Cross It Out

Cross out all the fluff:

This is one of the most important strategies. With a pencil, cross out all nonessential fluff. This means crossing out prepositional phrases, participial phrases, dependent clauses, and words between commas. I cannot overstate how helpful this strategy is. This strategy alone can take you to a 32+ when used in conjunction with the secret strategy module.

Here's an example of how simple this can render the exam:

Do you see how simple this has become?

You do NOT need to do this for every passage, but when in doubt, you should definitely cross out all the nonessential fluff. It will make the basic grammar so much more simple. If you cross out and use the secret module from above (the IND clause and DEP clause rules) then you have all you need to get a 32+. Make sure to implement this strategy.

The above is a great example of how this strategy makes the test so easy. We cross out all the fluff and see we have two independent clauses connected by a comma. The secret module (independent clause rules) tells us that's not possible. Since F, G, and J all make the second part of the sentence an independent clause they cannot be right. H is therefore correct. Easy!

Remember, the secret module tells us that there are three main ways to connect IND clauses (period capitalization, comma FANBOYS, and semicolon). The two exceptions are emdash and colon because those have to have an IND clause on the left but they can have different clauses on the right side. Remember this tip. It's so important!