Reading
You will read this many passages in the reading section
What is 5
What a semicolon can be replaced with
What is a period
These are the three subscores on the essay
What are Reading, Writing, and Analysis
The difference between than and then.
Then: point in time
Than: comparison
The amount of sections administered on the SAT
What is five (four, with one optional)
These are three ways to annotate a passage
What are summarizing in the margins, circling words you don't know, underlining claims, marking positive/negative tone, etc
There are this many passages in the writing section
What is 4
The amount of time given to write
What is 50 minutes
The difference between persecuted and prosecuted
Persecuted: mistreated/victimized Prosecuted: the legal/court word
Two things I must bring on Saturday
What are my ticket, a photo ID, a calculator, multiple pencils, snacks
These are three things you can do before reading a passage
What are reading the blurb, reading the conclusion, and reading the first sentence of each paragraph
This indicates that this question is not testing you on grammar, and you will be expected to pay close attention
What is a question
These are three examples of a rhetorical device you can write about
What is word choice, anecdotes, personal experience, expert knowledge, statistics, ethos, logos, pathos, etc
The definition of layman
What is any old dude; a person without specialized knowledge
Two things I must not bring on Saturday
What are electronic devices, timers/watches/things that beep, cameras, calculators that connect to the internet
This is the (usual) order of the reading passages
What is Literature, Social Science (humanities), Science, History, Science
This is how to use a colon
What is after a full sentence to introduce more information
The minimum and maximum scores you can receive
What are a 2 and an 8 per section
This is a strategy to implement when you get to a vocab question in section 1
What is POE and using the tone/style of the passage
This is the math question type that is only found in Section 4-Math with Calculator
What is problem solving and data analysis
These are two things to consider for a paired passage
What are reading the blurb for the relationship between the passages before you start reading them and answering the questions one passage at a time
Paraphrase the prompt
Explain how the author builds an argument to persuade his/her audience that ____________. Analyze how s/he persuades.
This is a strategy to implement when you get to a vocab question in section 2
What is POE and making sure the word fits PERFECTLY in tone and definition before you consider choosing it.