Oo CollegeBoard | The Official | Official Study Study Guide Your first look at the redesigned SAT’ — direct from the maker of the test. oe er cu Te PAU aft Includes: Real SATs and official answer explanationsContents PART 1 Chapter Chapt? chapters hapror 4 chapters PART 2 Chapt 6 chapter? Chapter Chapter 9 Chop 10 Chapter Chapter 12 ‘chapter 13 Chaptor1¢ hap 18 chapter 16 Chapter 17 PART 3 Chapter 18 Chapter 8 chapter 20 ‘The Path to Opportunity ‘mtroduetlon Eight Key Changes tothe SAT Read Thist Keys to Doing Your Best on the SAT sarvnmasar” ‘Wow Scores Mean Mors Information sbout Your Learning Evidence-Based Reading and Writing ‘Command of Evidence Word n Contoxt [About the SAT Rowing Tost Reading: Infemation Resding: store Reading: Sthesie ‘Sample Reading Tost Questions About the SAT Whiting and Language Test ‘Weng and Language: Expression of teas Wiking and Language: Standard English Conventions Sample Wilting and LanguegeTost Questions ‘About the SAT Essay Math ‘About the SAT Math ost 196 us 15 226Chapter 21 chopioe 22 Choptor 23 chapter 24 PART 4 Passport to Advanced Math ‘Adana opis in Math ‘Sample Math Questions: Multiple Choice ‘Sample Math Quostone: Student Produced Response Four Official Practice ‘Tests with Answer Explanations ‘SAT Precio Tet #1 with Essay SAT Practio Test #2 with Essay ‘SAT Practice Test #2 with Essay ‘SAT Practice Tost with Essay 38 298 as| Chapter 1 Introduction ‘lose othe Ofc! 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Who's Responsible for the SAT? “The SATisdeelaped by the Calle Bou nor prof organzation at rounded moe than a catry got expand acceso higher ection. > Membenki: Over 600 soos calles and universities ST Administered 33 milion ine nny “The misanof the College Bose to connect students withthe oppor tunes in higher education that theyv earned through thee own hard ‘work, Each yar, College Board programs and initives serve more han 7 lon teste ad hee pare, 4000 high cools and 3.80 college bys whe > Calege and career readiness > College admison and placement > College ecratment > Fiance id > Scholarip nd secogation programs “he best-knaw programs ofr or delivered bythe College Board are the SAT the PSATINMSOT, nd the Advanced Plcemeat Progen” (AP). How Is the SAT Developed? “te proceso developing text pen to tant around the worl is com ‘ex and involves many people Tet developer are content experts who ‘majored in pls biology etait, ath, Eng, history, computers ‘cc, soll esto, pycholgy and othe dsoplines Thi goals ar {o-crf questions — at anwer choles — thet allow stadeat o demon tater best thinking, The people who woe othe SAT ae at oncom tent experts but mos ve als been csroom thers. A majority of the tet developer tok the SAT themselves when they were high choo So In ation tollf the knowledge they ve ated since taking the es theysare the experince of pep fo, Delo nsous aout, ad then aking ‘he SAT. I part fhe noledge they ring ote develope now Many other expert ae lvoe in the devdopnent of SAT tet qutions (Comme oh olan cally erry qusion ere ‘hand one mau nprtas owed lls nd nde ht the ‘uesions roll student and tha hye wet io way thst mods at stents ae larnngin the bsthigh sca aston. Good standards st developmen inks oe and et question to acta ‘cua nother words, bec the SAT developed acing to rgons spectcatons and sees the content that ater most fr allege ad caeet readiness and ices ust els rvidensningl information boat ea eines oan ition faced colle Aad, of ebare that Isthetnfrmaton ht coege seek. Aer ty wat ot std ho ville sucess college experience and tcl cere Eryn na thatthe SAT ges colleges one inde of colle readies and sucess ther acs that celles conser inde grade pnt aerage (GPA) cls standing extrac stves, and ats tht redo mereka gitand persevere. Independent esc montis hat the singe mos mporaat acta fr demonstrating coll readiness ie high school GPA ven smarepreicive than GPA, hough GPA cried whan SAT score. Thats ty caleps fen require SAT (or ACT) sees, ce he sores hp them pp your readin fran ietood of ccling atte choo, Why Has the SAT Changed? "The world nesis more people who ean ase problems, communicate ‘ery, and undentand complex elationslps — weer thse rion: ships vole nations, calls atures markets or novels Recent research hs reveled that fa too ew tans re lly repazed wo participate in caer ‘har eoqlesueh tl, The goa of strengthening education in the Unite Snes and around the woud ince the College Board to align the SAT withthe ate seach shout what tents ned is rdertosczed afer high choo. The changes inthe SAT arene to provide beter ore complete picture of vent ends for ele evel work hl fois the test more cst he owe sll and understandings that earch shows a eset fo| college and care: