Hello. I have been going through the Big Book for TC practice and have found myself using the math strategy a lot. I see a question and immediately apply the math strategy. My brain just does it by default. However, the issue I am encountering arises when the question does not require this particular strategy. I use this strategy and then hit a wall when I realize that this isn’t the right approach, which leads to wasted time. How can I identify the correct strategy to apply right off the bat? How can I improve at this?
When it comes to quantitative strategies, Greg always emphasizes isolating and practicing a few strategies. Can the same approach be applied to verbal strategies?
Words like “such”, “the”, “his”, “her” etc indicate previously referenced might work.
If you see things with clear contrast, like “typically, this time”, “onstage, offstage” etc you can try block of 4
If you see stuff like “even” etc then maybe you can use extreme strategies.
When you see multiple ideas with blanks next to each other, maybe it’s double/inf possibility
When the math strategy doesn’t work, you can try looking for other stuff.
Not so much, because unfortunately a lot of the secondary strategies in verbal can’t be used on enough questions. Big book would still be the best place to practice, but TC strategies would be hard to do isolated. Reading of course is different.