SAT Dart Board
Define the process of elimination and give one way to eliminate something.
PROCESS OF ELIMINATION: KEY RULES
1. Understand the question first.
• Don’t rush—misreading the question wastes more time.
• Mentally predict the answer before looking at choices.
• Don’t look for the right answer. Cross off 3 wrong answers before selecting.
• The last standing should directly answer the question—no extra fluff.
2. Name the flaw (in practice)
If you can’t articulate why an answer is wrong, you’re guessing. Train this skill until it’s automatic.
3. One wrong word = wrong answer (If any part contradicts the passage, eliminate it.)
Commit to eliminations. (Draw a line through it-no second guessing!)
4. Eliminate extreme or irrelevant options.
COMMAND IN EVIDENCE
Given that stars and planets initially form from the same gas and dust in space, some astronomers have posited that host stars (such as the Sun) and their planets (such as those in our solar system) are composed of the same materials, with the planets containing equal or smaller quantities of the materials that make up the host star. This idea is also supported by evidence that rocky planets in our solar system are composed of some of the same materials as the Sun. Which finding, if true, would most directly weaken the astronomers’ claim?
A) Most stars are made of hydrogen and helium,but when cooled they are revealed to containsmall amounts of iron and silicate.
B) A nearby host star is observed to contain thesame proportion of hydrogen and helium as thatof the Sun.
C) Evidence emerges that the amount of iron insome rocky planets is considerably higher thanthe amount in their host star.
D) The method for determining the composition ofrocky planets is discovered to be less effectivewhen used to analyze other kinds of planets.
C) Evidence emerges that the amount of iron insome rocky planets is considerably higher thanthe amount in their host star.
In the early 1800s, the Cherokee scholar Sequoyah created the first script, or writing system, for an Indigenous language in the United States. Because it represented the sounds of spoken Cherokee so accurately, his script was easy to learn and thus quickly achieved blank use: by 1830, over 90 percent of the Cherokee people could read and write it. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A) widespread
B) careful
C.) unintended
D) infrequent
A) widespread
The Progressive Era in the United States witnessed the rise of numerous Black women’s clubs, local organizations that advocated for racial and gender equality. Among the clubs’ leaders blank Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, founder of the Women’s Era Club of Boston. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) was
B) were
C.) are
D) have been
A) was
Typically, underlines, scribbles, and notes left in the margins by a former owner lower a book’s blank when the former owner is a famous poet like Walt Whitman, such markings, known as marginalia, can be a gold mine to literary scholars. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) value, but
B) value
C) value,
D) value but
A) value, but
Does True = Correct
NO.
Don’t just pick an answer because it’s factually true. It must directly answer the question.
The artisans of the Igun Eronmwon guild in Benin City, Nigeria, typically blank the bronze-and brass-casting techniques that have been passed down through their families since the thirteenth century, but they don’t strictly observe every tradition; for example, guild members now use air-conditioning motors instead of handheld bellows to help heat their forges. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A) experiment with
B) adhere to
C) improve on
D)
The artisans of the Igun Eronmwon guild in Benin City, Nigeria, typically blank the bronze-and brass-casting techniques that have been passed down through their families since the thirteenth century, but they don’t strictly observe every tradition; for example, guild members now use air-conditioning motors instead of handheld bellows to help heat their forges. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A) experiment with
B) adhere to
C.) improve on
D)grapple with
B) adhere to
The Lion Light system, developed by Kenyan inventor Richard Turere, consists of LED lights installed around the perimeter of livestock pastures. Powered with blank the blinking LEDs keep lions away at night, thus protecting the livestock without risking harm to the endangered lions. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) energy collected, by solar panels, during the day
B) energy collected by solar panels during the day
C) energy collected by solar panels during the day,
D) energy, collected by solar panels during the day,
C) energy collected by solar panels during the day,
Typically, underlines, scribbles, and notes left in the margins by a former owner lower a book’s blank when the former owner is a famous poet like Walt Whitman, such markings, known as marginalia, can be a gold mine to literary scholars. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) value, but
B) value
C) value,
D) value b t
A) value, but
In what order should you read questions?
Skip and Return
Do easier passages first, harder ones later (e.g., save inference or paired passages if they slow you down). Just use the navigator tool to keep track of incomplete questions.
The student wants to emphasize how hot the Sun is relative to nearby stars. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A) At around 9,800°F, which classifies it as a G star, the Sun is hotter than most but not all of the stars within 10 parsecs of it.
B) Astronomer Todd Henry determined that the Sun, at around 9,800°F, is a G star, and several other stars within a 10-parsec range are A or F stars.
C) Of the 357 stars within ten parsecs of the Sun, 327 are classified as K or M stars, with surface temperatures under 8,900°F.
D) While most of the stars within 10 parsecs of the Sun are classified as K, M, A, or F stars, the Sun is classified as a G star due to its surface temperature of 9,800°F.
A) At around 9,800°F, which classifies it as a G star, the Sun is hotter than most but not all of the stars within 10 parsecs of it.
Given that the conditions in binary star systems
should make planetary formation nearly impossible,
it’s not surprising that the existence of planets in
such systems has lacked _______ explanation.
