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SAT- Reading Section Strategies
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What topics are the passages about?
science and social studies
science and technology only
science, technology, social studies, and fictional stories
science, and math
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What is the first thing you should do when you start the reading section?
read the first passage from beginning to end
go back to the previous section and finish it
count how many questions there are for each passage
skim the passages, underline/annotate as you go
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Which of the following should you do for each passage?
Read the topic sentences of each paragraph
look for transition words (change the direction of passage)
Read the introduction
read the first and last sentences of the passage
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You should leave the questions you are unsure of blank
true
false
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When answering questions about the meaning of a word you must...
look at the summary of the passage
read the sentence that contains word to get the meaning
look for the definition of the word in the reading.
use your prior knowledge of the closest synonym
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You should annotate the text by summarizing as you read.
True
False
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About how much time should you spend on EACH PASSAGE?
2 minutes
20 minutes
5 minutes
12 minutes
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When answering questions relating to a graph/chart you should
do all of the math that is required for each possible answer
eliminate easy wrong answers first
not waste your time with these questions. they're worth less
skip these and come back to them later...they're hard
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How long is the Reading section?
45 minutes
90 minutes
30 minutes
1 hour
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After you finish reading each passage, ask yourself “what is the main idea of this passage?”
yes...do this!
waste of time
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Which descriptor best matches the Reading section of the SAT?
passages that are 1 paragraph long, with 1-2 questions
you have to write a 5 paragraph essay
tests grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary
passages that are 1-2 pages long, followed by ~10 questions
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When you see extreme words like never or always used in answer choices, you can
it's ALWAYS the right answer
It's ALWAYS the wrong answer
usually rule them out
it's probably the correct answer
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When using a chart/graph to answer a question you should first...
determine the scale
read the title and the axis labels
find the spot in the reading that references the image
determine the units
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which word(S) are associated with wrong answers?
usually, on average
mostly, sometimes
although, on average
always, never
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How many passages are there?
5
4
8
6
