SAT Tips
These are four things you should bring to the test site on the morning of your SAT.
What are pencil, calculator, admissions ticket, mask, Photo ID, water, and snacks? (Accept any 4)
These are the three reasons an answer choice on the Reading section might be wrong.
What is not mentioned, contradictory, and true but irrelevant?
What are the Big 3 Grammar Rules?
What are agreement, punctuation, and concision?
This word is often used in contrast to "objective" and means based on an opinion, or biased--starts with s and ends with e.
What is subjective?
What is "Cannot be determined" or "Not enough information"?
This strategy is the quickest way to approach Vocab-In-Context questions.
What is "anticipate"?
When I answer the phone, I always ask ____ is calling?
A) Who B) Whom
Who
This is a less common word meaning short personal story--starts with a and ends with e.
What is anecdote?
The Collegeboard recently discontinued this optional section of the SAT, which you should NOT take.
What is the essay?
You can count on me! These are 4 different types of passages that you can always rely on seeing on the SAT Reading Comp.
What is...Literature, Social Science, Natural Science, Founding Doc, Natural Science. One of these will be a double!
These are the three main ways to connect (or separate) 2 independent clauses (complete sentences).
What are a semicolon, period, and comma + a conjunction?
This word means unavoidable or certain to happen--starts with i and ends with e.
What is inevitable?
This is the number of sections on your upcoming SAT?
What is 5 sections?
This is the amount of time each individual passage should take a student.
What is 13 Minutes Standard Time (19.5 XT)?
Family, team, and group are all examples of this type of noun.
What is a collective noun?
This word means having mixed feelings--starts with a and ends with t.
What is ambivalent?