Reading Strategies
Reading Questions
Writing and Lang. Strategies
Writing and Lang. Questions
Misc
100
By starting with the answer choices and eliminating the ones that you know are wrong, you increase your chance of getting the question correct.
Process of Elimination
100
What do these questions tell you?
Where to find the answer.
100
The following pronouns are always __________.
1. ending in -one
2. ending in -body
3. ending in -thing
Singular
100
Commercial farming often results in excess fertilizer use, which can pollute nearby ponds, resulting in an overgrowth of algae.
a. NO CHANGE
b. can pollute nearby pond's
c. could have polluted nearby ponds,
d. has polluted nearby pond's,
A: NO CHANGE
100
L.O.T.D. stands for...
Letter of the Day
200
Using the process of elimination on the SAT means that,even if you’re not 100% sure your answer is the correct one, you’re able to make an educated guess and earn a raw point that you might not have otherwise earned.
Guessing is Good
200
It is important to read a little _____ and a little _____ in order to understand the context of a lead-word / line number question.
Above / Below
200
Check pronouns for ______, meaning that they leave the reader confused.
Ambiguity
200
B: school, whereas
200
P.O.O.D. stands for...
Personal Order of Difficulty
300
The reading questions will be line reference or lead word questions. In each case, the question will tell you where in the passage to look for the answer. What are these called?
Line reference and lead word questions.
300
Regarding vocabulary in context questions, the SAT will give you a word with more than one meaning, so you need to figure out what the word means in the passage--not just by itself.
What word might be used in one of these questions?
a. flour
b. objective
c. library
d. sweater
B: Objective
300
One reason to use a comma on the SAT is for _____.
In STOP punctuation, with one of the FANBOYS
In GO punctuation, to separate incomplete ideas from other ideas
In a list of three or more things
In a sentence containing unnecessary information
300
D: Ambiguity Error
300
Why is it important to constantly keep your fingers moving during the exam?
It will help you to stay on task and focused so that you do not zone out and lose time on the test.
400
Locate, interpret, and make connections. These are all parts of and types of strategies for what type of questions?
Tables, Bar Graphs, and Line Graphs
400
What type of question is this?
Paired question
400
When making a list of items, make sure all parts of the list are in the same form. This is called ______ structure
Parallel
400
Restrictions on one of the committees that monitors corporate waste disposal were revoked, allowing the committee to levy fines on violators of the disposal laws.
a. NO CHANGE
b. monitor
c. monitoring
d. will monitor
A: Consistency
400
Step One: Read the blurb. What does this mean?
Read the introductory information before a passage. This provides a frame of reference for the content of the passage.
500
With dual passages, you should always tackle them in what order?
Answer the questions that refer only to the first passage
Answer the questions that refer only to the second passage
Answer the questions that refer to both passages
500
The SAT only counts ______ answers.
Correct
500
A misplaced modifier is a phrase that modifies something other than what is intended. Make sure your modifiers refer to the correct _____.
Noun
500
Highly social animals living in pods that are fairly fluid, dolphin interactions with dolphins from other pods is fairly common.
a. NO CHANGE
b. dolphins commonly interact with dolphins from other pods
c. dolphins interacts commonly with dolphins from other pods
d. dolphin interactions with dolphins from other pods are a common phenomenon.
B: The original sentence contains a misplaced modifier.
500
"Step Four: Predict the correct answer- Take the time to try and answer the question on your own before you consider the answer choices." Is part of the _______ Review Method.
Princeton