When answering F&D questions, you should only focus on what is true according to the passage and what is stated in the passage.

College Board will mention many different facts and details to help you understand the context of the passage.

There are ____ approaches that we learned about when answering F&D questions.

The first approach to answering F&D questions is to read the entire passage before answering the question, and as you are reading you should mark off the main point or argument. Then you should find the supporting points or details.

Supporting points and details are not that important to understanding the main point of a paragraph/passage.

The second approach to answering F&D questions is to locate the main points and details by:

Always take note of the first and last sentences of each paragraph, any transitions, and all parenthetical additives.

Additives are:

It is important to consider the ending of a paragraph or passage, you will often find important facts and details located here.

Correct answer choices will always use the same vocabulary that the passage uses. That's the way the test is designed and a helpful tip for us to remember.

Answer choices that have the exact same vocabulary as the questions are a trap! The writers will always add unnecessary words or phrases to change the meaning.

Correct answer choices will often have to do with additives, since the SAT writers knows students struggle with these.

A question may have multiple correct answer choices according to the passage but not in relation to the question.