enness and succes ln adn, by eecting the le vant Focased, aging, and rigorous work fered nthe bet gh achat Courses tg toy, the redesigned SAT crater stronger bond betwee | ‘he asscment and what stent ening In hi lon Wie research ongoing, we belive atthe edxgn ofthe SAT mest ‘hese goal wl maintaining the tet tidtona value a predictor of eadies for ace in calege and career, OF reMempen ‘The SATIne banca tay many elope Int fl rare a tncwidan edie Nod teamed cote and carer @Frememoen covtermrarenng rer tow opto ‘neatae Oy gw on ‘Setyousan show cog at @Frememoen oy sare he tan on hte ‘cogent sol ses@Frememeen yovrettreatintco Street Prememeen orwrmdonscceregra Scents woe “The design SAT has four test, wh dhe Esa blog optional. The three tet tat everyone wil take ae (1) the Reding Tet, (2) the Weigand Tangvape Test nd (3) the Math Tet. The breakdown is structured as flow: a ee “The Bay, which former ast 25 mine, il now last 50 motes tbe Tonge period elect the fat thatthe ak i dferent from what it used 0 be. Youle asked to ead a pasiage ad to wean analysis of what you've rend which legit more ime. Some igh choos and coleges ee the Eat, bd sae dot. Depending o yourhigh school and your cle tholce, you may already aw whether or not you wil ake the sy. If ot have any uncer — for itane, ya aa imagine that ou might {ear fa school that dest requ to one that does ~ consider {aking the SAT with sty Then you wort ave to make arrangements 1 takeilate How Is the Test Scored? [As you know, numbers often represent information in 4 saghtforvand rman, ut we need context to give meaning to those numbers. When we to 32 depres Farenheit we ny think "water ree” bu ithe tpl i senvaten we ned diferent umber ime SAT est sults show sores (umber) nderent context seer ofthe sores descrbe the same parts ofthe tet in deen ways or combinations, explained blow. SECTION SCORES AND TOTAL SCORE “The reese SAT ncaes wo secon scores (1) Brience- Based Reading sd Wiig which combines the ess onthe Renn Testa he Weng fd Langage Tt (2) Mah ch erie rom the eas on the Math “Totals and noes portions. ach ofthe to section seo will ‘ereprtton sae ranging Gon 200 0, The soe forthe sy wll be reported separately nd wl pot be cored in the section sos “The oa sor is the best kown suber atch to the SAT: You total score wil ange fom 4001600 and wl be the rum of ou cores on he‘wo sections ofthe SAT he Evidence Based Reading and Weng section snd the Math section (lscused abo) ‘TEST SCORES In addition tothe total score an section scores, the redesgn SAT will ‘report thre tet sores that will ange om 10 to 40, Those sores wilrefect your chlevereat in the allowing: 1 Reading Test 2. Wigan Language Test 3. Mathes ach ts score is determined by adag up the suber of questions you snawered corel on tht et and then converting that to acl coe (Of 10 wo 40, Because dferet questions ae ated eer ime the SAT i ‘ministered a scaled score determined so that student perfomance an ‘becompared across et ats. tke the optional say, yl ecete hue separate say cores: Reading, Analy, and Wetting (CROSS-TEST SCORES ‘Within ech ofthe est that ke up the SA, sme qucton wil ogee snalpsis grounded in historysollstudles and science cote. Your espace strate yor sity to app anal thinking — yong re ng werk lnguge ad th ls totexe nd problems isthe sub Jecareas, Reson thse questions wllcontute two ose scores 1. Alii HistorfSok Sti 2 Anaisisn Scene ach cote corel be reported on 1040 sce SUBSCORES usta your response to crtain queton contrite tthe coe es sort Aesrbed above, your responses to various questions suo contribute to seven subacores, which prod even ote dtl about your chev Responses to sel questoason the Reading the Wing and Languge| “Tetwl conte to coer i the lloving 1. Command of idence 2. Wordsin Contest Responses to questions on the Welting and Language Test wil ao ont to crea the falewing 1. Bapresson odes 2. Standard Engl Conventions @Frewemsen patrmnoven nd atntine ‘aie watson SAT The PF rememoer itnFF rememoen ceases wo Ff rememBen en Responses to select questions on the Math Test wll contribute to three sebeore 1. Heat of Alga 2. Problem Soving and Data Analysis 2 Port to Adranced Math ach subicre wl be reported on 1 15 sale The SAT Score Report ‘ool be abet acces al of your acres oan through you fre College ‘oar scout. This account lb the same one you use to ester forthe “SAT. Learn mores tog. SCORE RANGE Inadaton wo the scores deserted above the SAT Sore Repor wil ince ‘tere ange foreach coe This range nde where your sores woul Ty fal ify ole et seer ines wethina short period of ime (or inanc, on tre conscstive days). Iyou were odo that, you would see uber tha ifr bat aay mb PERCENTILES Your SA Score Report wl ncde the percentile rk