Grammar
This punctuation separates independent clauses
What is a comma or semicolon?
show the validity of something, as by example or explanation
A. Describe
B. Demonstrate
C. Determine
What is B?
#4: Which sentence best expresses the main idea of paragraph 4?
A. Colleges and universities have recently started to offer athletes multiyear scholarships.
B. The NCAA harms college athletes more than it helps them.
C. Athletic scholarships aren't as great a gift as the NCAA claims they are.
D. Without the benefit of a four-year scholarship, college players can be "cut," just as if they were professional players.
What is...C. Athletic scholarships aren't as great a gift as the NCAA claims they are.
#7: The sentences below express a relationship of...
"However, in the past few years, critics have begun arguing that the NCAA doesn't protect college players. Rather, it cheats them out of the profits they help generate."
A. Comparison
B. Cause and Effect
C. Contrast
D. Time
What is C. Contrast?
How many stories should you be prepared to read fully and answer all questions the BEST you can?
What is 2, but if you have time to another full out?
This punctuation separates adjectives only if they can be in reverse order and still make sense.
What is a comma?
recognize as being
A. Illustrate
B. Identify
C. Imply
What is B?
#8: The plaintiffs in the O'Bannon care are suing the NCAA for...
A. not providing workmen's compensation to them when they were injured.
B. refusing to pay their health insurance.
C. licensing their images without paying them.
D. selling replicas of their college uniforms without paying them royalties.
What is C. licensing their images without paying them.?
#11: Paragraphs 1-3 suggest that...
A. college football and basketball coaches are overpaid.
B. excess commercialism is harming college sports.
C. college football and basketball are already extremely commercial.
D. college football and basketball have not always been as profitable as they are now.
What is C. college football and basketball are already extremely commercial.
What questions can you answer first, without having to read the story completely?
What are vocab and graph questions?
Out of the two options below, ____ was written correctly.
A. The world's most highly successful people carefully preserve their restorative habits, such as getting physical activity making time for hobbies and practicing stillness.
B. The world's most highly successful people carefully preserve their restorative habits, such as getting physical activity, making time for hobbies, and practicing stillness.
C. The world's most highly successful people carefully preserve their restorative habits, such as getting physical activity making, time for hobbies and practicing stillness.
What is answer B?
give or supply
A. Value
B. Suggest
C. Yield
What is C?
#15. the main purpose of the article is to...
A. inform readers that college football and men's basketball players are being unfaily treated.
B. persuade readers to support a plan to pay college football and men's basketball players.
C. entertain readers with stories about the difficulties facing student athletes.
What is B. persuade readers to support a plan to pay college football and men's basketball players.
#13. We can conclude from paragraphs 7 and 8 that...
A. most college football players have enough spending money.
B. most college football players that money "under the table"
C. the NCAA tends to "look the other way" rather than punish players for accepting cash and gifts
D. because they aren't paid, some college athletes feel there is nothing wrong with taking "under the table" payments.
What is D because they aren't paid, some college athletes feel there is nothing wrong with taking "under the table" payments.
The graduation requirement for the SAT is ____ for reading?
What is 430 or 24?
The sentence below is an example of this type of sentence structure.
Example: Mother was very busy gathering the laundry, dusting the furniture, and washing the dishes.
What is parallelism?
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
A. Suggest
B. Supplementary
C. Substantiate
What is C?
#5. Which sentence best expresses the main idea of paragraphs 5-6?
A. It is wrong to hold out to college athletes the dream of making it to the NFL of NBA.
B. The great majority of college football and basketball players never make it to the professional level and also don't get a quality education.
C. Because college football and basketball players practice so much, the don't have time to take any but the easiest courses.
D. By the time college athletes figure out they're not going to make the pros, they're far behind academically.
What is B. The great majority of college football and basketball players never make it to the professional level and also don't get a quality education.
#16: Desmond Howard's tone in paragraph 7 can be described as...
A. indignant
B. straightforward
C. humorous
D. revengeful
What is A. indignant?
What are the different types of passages on the SAT that you can pick from?
What is literature, history/social studies, and science?
Which sentence below shows the correct possessive determiner?
A. Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi are known for its perseverance and humanitarianism.
B. Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi are known for their perseverance and humanitarianism.
C. Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi are known for there perseverance and humanitarianism.
What is answer B?
occurring at the same time, along with, or as a consequence
A. Accompanying
B. Alluding
C. Appealing
What is A?
#3. Which sentence best expresses the central point of the selection?
A. Just as the Olympics improved when its athletes were paid, football and basketball would improve it its athletes were paid.
B. Because college football and basketball are so demanding and so profitable, the athletes who play them should be paid.
C. It's wrong that college football and basketball coaches get paid huge salaries while their players only receive scholarships that don't even cover the full cost of attending college.
D. New York Times columnist Joe Nocera has offered a plan for making college football and basketball more fair to the players.
What is B. Because college football and basketball are so demanding and so profitable, the athletes who play them should be paid.
#14: Paragraph 9 suggests that Taylor Branch...
A. believes that only college football and basketball players have the right to be called "student athletes"
B. believes that the NCAA should be disbanded
C. used to play college football himself
D. views the situation of student athletes as a civil rights issue.
What is D. views the situation of student athletes as a civil rights issue.
How long do you have to finish the Reading section of the SAT?
What is 65 minutes?