Tag: SAT Reading Section
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How To Improve Sat Vocabulary With 104 Essential Words
Trying to master SAT verbal? You’ll need a great SAT vocabulary! Check out our list of 100+ SAT vocab words for the top SAT words you’ll need on the test.
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SAT Reading Practice: Everything You Need to Know to Score Big
If you want to maximize your SAT Reading score, you’ll need some SAT Reading practice! Our experts give their best advice here.
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SAT Reading Multiple Choice Strategies, Part 3: Structure of Writing Questions
In this post, we’ll look at strategies for choosing the right answers in SAT Reading questions that test your knowledge of the structure of writing.
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About the New SAT Reading Passages
What kind of passages are you going to encounter on the new SAT Reading test? Tests are always way less nerve-wracking when you know what to expect, so let’s talk a little bit about Redesigned SAT Reading in general:
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New SAT Video: High Utility Academic Words Part II
SAT Vocabulary: High-Utility Academic Words Part II (Letter A) Click here for Part I of this video series! What is high utility? Basically, words that you need to know for college. In fact you may even know these words. You might not know, however, how to define them. And I don’t mean, “uh, it…
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The New SAT Reading Paired Passage
There will always be one paired passage on every New SAT Reading Test. Here are the specific question types you’ll see and the strategies you should use.
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Pacing for the New SAT Reading Test
We won’t beat around the bush. There’s a lot to read on the new SAT Reading test. And if you aren’t careful with balancing your time between reading and question answering, you very well might find yourself in a panic when the proctor announces 5 minutes left. So let’s talk about how you can learn…
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New SAT Reading: The Nonfiction Passages
After the Literature passage on the New SAT, you’ll see two History/Social Studies passages and two Science passages–typically alternated. These passages should be approached a little differently than the Fiction passage. Here’s what you need to know:
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The New SAT Reading Literature Passage
On every New SAT exam, there’s one fiction passage from “U.S. or World Literature” (yeah, that does basically mean anything in the world, as long as it’s written in English). The literature passage is the first passage in the Reading Section. Let’s discuss!
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New SAT Reading: Common Wrong Answers
The new SAT Reading section is in some ways even better than the old SAT at luring you into tempting wrong answer choices. Here are some of the reasons wrong answers on the new SAT are just so darn tantalizing.