We continued studying and practicing test taking strategies directed to finding the main idea of a passage, and locating supporting arguments for the main contention in the passage. I pointed out that the correct response often lifts language from the passage or simply restates the claim of the writer. Regarding data analysis , today we examined a chart or table. For these questions, we reviewed the simple strategy of matching each response to the chart to determine if the response accurately reflects the data. We noted how process of elimination works well for these types of questions.