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... directions you already know Instead, go directly to Question You re Going to Need a Watch If you re going to pace yourself, you need to keep track of the time—and what if there is no clock in your ... Summary: What You Need to Know about SAT Preparation ○ Working through Your Study Plan ○ Make an SAT Study Plan ○ How to Register for the SAT ○ How Many Times You Should ... if you knew which section did not count, you probably wouldn’t try your hardest on it! So you ll have to your best on all seven SAT sections ○ GET TO KNOW THE SAT FORMAT ○ Learn about the SAT...
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Learning express Acing The Sat 2006_The SAT Critical Reading Section
... sentence is similar to or the same as the idea that needs to be expressed in the incomplete unit When you know what the complete unit says, you know what the incomplete unit needs to say—the same ... that you can answer without having any outside knowledge Stick to the information within the sentence itself When you think you know what idea the answer word needs to express, it’s time to look ... no better way to focus your studies than by pinpointing the topics and question types you know well and those in which you need more practice Use the answer sheet below to record your answers...
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The SAT Critical Reading Section
... sentence is similar to or the same as the idea that needs to be expressed in the incomplete unit When you know what the complete unit says, you know what the incomplete unit needs to say—the same ... that you can answer without having any outside knowledge Stick to the information within the sentence itself When you think you know what idea the answer word needs to express, it’s time to look ... go in the blank(s) You have to decide first what the answer needs to express Then you can look at the answer choices to find one that matches your idea It is not important that you come up with the...
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Mastering the SAT critical reading test
... the total meaning of the sentence If you come to a question that you cannot seem to reason in short order, mark that question on your test booklet and indicate that you need to come back to that ... reading, skip it, and return to it if time permits Be sure to indicate which question you are skipping and will need to return to in your test booklet When it comes to reading passages, short or ... is to eliminate any answer choice you know to be incorrect Obviously, the more known incorrect answers you can eliminate, the better your chances of reasoning the correct answer In order to dissuade...
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– THE SAT CRITICAL READING SECTION – 1. Although the valiant explorer tried for years to reach potx
... assumptions, which you will be asked to uncover You will be asked about the logical flow of the texts and about their consistency or lack thereof You may also have to answer questions about the tone of the ... and grab your attention Be sure to keep your pencil poised to write as you read You will want to mark key words and phrases as you see them Next, read the passage all the way through As you finish ... Even if you don’t know the answer to a particular question right away, you often will be able to eliminate one to three answer choices without even referring back to the passage Then you know that...
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– THE SAT CRITICAL READING SECTION – Part 3: Paragraph-Length Critical Reading Out with the old pdf
... be given to you on the test Your task is to make sure you understand how and when to use them There may be times when you see a problem that you are unable to solve Don’t let this stop you! It ... Test Your Skills To start things off, you will be given a pretest This test will help you figure out what skills you have mastered and what skills you need to improve After you check your answers, ... luck! your weaknesses But if you focus on the task of doing well on the SAT, your effort will repay you many times over You will go to the kind of school you want and enjoy the kind of career you...
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The sat critical reading section 1 ppsx
... that you can answer without having any outside knowledge Stick to the information within the sentence itself When you think you know what idea the answer word needs to express, it’s time to look ... go in the blank(s) You have to decide first what the answer needs to express Then you can look at the answer choices to find one that matches your idea It is not important that you come up with the ... blanks to express, be sure you are sticking to what is expressed in the sentence Don’t let the idea(s) in the sentence lead you off into another area Perhaps the sentence reminds you of something you ve...
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The sat critical reading section 2 pdf
... understood what Frances meant was due to her way of expressing herself a cryptic b contraband c obedient d mediocre e nominal 49 5658 SAT2 006[03](fin).qx 11/21/05 6:42 PM Page 50 – THE SAT ... community activist into a stint as mayor, but the -rebuffed his effort a rhetoric b lunatic c mutant d defendant e electorate 22 Although Mr Brinton lived on a fixed income, his to the poor was ... simple way to secure repeat customers, namely planned for their products a conciliation b belligerence c obsolescence d utopia e parity As a result of the candidate’s replies to her opponent...
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The sat critical reading section 3 pptx
... assumptions, which you will be asked to uncover You will be asked about the logical flow of the texts and about their consistency or lack thereof You may also have to answer questions about the tone of the ... and grab your attention Be sure to keep your pencil poised to write as you read You will want to mark key words and phrases as you see them Next, read the passage all the way through As you finish ... Feel free to adapt it and change it to suit your needs and temperament There’s no one “right” way to read The right way to all of these things is the way that works for you; so as you practice,...
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The sat critical reading section 4 doc
... Even if you don’t know the answer to a particular question right away, you often will be able to eliminate one to three answer choices without even referring back to the passage Then you know that ... correct one, and you can spend your time more productively looking up those answers in the passage If you know from your preparation and pretesting that you don’t always have enough time to finish each ... area to come back to later If you don’t understand what a question is asking, rephrase the question, using your own words SAT questions are written in a very precise, “hyper-grammatical” style to...