for each Sore and ‘ubvcoe As you my kon percent aks are way of comperng sores Inept group, For the SAT separate percentile ranks willbe report bse on your stat and onthe tol group af testers. Each percentile ‘rank can rags fom 109 and indicts the percentage of test takes who stained acoe equal tor lower than yous. Fo instance, a perfect oa ore of 1600 would haves prea rok of 98, meang that 8 percent of people taking the ei acleved a 1600 or lower soe A perce rank of rans that half stadt taking te tet cred at below your score. (ONLINE SCORE REPORT “Ths Web bse seport ves you the meaning behing your umbers by providing summary fw youd on each section with how many answer ou gtight gt wrong omit Theol fs night into our strengths {nd weakness by hong your ress groupe by content aren and level of ‘iit The SAT Online Score Reor prove ote iafomation as wel > Percentiles tobly you ee ow your ess compare wih thos of the stant ie you A each tal fe cae and college majors, with suggestion based on information you provide your pele > youcompletthe say. scannedcopyofyourepanseandthequstoneingablto reve your espns the ay ey an opera en ‘drow wl yoo ues the sg te ena yo anal nt ‘he gay yur wn Youcan eet on wheter your ptt were de how vel ou proved sport fr your points an hw elt ou structure You es. Rading sige nd wing ney der ine pes ano sy tas Reet our ey to ates what fet nd wha eve tron effet else ou wl ah ey ten ander eee proves ped practicrn compo your hugh and vein nde meant Additional Services ‘When yu register forthe SA, youl be able to chose report ai services| tha il be hep inumber of way Review the types an allt 20 tha youcandeie which ones you wan. Depending which de you tet ‘on thee te diferent option for receiving dtl eback onthe gues tions rom our exam, Browse rough the peof information tit each the olowing reports and sere offer you. ADDITIONAL SCORE REPORTS Registering forthe SAT alloys yuo send you esl to wp to fons tions you cn Hen thsenstations within nine day of taking the tt ‘ake avanageof al four sare eps, whether you send them 1 colleges orto scholarship sites Sending your scores to cole andres cry Inthe alee applation process ges wy to sow Your nee Use yur online soon onde additonal cor reors, SCORE CHOICE™ you ake the SAT mor than onc, ou can lie the Sar Choie service. ‘Score hoe lows yu to lect ch sas, y tet dite by tt SAT ‘Sajc Te".o senlto our hen cal accords ih eich nat ‘tor indd soe we rates Note tht ssa opto fy dot det Scare Choke when eit lof orcs lb se onions ‘eng your els Calle coder your best scares whe thy ree yo | ppc, so hving he al sen want ave neste pet, owe it yout al he tp ranks tobe sen, a shold et Sete Ch, ach school or program ha ts on dln and ples fr how sores are ue, Infomation td a the Scare Choice efor each patting lastation, but check withthe individ shoo scholarship program 0 nae sae yu followings pidlnes. Note that youcannt select ane section sce mane et date an another secon score fram another dite, (For example you wot beable to send your Erdence-Based Reading and Weng score from one dite and your ‘Math core froma ifet date) Als, yu ook the SAT with Ey. yo wont beable to sensor withoat the Es sores aswel, PF rememeen hin nie dye of ig he PF rememeer@Frememoen you hava slated to have any score aed by the customary cllege spplcaton dene, the SAT st wl nd you an ena remind: STUDENT ANSWER VERIFICATION SERVICES "The SAT Program ofers two answer etn services fo the SAT. These service aca fer SAT Sbjct Tents) These service ae intended to help you fel comfertale tht your test was coved scuratly by provide {ng information about the types of questions and ther content as well as thw you answered them. Depending on when and where you take the SA, you can ether order the Stent Answer Service (SAS) or the Question sd-Anawer Service (QS). Yucan order the eves when you reise for the SAT orp to ve month afi Your tert dt ‘Both SAS and QAS tell you which questions you answered corey which ‘ones you dds anewer correct and which ones you dit answer Yo! see information abou the type of questions and the associated content, ‘AS provides adonl format, incding the actual test. questions ‘hemieves The Fsay prompt wil only be leeds prt ofthe Quston sed we Service, STUDENT SEARCH SERVICE* ‘Allstadot who tke the SA, the PSAT/NMSQT PSAT 10, o¢ any AP Exam tue lgbleo opt into this servi, whch hls colleges and scholarship c= ‘ogni rpniaton Sind ou Ifyousgn up daring retrain, yourmane sd contscinfrmation, ls your GPA, date ofthe hgh choo, ‘mn adres etacrscle acti, and itn cllege so, wil all beputinton databace that colle and schelaip progam use wen they want oat and ecru students wi particu characters interest. Pass not > otingthe Stadeot Search eve