What is the recommended final step when dealing with double passages?

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What is the recommended final step when dealing with double passages?

When you’re facing two passages, questions can focus on one text, the other, or require you to compare or synthesize information from both. The best final step is to answer questions about both passages last. This arrangement keeps both texts fresh in your mind for cross-text questions, making it easier to spot how the authors handle similar ideas, differences in details, or supporting evidence that spans the two passages. It also helps prevent getting locked into the specifics of one passage before you’ve fully considered how it relates to the other, which improves accuracy on the more challenging, integrative items.

When you’re facing two passages, questions can focus on one text, the other, or require you to compare or synthesize information from both. The best final step is to answer questions about both passages last. This arrangement keeps both texts fresh in your mind for cross-text questions, making it easier to spot how the authors handle similar ideas, differences in details, or supporting evidence that spans the two passages. It also helps prevent getting locked into the specifics of one passage before you’ve fully considered how it relates to the other, which improves accuracy on the more challenging, integrative items.

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