Vocab
Strategies
Writing & Language
Reading
100

To give; to confer

What is bestow?

100

The first thing you always do when encountering a reading passage

What is read the background information?

100

You have _____ minutes to answer _____ questions.

What is 35 minutes to answer 44 questions?

100

You have ____ minutes to read ______ passages and answer _____ questions.

What is 65 minutes to read 5 passages and answer 52 questions?

200

Prominent; outstanding

What is salient?

200

Graph questions are always found...

What is at the end of the set of questions?

200

Name 2 kinds of writing/grammar skills that this section assesses.

What is...?

200

Describe the strategy/information for answering main idea questions.

What is highlighting topic sentences, answering main idea question first, etc.?

300

My hope is that many SAT strategies will ___________ themselves in your mind so you will do well.

What is entrench?

300

Name 2 mindfulness strategies...

What is... 

  • Note of Affirmation

  • 5 Senses

  • Breathing Exercise

  • Physical Movements

  • 5 Finger Gratitude

  • Stretches

300

When do you use a semicolon?

What is to separate two independent clauses?

300

Strategies for answering vocab questions...

What is answer them first? Use fill in the blank strategy? Think of prefixes/suffixes/roots?

400

Name 2 roots/prefixes/suffixes and what they mean...

What is...?
400

The four types of distractors... and an acronym to remember them.

What is Broad, Narrow, Inaccurate, Ridiculous?

400

A subway system is expanded to provide service to a growing nonmotorized transportation. *To alleviate rush hour traffic jams in a congested downtown area, stoplight timing is coordinated. 

Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph? 

A) NO CHANGE 

B) Coordinating stoplight timing can help alleviate rush hour traffic jams in a congested downtown area. 

C) Stoplight timing is coordinated to alleviate rush hour traffic jams in a congested downtown area. 

D) In a congested downtown area, stoplight timing is coordinated to alleviate rush hour traffic jams.

What is C?

400
The difference between mood and tone

What is the mood is the reader's feelings; tone is the author's attitude about the content of the text?

500

When writing essays, it's a good idea to get rid of _____________ ideas that do not support your argument.

What is extraneous?

500

Describe (and name!) the strategy for paired passages.

What is divide & conquer?

500

What is the percentage of questions related to expression of ideas?

What is 55%?

500

What is the percentage of History/SS passages?

What is 40%?

M
e
n
u