strong type of evidence authors may use to prove the main argument that includes data.
What are statistics?
Because this question type includes charts and graphs, the answer will be obvious:
What is false?
Answer choices for the second part of determining best evidence questions will never consist of specific quotes from the passage:True or False
What is false
Author’s use of evidence questions answer choices will always start with a verb such as “demonstrate”, “define”, “illustrate”:
What is true?
The reason data interpretation questions technically qualify as “reading” questions?
What is because you are “reading” a chart or graph?
The number of “determining best evidence” questions can you expect there to be on the SAT:
What is 10-12?
A strategy for successfully answering “author’s use of evidence” questions is to read the entire paragraph referenced in the question rather than just the sentence being referenced:
What is true?
The number of questions you can expect to have for each paired passage and chart/graph:
What is 3?