Review - Reading and Writing Strategies

Question 1

2. For "words in context", read the line and come up with a synonym for the word, then look for matches in the answers.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

3. Which meaning of capture in this sentence? The painting beautifully captures her playfulness.

Accepted Answer

to successfully represent or imitate

Question 3

6. The type of writing that the SAT is looking for is:

Accepted Answer

short and most direct

Question 4

9. My team won the team competition, because Kelly got the most Scholar Dollars!

Accepted Answer

competition because

Question 5

10. Questions about applying for colleges should be sent to Laura the college advisor at Urban Scholars.

Accepted Answer

Laura, the

Question 6

7. In the reading section, which one should you focus on most as you read?

Accepted Answer

overall/main idea

Question 7

8. Check the apostrophe: The teacher returned the student's essays.

Accepted Answer

students'

Question 8

5. In the writing section of the SAT, you have less than 1 minute per quetsion.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

1. About how many minutes do you have to read AND answer questions on each reading passage?

Accepted Answer

13 minutes

Question 10

4. Meaning of consensus: After weeks of debating, the panel finally came to a consensus.

Accepted Answer

overall agreement

Questions 10