Reading Overview
What should you always read FIRST when starting a passage?
The introduction and blurb at the start of the passage
What's the first step in answering Main Idea questions?
READ THE FIRST AND LAST PARAGRAPHS
1. Which choice is the best synopsis of what happens in the passage?
C. One character unpleasantly surprises another character with an unexpected reunion.
7. Which choice most effectively sets up the idea given in the second part of this sentence?
D. From the first day on the job,
What passages should you annotate about the characters and their relationships?
Literature or Fiction passages
Where do you look to answer Vocabulary in Context questions in a passage?
2 lines up, 2 lines down
2. Which choice best describes the developmental pattern of the passage?
C. An apprehensive account of a contentious meeting
8. Netflix is not concerned with traditional ideas of "hard work:" to come to work on time, ....
B. coming
What passages should you annotate for the thesis statement and main ideas?
Nonfiction passages (Social Science, Science, & History)
What's one strategy to answer Evidence Linked Questions?
Go for the second question, read line numbers, and answer based off of that OR answer the first question and find the evidence to answer the second.
3. As it is used in line 5 and line 10, "fancy" most nearly means
D. preference
9. While these employees had done about as good as a job as one could do, yet they were fired the moment they were no longer needed.
D. because
What are the four different passage types on SAT Reading?
Literature, Social Science, Science, History
What passage will NEVER have a chart or graph next to it?
Literature or Fiction
TRUE OR FALSE: Annotations are not recommended on the SAT Reading Test.
FALSE: ALWAYS, ALWAYS ANNOTATE.
4. Which emotion does the narrator most sense from the stranger regarding his imminent meeting with the captain?
A. The stranger is fearful about the captain's reaction to seeing him.
10. ..., they will demand more of their employees and withdraw some of the comfortable premising that the employees of earlier eras relied on.
C. promises
The Paired Passage is typically found in what passage?
Either Social Science or Science
You should eliminate answers when...
You're unsure of answering the passage or eliminating answer choices.
5. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous questions?
A. Lines 24-27 ("I was ... himself")
11. Which statement most clearly end the passage with a restatement of the writer's primary claim?
A. NO CHANGE