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SAT TEST RESOURCES.......................................................................................................................4
SAT OVERVIEW...................................................................................................................................
,Table of Contents
SAT TEST RESOURCES....................................................................................................................... 4
SAT OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................................... 5
FLYING OVER THE PASSAGE .................................................................................................................. 32
CREATING A TENTATIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................... 33
OPENINGS AND ENDINGS ...................................................................................................................... 34
EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION .................................................................................................................. 34
USING KITCHEN LOGIC .......................................................................................................................... 35
GETTING INTO THE AUTHOR’S MIND .................................................................................................... 35
EMOTIONAL WORDS ............................................................................................................................... 36
FINDING THE KEY WORDS ..................................................................................................................... 37
MAKING PROPER INFERENCES ............................................................................................................... 39
APPLYING IDEAS FOR GENERALIZATIONS ............................................................................................. 39
, USING CONTEXT CLUES ......................................................................................................................... 40
BREAKING DOWN PASSAGE ORGANIZATION ....................................................................................... 41
FIRST WORD ANALYSIS ......................................................................................................................... 42
UNDERSTANDING THE INTIMIDATION ................................................................................................... 43
FINDING YOUR OPTIMAL PACE .............................................................................................................. 44
DON’T BE A PERFECTIONIST .................................................................................................................. 46
FACTUALLY CORRECT, BUT ACTUALLY WRONG .................................................................................... 46
DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS ........................................................................................................................ 47
TRY EVERY CHOICE ................................................................................................................................ 49
READ CAREFULLY .................................................................................................................................... 49
MULTIPLE BLANKS .................................................................................................................................. 50
FOCUS ON WHAT YOU KNOW ................................................................................................................ 50
APOSTROPHES......................................................................................................................................... 52
Possessive Nouns ......................................................................................................................... 52
Possessive Personal Pronouns vs. Contractions ............................................................... 53
COMMA ERRORS ..................................................................................................................................... 53
PROBLEMS WITH REFERENCES .............................................................................................................. 55
PROBLEMS WITH AGREEMENT ............................................................................................................... 57
LACK OF PARALLELISM ........................................................................................................................... 60
MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS .................................................................................................................. 61
WRITING AN ESSAY ......................................................................................................................... 66
PLANNING STAGE ................................................................................................................................... 66
STICKING TO THE PLAN.......................................................................................................................... 66
REVIEWING THE PLAN ............................................................................................................................ 67
BRAINSTORMING SMART ........................................................................................................................ 67
MAKING THE CUTS ................................................................................................................................. 69
ENDING AT THE START ........................................................................................................................... 70
STAYING CONSISTENT ........................................................................................................................... 71
MAINTAINING THE FLOW........................................................................................................................ 72
BACKING UP YOUR POINTS .................................................................................................................... 72
USING PROPER GRAMMAR ..................................................................................................................... 73
, WATCHING YOUR VOCABULARY ............................................................................................................ 74
AVOIDING TUNNEL VISION .................................................................................................................... 75
JUST DO IT ............................................................................................................................................. 76
CONCLUSION IS REVIEW........................................................................................................................ 77
COMMUNICATING REASON, NOT PASSION ........................................................................................... 77
ANSWERING THE WHY? ......................................................................................................................... 78
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