Roman Rafikov and Kedron Silsbee shed light on
the subject when they used modeling to determine
a complex set of factors that could support
planets’ development.
Which choice completes the text with the most
logical and precise word or phrase?
A) a discernible
B) a straightforward
C) an inconclusive
D) an unbiased
B.) Straightforward
Archaeologist Sue Brunning explains why the seventh-century ship burial site at Sutton Hoo in England was likely the tomb of a king. First, the gold artifacts inside the ship suggest that the person buried with them was a wealthy and respected leader. blank the massive effort required to bury the ship would likely only have been undertaken for a king. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
A) Instead,
B) Still,
C) Specifically,
D) Second,
D) Second,
From afar, African American fiber artist Bisa Butler’s
portraits look like paintings, their depictions of
human faces, bodies, and clothing so intricate that it
seems only a fine brush could have rendered them.
When viewed up close, however, the portraits reveal
themselves to be _______ stitching barely visible
among the thousands of pieces of printed, microcut
fabric.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms
to the conventions of Standard English?
A) quilts, and the
B) quilts, the
C) quilts; the
D) quilts. The
B) quilts, the
You're stuck between two answers. What should you do?
Go back and find proof in the passage.
Several artworks found among the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii depict a female figure fishing with a cupid nearby. Some scholars have asserted that the figure is the goddess Venus, since she is known to have been linked with cupids in Roman culture, but University of Leicester archaeologist Carla Brain suggests that cupids may have also been associated with fishing generally. The fact that a cupid is shown near the female figure, therefore, blank Which choice most logically completes the text?
A) is not conclusive evidence that the figure is Venus.
B) suggests that Venus was often depicted fishing.
C) eliminates the possibility that the figure is Venus.
D) would be difficult to account for if the figure is not Venus.
A) is not conclusive evidence that the figure is Venus.
New and interesting research conducted by Suleiman A. Al-Sweedan and Moath Alhaj is inspired by their observation that though there have been many studies of the effect of high altitude on blood chemistry, there is a blank studies of the effect on blood chemistry of living in locations below sea level, such as the California towns of Salton City and Seeley. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A) quarrel about
B) paucity of
C) profusion of
D) verisimilitude in
B) paucity of
_________________
Verisimilitude — the appearance of being true or real.
It's not about something being true — it's about something seeming true. A novel, a film, or an argument has verisimilitude when it feels believable, even if it's fictional or unproven.
Simple way to remember it:
"It had the ring of truth — but was it actually true?"
Paucity — a scarcity or shortage of something. Simply put: not enough of it.
Based on genetic evidence, archaeologists have generally agreed that reindeer domestication began in the eleventh century CE. However, since uncovering fragments of a 2,000-year-old reindeer training harness in northern Siberia, ________ may have begun much earlier. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) researcher Robert Losey has argued that domestication
B) researcher Robert Losey’s argument is that domestication
C) domestication, researcher Robert Losey has argued,
D) the argument researcher Robert Losey has made is that domestication
A) researcher Robert Losey has argued that domestication
After the United Kingdom began rolling out taxes equivalent to a few cents on single-use plastic grocery bags in 2011, plastic-bag consumption decreased by up to ninety blank taxes are subject to what economists call the “rebound effect”: as the change became normalized, plastic-bag use started to creep back up. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) percent, such
B) percent and such
C) percent. Such
D) percent such
C) percent. Such
True or False: You should read every passage word for word before answering questions.
✅ False
The following text is from Jane Austen’s 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility. Elinor lives with her younger sisters and her mother, Mrs. Dashwood. Elinor, this eldest daughter, whose advice was so effectual, possessed a strength of understanding, and coolness of judgment, which qualified her, though only nineteen, to be the counsellor of her mother, and enabled her frequently to counteract, to the advantage of them all, that eagerness of mind in Mrs. Dashwood which must generally have led to imprudence. She had an excellent heart;—her disposition was affectionate, and her feelings were strong; but she knew how to govern them: it was a knowledge which her mother had yet to learn; and which one of her sisters had resolved never to be taught. According to the text, what is true about Elinor?
A) Elinor often argues with her mother but fails to change her mind.
B) Elinor can be overly sensitive with regard to family matters.
C) Elinor thinks her mother is a bad role model.
D) Elinor is remarkably mature for her age.
D) Elinor is remarkably mature for her age.
Name 4 ways you can employ to solve a vocabulary question?
1. Keywords
2. Plug in answers
3. Positive or negative
4. Guess the answer
Former First Lady of the United States Eleanor Roosevelt and Indian activist and educator Hansa Mehta were instrumental in drafting the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document that blank the basic freedoms to which all people are entitled. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) have outlined
B) were outlining
C) outlines
D) outline
C) outlines
Materials scientist Marie-Agathe Charpagne and her colleagues believed they could improve on the multicomponent alloy NiCoCr, an equal-proportions mixture of nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and chromium (Cr), by replacing chromium with ruthenium blank the alloy that resulted, NiCoRu, turned out to be an unsuitable replacement for NiCoCr. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) (Ru)
B) (Ru) but
C) (Ru),
D) (Ru), but
D) (Ru), but