what you need to know about sentence completions
Petersons SAT success 2004 (sat success)
... 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 ... Exercises: Sentence Completions 115 ○ Completions 114 ○ Summary: What You Need to Know about Sentence ○ Methods and Strategies for Solving Sentence Completions 108 ○ A Closer Look at Sentence ... exams What if you don’t know which schools you want to apply to? Don’t panic! Even if you take the exam in December or January of your senior year, you ll probably have plenty of time to send your...
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Learning express Acing The Sat 2006_The SAT Critical Reading Section
... of the 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 ... within the sentence so 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, ... if you haven’t deciphered the meaning of the sentence, it would be a mistake to look at the answers to see what word(s) might go in the blank(s) You have to decide first what the answer needs to...
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The SAT Critical Reading Section
... of the 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 ... think you know what idea the answer word needs to express, it’s time to look at the answers If you see an answer choice that seems to match your idea, try plugging the answer into the sentence to ... 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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Mastering the SAT critical reading test
... 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 question on your answer ... 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
... help you figure out what skills you have mastered and what skills you need to improve After you check your answers, read through the skills sections and concentrate on the topics that gave you ... 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 is important to break difficult problems down into smaller parts and to look ... test time As you read this chapter, keep in mind that you not have to memorize all of the formulas Most of these formulas will be given to you on the test Your task is to make sure you understand...
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The sat critical reading section 1 ppsx
... think you know what idea the answer word needs to express, it’s time to look at the answers If you see an answer choice that seems to match your idea, try plugging the answer into the sentence to ... 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 ... the answers to see what word(s) might 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...
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The sat critical reading section 2 pdf
... 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 ... contumelious c formulaic d systematic e diaphanous The fact that people seldom understood what Frances meant was due to her way of expressing herself a cryptic b contraband c obedient d mediocre...
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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 ... opposed, what are the points of difference? Jot these things down and refer back to them, if necessary Expect to refer back to the passages(s) on virtually every question If you know the answer to ... usually ask you to compare the two passages in various ways Again, you will be glad for your marks and notes on the passages As you read each question, approach it as you would any other sentence...
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The sat critical reading section 5 potx
... not 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 SAT2006[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 ... from time to time If you stand right fronting and face to face to a fact, you will see the sun glimmer on both its surfaces, as if it were a scimitar***, and feel its sweet edge dividing you through...
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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 ... a few important differences to keep in mind and some specific strategies you can use to answer these questions more effectively So while you should continue to hone your general reading comprehension ... 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...
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The sat critical reading section 8 doc
... 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 ... depend upon your understanding of the passage as a whole If you have trouble determining the main idea, reread the first and last sentences— these are the most common places to find a topic sentence ... substance is released into the air and inhaled into the lungs over a period of time, it can lead to a higher risk of lung cancer and a condition known as asbestosis Asbestosis, a thickening and...
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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 ... means to a move ahead of b go by without stopping c be approved or adopted d utter e come to an end 21 The author quotes his school masters saying “Ye have no right to raise your hands to a better ... 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 ... difficult to account for sentence- context effects and the role of prior knowledge of text topic as facilitating variables in word recognition and comprehension." Due to this limitation, and together...
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