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SAT TestSAT Test Critical Reading: 3 Sections of 19-24

questions

Writing: 2 Sections

Math : 3 Sections

Typically, the most difficult section is the critical reading section.

Critical Reading •Sentence Completion

•Passages• Two short passages• Two medium passages• One long passage

Sentence Completion Sentence Completion TricksTricks

There are ALWAYS context clues available in each sentence completion question that help you, whether you know the vocabulary or not:

DEFINITIONS

SYNONYMS/ANTONYMS

KEY WORDS

Sentence Completion: Sentence Completion: DEFINITIONS/SYNONYMSDEFINITIONS/SYNONYMS

2. Alfred Schnittke’s musical compositions are ----; phrases clipped, broken into sections, and split part by long rests.

A) GarnishedB) ImprovisationalC) FragmentedD) CautiousE) Uniform

Sentence Completion: Sentence Completion: DEFINITIONS/SYNONYMSDEFINITIONS/SYNONYMS

4. The bearded dragon lizard is a voracious eater, so ---- that it will consume as many insects as possible.

A) Abstemious B) Cannibalistic C) Slovenly D) Insatiable E) Unpalatable

Sentence Completion: Sentence Completion: DEFINITION/SYNONYMSDEFINITION/SYNONYMS

Synonyms are always shown with a colon ( : ) or a comma ( , )

4. Latoya’s ---- is shown by her ability to be -------: she can see her own faults more clearly than anyone else can. (Synonym + definition)

Sentence Completion: Sentence Completion: DEFINITION/ANTONYMSDEFINITION/ANTONYMS

8. Favoring economy of expression in writing, the professor urged students toward a ---- rather than an ----- prose style.

WHAT IS THE KEY WORD FOR THE SECOND WORD COMPLETION?

Sentence Completion: Sentence Completion: KEY WORDSKEY WORDS

3. The consumer advocate claimed that while drug manufacturers ---- the supposed advantages of their proprietary brands, generic versions of the same medications are often equally ----.

WHAT IS THE KEY WORD?

Sentence Completion: Sentence Completion: KEY WORD GLOSSARYKEY WORD GLOSSARY

SignalsOPPOSITES/

ANTONYMS:

While However Instead Nevertheless Unless Rather

Although Though But Despite Since other

Critical Reading Passages Critical Reading Passages When reading passages, ALWAYS:

Read questions first- that way, when you read the passages, key words will stick out to you that will help you realize what’s important.

Read the italics before passages- they give you background/context of passages.

UNDERLINE/HIGHLIGHT/ANNOTATE AS NECESSARY!

Critical Reading:Critical Reading: Short Comparison Passages Short Comparison Passages

Ask yourself the following:

What are the similarities? What are the differences? How do the passages relate to one

another? Would they agree/disagree with one

another?

Critical Reading:Critical Reading:Long PassagesLong Passages

Ask yourself:

What is the author’s main point? Themes? Literary Devices? What is their tone?

• Educational? Angry? Praising? What is their purpose?

• To teach? To persuade? To argue?

Critical Reading:Critical Reading:Long PassagesLong Passages

ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE LINES THEY ARE REFERRING TO:

Many of these questions are the easiest to figure out because they are more on-the-surface questions

Good Luck!Good Luck!Keep these strategies in mind + practice, practice, practice… your understanding of these strategies will deepen as you do more practice tests on your own.

Don’t forget!Don’t forget! Every omitted score does not count

against you… HOWEVER:

• Each wrong point is ¼ of a point off• Each right point = 1 point• Soooo…• If you have a 50/50 chance because of

Process of Elimination/Plugging In, you may as well take the chance!