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The sat critical reading section 5 potx
... especially curious about old stories c it would be bad luck for them to hear the story d the story was not very important to anyone e why sadden young people with the story 64 5658 SAT2 006[03](fin).qx ... had to leave town c Angus had to leave town d She had promised to marry Angus without knowing him e She had tried in vain to escape Angus’s attentions In lines 9–10, what is meant by the phrase ... Realometer, that future ages might know how deep a freshet of shams and appearances had gathered from time to time If you stand right fronting and face to face to a fact, you will see the sun glimmer...
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The sat critical reading section 6 pptx
... throughout my younger life as though we had not known our common parentage This was, and indeed is, in accordance with Hawaiian customs It is not easy to explain its origin to those alien to our national ... concentrated attention to whatever I was engaged in, which I then acquired Everything about which I thought or read was made to bear directly on what I had seen or was likely to see; and this habit ... author’s tone in this passage is one of a belligerence regarding her parents b defensiveness of her culture c resentment toward Western culture d affection toward her adoptive parents e curiosity about...
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The sat critical reading section 7 ppt
... come into the young people’s lives soon, so there’s no need to sadden them with this story b Bereft of his senses in line 25 is a phrase that uses the word senses to mean sanity Bereft means to be ... use to support the main idea? What is the impact of comparing X to Y? It might help to think of writing as a series of decisions Writers choose their words carefully They think about how to punctuate ... humans He does this to prove that replicating art is empty and mechanical, as is a monkey pretending to be human 29 e Presentiment refers to the feeling that something is about to occur, or premonition...
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The sat critical reading section 8 doc
... the SAT Be sure to read each question carefully and understand exactly what it is asking Try to formulate an answer in your own words before looking at the answer choices This will help you avoid ... so you don’t need to skim ahead 78 before you actually read the text Just read quickly, carefully, and actively the first time To save time, keep your notes to a minimum, if you take any at all ... specific strategy a writer uses in a particular line or phrase You might be asked about the effect of a strategy, or you may need to draw an inference based upon the writer’s use of a specific...
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The sat critical reading section 9 pps
... author describes what it was like to go to school as a young boy Line (5) (10) We go to school through lanes and back streets so that we won’t meet the respectable boys who go to the Christian ... be amended through a difficult process c its principles need to be adapted to contemporary life d the original document is fragile and needs to be preserved in the Library of Congress so that it ... their groceries or we’ll go to England to work on the building sites Our sisters will mind their children and scrub their floors unless they go off to England, too We know that We’re ashamed of...
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The sat critical reading section 10 pot
... is a to introduce the single-payer healthcare system b to compare the U.S healthcare system to Canada’s c to propose a solution to the current healthcare crisis d to empower physicians e to smear ... asbestos, emphasize how common asbestos is in older homes It may cause readers to want to check their homes for asbestos (choice d), but the primary goal is to highlight the extent of asbestos ... describes effects of asbestos on health, but not on the home, so choice c cannot be correct c The tone of this passage is informative, serving to instruct the reader about asbestos Choices a and d...
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Critical reading strategies
... audience WORK TO UNDERSTAND YOUR OWN STRATEGIES AND TO IMPROVE THEM • Ask yourself questions about how you read: Do you read too quickly or slowly? Do you tend to lose your focus? Can you scan for ... it your own ASK YOURSELF IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN BOTH WHAT THE TEXT SAYS” AND WHAT IT DOES.” • In other words, can you both provide a summary of key claims and theses and understand its purpose, what ... what this text seeks to (to report or state facts, to contest a certain idea, to persuade, to open new inquiries, etc.)? • Keep in mind that all texts filter reality – distort, persuade, and arrive...
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Developing critical reading skills for first year students in English department, college of foreign languages, Vietnam national university, Hanoi
... happen if you combine … with …? List events of the story in sequence What might you say about the future of the story’s characters? Do you agree/ disagree with …? What you think about …? What is ... order to engage the thinking process in their classrooms: What you mean by _? How did you come to that conclusion? What was said in the text? What is the source of your information? What ... related to …? Why is … significant? Why does … happen instead of …? How does … compare with …? What evidence can you list for …? What can you learn from …? What ideas can be added to …? What might...
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An investigation into english reading strategies employed by ethnic minority junior first-year english major students at tay bac university
... strategies: (1) knowing about language (relating to what language and language learning involves), (2) planning (relating to what and how of language learning), and (3) self-evaluation (relating to progress ... Goodman's top-down view of reading, the bottom-up view of reading fell into disfavor 2.4.2.2 Top-down model About over three decades ago, the views on reading changed together with the top-down ... into the knowledge system 11 In short, the bottom-up model tends to be linear as they start with the printed stimuli and proceed to higher level stage, one step after another The basis for bottom-up...
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