Information and Ideas · ~26% of Reading & Writing
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Command of Evidence (Textual) describes a claim, hypothesis or argument and asks which quotation, finding or example would most directly support it, illustrate it, or weaken it. The passage sets up the claim; the choices are the candidate evidence.
Restate, in one sentence, exactly what has to be proven — including any qualifier like "in cities", "before 1900", "for adults only". Then test each choice against that sentence alone. Evidence that is true, interesting and about the right topic still fails if it does not bear on the specific claim, and "weaken" questions are lost almost entirely by candidates who answer them as "support" questions.
Grading the choices on how impressive they sound rather than on what they prove. Read the question stem twice: support, illustrate, and weaken are three different jobs, and the strongest-sounding choice is often the answer to the one you were not asked.
A nutritionist argues that offering fruit as a free side option at fast-food restaurants leads customers to order fewer fried side dishes overall, not just to add fruit alongside their existing order.
Which finding would most directly support the nutritionist's argument?
Answer: B. The claim is specifically about fried side orders decreasing, not just fruit orders increasing. A finding showing fried side orders actually dropped directly supports this specific substitution effect; the other choices address unrelated measures.
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Reading comprehension proper: main ideas, stated details, evidence that supports or weakens a claim, and conclusions the text forces.
Command of Evidence (Textual) describes a claim, hypothesis or argument and asks which quotation, finding or example would most directly support it, illustrate it, or weaken it. The passage sets up the claim; the choices are the candidate evidence.
Restate, in one sentence, exactly what has to be proven — including any qualifier like "in cities", "before 1900", "for adults only". Then test each choice against that sentence alone. Evidence that is true, interesting and about the right topic still fails if it does not bear on the specific claim, and "weaken" questions are lost almost entirely by candidates who answer them as "support" questions.
Command of Evidence: Textual sits in the Information and Ideas domain, which is ~26% of the Reading & Writing section — roughly 12–14 of its 54 questions. The College Board publishes weights by domain, not by individual skill, so an exact per-skill count is not something anyone can promise you.
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