SAT Prep and Tips

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SAT Preparation and Tips

“Buy the ticket, take the ride.”

– Hunter S. Thompson



Sentence Completion Section

1. Hoping to __________ the dispute, the mother

proposed a compromise that she felt would be

__________ to both boys.

(A) enforce….useful

(B) end….divisive

(C) overcome….unattractive

(D) extend…satisfactory

(E) resolve…acceptable



Sentence Completion Tips

1. Tackle the “easy” questions first.

2. Guess before looking at the answers.

3. Rule out the obviously incorrect answers.4. Look for “clue words.”

5. Pay attention to transitional words or

phrases.



Take It Easy First

Tackle the easy questions first.

The Sentence Completion

questions in the new SAT aresequenced from ―easiest‖ to ―most

difficult.‖

Don’t over think the early

questions.

If you think an early

answer is obvious,

go with it.



Guess...



Guess…

Guess before looking at the answers.

For the Single-Blank questions, have a rough idea in

your mind of what the answer ought to be based on

the context of the sentence.

4. ____ by nature, Jones spokevery little even to his own familymembers.

A. garrulousB. loquaciousC. taciturnD. arrogantE. gregarious



Obviously…

Rule out the obviously incorrect answers.

In most questions, at least two (and sometimes more)

of the answers can be easily ruled out. Rule them out

immediately.



Get a Clue

Look for “clue words.”

"Clue words" is SAT talk for words within the

question that make any of the multiple choice answers

more or less likely to be correct.



What the Blank???

Pay attention to transition words

or phrases.

Transition words indicate the

relationship of ideas within asentence. They can give you insight

into how to answer the “Two-

Blank" questions.

Fill in the blanks with your own

words.



Two-Blank Questions

Hoping to __________ the dispute, the mother proposed a compromise that she felt would be__________ to both boys.

(A) enforce….useful

(B) end….divisive

(C) overcome….unattractive

(D) extend…satisfactory

(E) resolve…acceptable



Critical Reading Tips

1. Stay focused and calm.

2. Test-taking “tricks” won’t do much for you

in the long-passage Critical Reading section.3. Don’t get “sucked in” by complicated

language and lots of data.

4. Approach this section in a logical,

systematic way.



Don’t Ignore the Intro, Bro!

Don’t ignore the introduction.

Long passage questions will always be

preceded by an Introduction, written in italics.Don't ignore it.

The Introduction will usually have information

that will help you read the passage with a

stronger sense of purpose.



Don’t Look and Don’t Worry… Don’t look at the questions first.

Reviewing the questions before you start to read

the passage is not a good idea.

You want to get the “meaning” of the passage.

Reviewing the questions could make you lose

focus.

Don’t worry too much about statistics or data.



Take Notes Read Actively.

Stop after each paragraph to make

sure you understand the main idea

of the paragraph.

Underline sentences (or take notes

in the margins) that seem to

express key ideas.

Limit yourself to three underlines at

most.



Don’t Argue

Don’t “argue” with the writer.

Even if you disagree violently with the author'sposition, don't allow your own views to influence

how you answer the questions. Remember:

What you're being tested on in the SAT is not your ownviews but your ability to understand what the writer

wants to get across.Keep your own views to the essay section.



Wait…

Don’t start to answer questions until you

are “ready.”

The two questions you should be able to answer

before you try to answer the questions in the

booklet are

1. "What is the key point or theme of the entire

passage?"

2. ―Why did the writer choose to write this passage?"



Keep it Moving

Keep moving.

If a question is giving you difficulty read the

passage again, focus on “the big picture" — what central idea the passage is trying to get

across to you.



The Story with Guessing

You don’t have to answer everyquestion on the SATs.

But if you can rule out twopossible answers, your odds of guessing correctly increase to a50/50 chance.

“Buy the ticket, take the ride.”

- Hunter S. Thompson

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