SAT Dos and Dont's

Essay: you should repeat (like "true or false" four times) sentence openers?

Grammar: more often than not the SAT wants you to _______ words.

Essay: how many parapgraphs does the SAT want for the highest score?

Reading: if an answer choice refers to something you don't remember reading in the passage the likeliest explanation is?

Grammar: an apostrophe s ('s) never makes a __________.

Grammar: a comma (,) does not fix a run-on. A comma (,) + ________ does fix a run-on.

Reading: when the SAT asks for a definition what do they almost always want?

Reading: when you compare the correct answer to the text what will you find?

Grammar: on the grammar test, if it's NOT underlined it is automatically______.

Essay: a sentence opener = the words that start a sentence.

Essay: where will the SAT tell you the author's central claim?

Reading: you should think of every answer choice as a true/false statement.

Grammar: semicolons (;) should only be used ______________.

Essay: where will the SAT tell you the five things you can use to build your body paragraphs?

Grammar: colons (:) appear before a _____.

Reading: if any part of the answer is false then the whole answer is false.

Grammar: a gerund is a word that ends in _____.

Essay: you should put a list of persuasive elements you will discuss in your introduction paragraph.

You DO need two commas (,) when what's in between those commas can __________ and still maintain a complete sentence.

Essay: you should you should explain what makes each element persuasive.

Reading: there is no such thing as a best answer.

Reading: when the SAT asks for a theme/main argument/claim/central idea what do they usually want?

Grammar: more often than not the SAT wants you to ____________ gerunds.