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SAT- Reading Section Strategies
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How many passages are there?
5
4
6
8
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How long is the "Evidence Based Reading and Writing" section?
90 minutes
45 minutes
1 hour
30 minutes
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why should you try to do well on the PSAT?
you could get scholarship money if you do well!
it can help you get noticed by recruiters
poor score = support class next year
it's excellent practice for the SAT
4
when should you fill in answers on the scantron?
when you have 5 minutes left
when you have 2 minutes left
after you answer all questions for a passage
after you answer each question
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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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What is the first thing you should do when you start the reading section?
count how many questions there are for each passage
read the first passage from beginning to end
go back to the previous section and finish it
skim the passages, label as easy or hard
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Which of the following should you do FIRST for each passage?
look for transition words (change the direction of passage)
Read the introduction
read the first and last sentences of the passage
Read the topic sentences of each paragraph
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When using a chart/graph to answer a question you should first...
determine the units
find the spot in the reading that references the image
read the title and the axis labels
determine the scale
9
Which descriptor best matches the evidence based reading and writing 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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You should leave the questions you are unsure of blank
false
true
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You should annotate the text by summarizing as you read.
False
True
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What topics are the passages about?
science and social studies
science, technology, social studies, and fictional stories
science, and math
science and technology only
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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
not waste your time with these questions. they're worth less
eliminate easy wrong answers first
skip these and come back to them later...they're hard
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which word(S) are associated with wrong answers?
although, on average
mostly, sometimes
usually, on average
always, never
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When answering questions about the meaning of a word you must...
look at the summary of the passage
look for the definition of the word in the reading.
use your prior knowledge of the closest synonym
read the sentence that contains word to get the meaning
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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 probably the correct answer
It's ALWAYS the wrong answer
usually rule them out
