Redundancy questions involve removing unnecessary words. On the SAT, you’ll encounter two types of redundancy:
Words that essentially repeat or unnecessarily define previous words (Examples 1)
Inflated and useless phrases that could be omitted or condensed into fewer words (Example 2)
Example 1:
Wrong: Our problem is that we’re too self-aware of ourselves.
Correct: Our problem is that we’re too self-aware.
Self-aware already implies ourselves, so we don’t need ‘of ourselves’ in the sentence.
Example 2:
Wrong: Joey bought a super-sized hamburger due to the fact that he was really hungry.
Correct: Joey bought a super-sized hamburger because he was really hungry.