SAT Basics
What day do you take the SAT exam?
Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
The Reading test is first. How many minutes is it?
65 minutes
The Math (NO Calc) part is the third part of the test. Is how many minutes is it?
25 minutes
The SAT essay is the last exam. It's after the Math exams.. How many minutes long is it?
50 minutes
Anecdote (short story) ; Asylum (safe space) ; Adversity (hardship) are all which part of speech? Nouns, verbs, adjectives
Nouns
What time must you be in your testing room on the day of the exam? And what should you bring with you?
8:00am ; calculator! (optional: pencil, kleenex). PHONE and WATCHES will be locked up
The Language test is second. How many minutes is it?
35 minutes.
The Math (with calculator) section is how many minutes?
55 minutes
True or False: for the SAT Essay, you will receive 3 scores (each out of 4) that are separate from that of the one out of 1600.
True
A (catalyst, congregation, camaraderie) is a activity/thing that sparks the beginning of an event
catalyst
True or false: if you run out of time or are guessing on questions, don't eliminate obvious answers and just randomly bubble choices A, B, C, or D
FALSE. Get the answer choices down to 50/50, if you can. Letter of the day (A, B, C, or D) every time
True or false? Keep it simple. Find the shortest, clearest, most consistent answer. 25% of the time the answer is "no change."
true
True or false for the following:
-you CANNOT annotate on the online test
-false
The purpose of the SAT Essay to assess your ______ to ______ an author's ______.
--> argument, ability, analyze
--> ability, analyze, argument
--> ability, analyze, argument
Amicable (friendly) ; Benevolent (with good intention) ; Clairvoyant (clear of the future) are all which part of speech? Noun, Verb, Adjective?
Adjective
What score __ / __ do you need on the SAT in order to earn the STAR Scholarship for a FREEEEE $20,000 Associates Degree at the Chicago Community Colleges?
~900 / 1600
Scientists have long known that soot particles facilitate melting by darkening snow and ice, limiting 19. it's ability to reflect the Sun’s rays.
A) NO CHANGE B) its C) there D) their
D) their
If 16 + 4x is 10 more than 14, what is the value of 8x?
A) 2 B) 6 C) 16 D) 80
C) 16
Put the rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos) in order that matches with their descriptions:
-logic (facts, data)
-credibility (reasons to believe in author)
-feelings (evoking emotion through language)
-logos
-ethos
-pathos
To hypothesize (guess) ; To reconcile (to make up with) ; To exasperate (to wear out) are all what part of speech? Nouns, verbs, adjectives
Verbs
Put these in order of top 3 things colleges use to decide your acceptance: ---SAT Scores ---Transcripts/GPA ---Personal Statement
---Transcripts/GPA
---SAT Scores
---Personal Statement
"Was that it? Had he followed 20 form —had he asked his mother to speak to his father..."
As used in line 2, “form” most nearly means
A) appearance. B) custom. C) structure. D) nature.
B) custom.
A line in the xy-plane passes through the origin and has a slope of 1 7 . Which of the following points lies on the line?
A. (0, 7) B. (1, 7) C. (7, 7) D. (14, 2)
D. (14, 2)
Write strong introductory sentence for SAT essay that includes following info: -Todd Davidson -strong facts and data (logos) -"Government Must Preserve National Parks" -article -strong rhetorical verb -more money should be allocated -investment - economy -culture -history
In his article "Government Must Preserve National Parks," author Todd Davidson INSISTS that more funding should be allocated to our national parks because it would be an investment in our American economy, culture, and history.
Correctly use MUNDANE (boring - adj) and LONGEVITY (long life - N) in a sentence.
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