SAT Prep Review

There are roughly 10-12 of these kinds of questions on the SAT.

To answer these questions, underline the 4 pieces of textual evidence in the passage.

2 of the 5 passages will include this type of question.

What skill is this question asking you to use?: The author uses the phrase "quote" (line 9) most likely to...

What skill is this asking you to use?: Which statement is best supported by the data represented in the figure?

What skill is this asking you to use?: The passage and the figure are in agreement that...

What skill is this asking you to use?: Figure 1 suggests which of the following?

These types of questions include two parts: Part A and Part B

What skill is this asking you to use?: Which information discussed in paragraph 5 is represented by the graph?

What skill is this asking you to use?: According to the data in the chart...

What skill is this question asking you to use?: The sentence in lines 27-29 ("quote from passage") mainly serves to...

These types of questions are looking at your ability to support your interpretations with evidence.

This type of question requires a completely different skillset.

Think about the main idea of that paragraph. This is a strategy for:

What skill is this question asking you to use?: Why does the author include statistics in paragraph 2?

Read the paragraph referenced in the question. This is a strategy for:

This skill focuses on answering the question Why does the author include this information?

This skill involves focusing less on what the author says and more on how he or she says it.

This skill focuses on answering the question What purpose does this evidence serve?

After the first part of the question, stop and ask yourself what part of the passage you based your answer on.

You should expect to see 3-5 questions using this skill on the SAT.

There are about 6 of these kinds of questions on the SAT.

What skill is this asking you to use?: The most likely purpose of the parenthetical information in lines 11-13 is to...

The answer choices for these questions will always start with a VERB.

What skill requires you to determine the types of evidence the author uses to support their main argument?

To answer questions of this type, read the title of each figure.

For the second part, find the answer choice the aligns with where you based your first answer.

To answer questions of this type, mark up the graphs and charts.