SAT Prep

SAT Prep

By Hector Garcia

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How many questions are on the reading portion of the test?

52

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How much time do you get to answer the 52 questions?

65 Minutes

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These are questions like:

- According to the text, which is.......... (1. pg. 27)

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-Which best describes the main idea of the passage? (4. pg.27)

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-​Which title best suits the passage? (2. pg.30)

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​​Summarize:

These are questions like:

-​The author's primary purpose is... (22. pg. 36)

-​Tone (8. pg. 41)​

​​Analyze

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These are questions like:

-The passage implies that (15. pg.33)​

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Inference

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These are questions like:

-In line 27, "dismantled" most nearly means (65. pg 60)​

Vocabulary

Summary Style questions

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• ​Break text into sections (beginning, middle, end)

• Understand if the text is informational or literary​

​Take mental (or physical?) notes!

Think big, important things like:

• ​Main ideas, messages, themes, moral

• tone (is the author angry, happy, etc.)

• Purpose (inform, persuade, etc.)​

How do we approach them?​

Analyze Type Questions

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• Identify numbers or other data, graphs, etc.

• Identify structure

If a text is informational

If a text is literary:

• ​Identify figurative language or other comparisons

• is something being repeated constantly?​

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How do we approach them?

Inference Type Questions

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• Before you make your inference be sure that this wasn't disproven earlier in the text

Use your previously defined help:

• Summarize key points

• Consider author's tone

• Consider author's purpose

How should we approach them?​

Vocabulary Style Questions

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• ​Read the entire sentence around the word! What is its purpose? Are we describing someone? What is the tone?

• Replace the words in the text with ​the one in your answer. Does it fit?

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Context clues, context clues, context clues!!!

• Begin with prefixes and suffixes​ are they familliar?

• Does the word l​ook like any other words you know?

How do we approach trhem?

The Writing Section:

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How many questions?

44

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How much time?

35 Minutes

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Don't freak out!

You do this all the time...

Mugshots :)​

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-Stephen King

“It's best to have your tools with you. If you don't, you're apt to find something you didn't expect and get discouraged.”

The Tools:

Common things you're bound to see on the test

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What's the deal with semicolons? Draw one and describe its use

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What's the deal with colons? Draw one and describe its use

Open Ended

What about commas? What usually follows a comma? (list them)

Open Ended

What does it mean to "omit" something?

Open Ended

What do we know about subject-verb agreement?