Vocabulary
Essay Writing
Grammar Rules
Practice Questions
SAT Format
100
_____________ (adj.) obtainable, reachable (After studying with SparkNotes and getting a great score on the SAT, Marlena happily realized that her goal of getting into an Ivy-League college was______________.)
What is accessible?
100
25 minutes
What is the length of the SAT Essay Section?
100
Singular goes with singular, and plural goes with plural. Example: "Those students bought their own books, but each student bought his or her own book."
What is subject/verb agreement?
100
TO ARREST AND IMPRISON PETTY CRIMINALS undeniably improved the vitality of each city neighborhood. (A)To arrest and imprison petty criminals (B) The arrest and imprisonment of petty criminals (C) Having arrested and imprisoned petty criminals, (D) Petty criminals, as a result of having been arrested and imprisoned, (E) The petty criminals, by being arresting and imprisoned,
(B) The arrest and imprisonment of petty criminals
100
Critical Reading, Writing, and Math
What are the sections of the SAT?
200
______________ (v.) to evaluate (A crew arrived to ______________the damage after the crash.)
What is assess?
200
an essay that "effectively and insightfully addresses the writing task; is well-organized and fully developed, using clearly appropriate examples to support ideas; and displays consistent facility in the use of language, demonstrating variety in sentence structure and range in vocabulary"
What is a good essay?
200
A set of words that must go together. Little words called prepositions often must be paired with certain words to create this. Example: "neither...nor"
What is an idiom?
200
In her biography of Abraham Lincoln, Goodwin succeeds in her intention not only to illustrate her historical subject AND ESTABLISHING THAT his leadership was remarkable. (A) and establishing that (B) while establishing that (C) but also to establish that (D) but also her establishment of how (E) and also to establish how
(C) but also to establish that
200
Approximate total time of the SAT
What is 3 hours and 45 minutes?
300
_____________(adj.) short, abrupt, dismissive (The captain’s _____________ manner offended the passengers.)
What is brusque?
300
You will read a pair of quotations or a short passage that states one or more view-points on some generic topic, and you will write an essay arguing your position on that topic.
What is the format of the essay section?
300
When you have a list of things or actions, each thing should be in the same form. Example: I studied for my physics test, ate lunch, and went to gym class.
What is parallelism?
300
Alfred Schnittke's musical compositions are ____________: phrases are clipped, broken into sections, and split apart by long rests. (A) garnished (B) improvisational (C) fragmented (D) cautious (E) uniform
(C) fragmented
300
the one 25-minute unscored section
What is the variable section?
400
_______________(v.) to thicken, clot (The top layer of the pudding had______________ into a thick skin.)
What is coagulate?
400
An essay that receives a score of 0.
What is an essay not written on the assigned topic?
400
Compare similar things. Example: I prefer Maya Angelou's novels to Toni Morrison's.
What is the comparison rule?
400
The politician's speech to the crowd was composed of nothing but _____________, a bitter railing against the party's opponents. (A) digressions (B) diatribes (C) platitudes (D) machinations (E) acclamations
(B) diatribes
400
Always the type of first and last sections of the SAT.
What is an essay and a 10 minute writing section?
500
____________(adj.) no longer used or existing (They planned to turn the ____________ schoolhouse into a community center.)
What is defunct?
500
An essay with "very poor organization, very thin development, and usage and syntactical errors so severe that meaning is somewhat obscured.
What is an essay that earns a score of 1?
500
Make sure the words or phrases that describe something else in a sentence are right next to the things that they describe.
What are misplaced modifiers?
500
Favoring economy of expression in writing, the professor urged students toward a _________ rather than an __________ prose style. (A) spare .. ornate (B) terse .. opinionated (C) personal .. academic (D) baroque .. embellished (E) repetitive .. intricate
(B) terse .. opinionated
500
The only section of the SAT that contains only multiple-choice questions.
What is the Critical Reading Section?
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