Types of Questions
The author of Passage 1 indicated that space mining could have which positive effect? is an example of what type of reading question.
What is Reading Closely?
Words/things you should underline/box-in/circle when reading SAT passages.
What is people, places, numbers, and time references?
concerning or characterized by an appreciation for beauty
a. abstraction
b. aesthetic
c. astute
d. austere
What is "b. aesthetic"?
commemorate
recall and show respect for (someone or something); celebrate (an event, a person, or a situation) by doing or building something
EX: "a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the war dead"
In lines 9-17, the author of Passage 1 mentions several companies primarily to is an example of what type of reading question.
What is "purpose"?
What your annotations for Narrative passages should focus on.
What is "characters, their feelings, their descriptions, and their relationships"?
a. an insufficient quantity or number
b. making claim to or creating an appearance of importance or distinction
c. hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
d. anticipated for the near future
What is "c. hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases"
novel (not a book)
new or unusual in an interesting way
What the acronym S.E.A stands for (our strategy for solving reading closely and evidence questions).
What is "S- Specifically read the question; E- Evidence, go get it (ignore the reading closely answers initially); A - answer the reading closely question and avoid traps.
What your annotations for Natural Science and Social Science passages should focus on.
What is the purpose of each paragraph?
What does ravage mean?
What is (n.): a destructive action; (v.): devastate?
roused
cause to feel angry or excited; bring out of sleep or awaken
What is match answers to "what + context"?
What is a common annotation for the first paragraph of a social science or natural science passage?
What is "Intro to _________" with the blank being a study, new finding, discovery, problem, debate, question, or phenomenon?
What does "scathing" mean?
conventional
traditional; based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed
2 of the 3 most common types of trap answers.
What is "too extreme or absolute, partially true, or true, but not the answer"?
What you should pay attention to when annotating a historical doc passage.
What is repetition and emotional language or tone?
Word from your vocabulary list that means "not prominent or readily noticeable."
What is "inconspicuous"?
garish
obtrusively bright and showy