voluntary > Colles shat partite in the program doit ei your scees as tof her membership They nay request information aboot sadents ‘whose sore ieinapatilr ange bt your scores note pone through his evi > Colles that contact you are doing soo nite you to apy Going Ahrouph the sppliction proces isthe only way wo be admit to calloe Callas use the trict leat ptetal stents who may ‘ota though apy hee > The Sent Seach Servic iste to calles, univers, and scholuship programs Ut sign up. Yur information wl neve be sold ‘o-commetcll marketing frm or rear of metchandve oe sercet (cuchana te preparation compu)INCREASING ACCESS TO THE SAT WITH FEE WAIVERS Students who are the fst in thes to consider atening calles who ‘ome rm loncome fails or whose aici ae underrepresented ‘in alps may feel tha eallege i fr the, The Calle Board seam ited testifying and breaking down bases tht event uc dens {0m point and enoling in colleges that ae the bs seen socal, and nancial i. Vist yovangacoegebarorg fr mae informaton about vaso achieve yoar rem, ‘Sten who fcc barista the SAT canbe ranted College Boa fe waives through school and athoried community-based org rations to cover the cost of testing Seas who we fe waver oak the ‘SAT wil atomatealy recive four college aplication fe west sein "plying colleges and uve that accept the wares, You can ear | about eighty and the other Benefits fleet to help you inthe alge snplcation proces at satargee sie Time to Get Started Wit ono the difence betwen yoo tt ers and bates? [Rsnotbinchemial or gre Sucxfl ot takes understand th the SAT ' aunque opportunity to demons readiness for cole cae a ‘ess. They approach the SAT a an opportnty, ot ure, confident hat wi te ight amount practice hey can achive a strong out. this way. taking the SAT increase the opportuni ou haein youre Increasing opportunity ea the eat ofthe College Boat work with ‘khan Acadety Beyond sharing the dete tet plans wth Kan Acer, College Boards test developers are reviewing every SAT-ike item that sppeats within Khan Acdemny program andar proving in-depth ed. back on Khan Academy practice ets This an tht ime spent on Kha ‘Academy practicing forthe SAT ike having sea peak at what ol ee ‘tet day. Calle ose test developers helped train Khan Ader con ‘et expert in bo to develop tert qoston hk tho that pe 0 he ‘Tad provide ongoing guidance and suport of Khan Academy practice ‘est content Andale for yu. As you lam more about the SAT fom thi gud you soul louse he ‘sours and pace valibleon Khan Academy tance 0 ‘efi and improve your ils On the Khan Aden se yo wl eee sonal guidance and istrotion hati focwed spell or ou. ‘Throughout this ude youl see otf reference to "practice where you ‘may be used to secing “est pep” Tha intentional. The seesigned SAT, PSATINMSCT and PSAP 10 and he new PSA 89 focus on what mates @Frememver atsnorgeiverta earmos for college and carer readiness. The act of preparing for the SAT, therfore, ot ja one tne rde that mart be overcame, but par of deep engagement inproing your sen wath mathemati, iteray, and ‘hc ath erve you well cloge, care, ani [As you embark on thls Important tention fn your Mf, we ask that you ‘oat yous agroth mindset ht wl lp you improve your pet formance and yoo ul alleges ate looking for etdents ke you. The ST in majo tol that they ase ond you. Commit yourself to the kind of productive practice ta lars you tong SAT sore and incensed ‘option forthe net step ia you jurey Congrtltion on taking thisimporat ep.Chapter 2 Eight Key Changes to the SAT ‘his ape descies the major changes inthe SAT that make it more ‘ocated and wf than ever before. These change occur staring With he March 26 sdmisitation ofthe SAT and the October 2015 adminis ton ofthe PSATINMSCT The redesigned SAT which pares changes {in the PSATINMSYT and PSAT™ 1 and he new PSA”, wl tet he fe thing tha research shows have stony connections to allege and cree readies and sucess. The ight ey changes ads blow. © Relevant Words in Context Rather than teting you on seldom used word and pee ery nite coer (ya etece oo) th eesgn SAT wl est our unde: sending of slerant words and phrus, the precise meanings of which Tage pend on how they ed inthe passages a whlch they ape By “relean”wemean thatthe words and phrases ou be tested an ae he ‘nds yout sc nly on test sucha the SAT. Ise, hey repent te of the language wed in ole and ecers, the kind of vocsbuly that youll use throughout yourlfe— in igh choo col, and beyond, ‘As pope advance through shook thle voesbulr expands, Some of his ‘expen come inthe frm of new words and prses important opr ‘ial our, ou night, fo example, an in bly cle that "got Isa European sub or tat "pransthat sallow ite valley rom the ‘oto f your nore tthe top of yur upper lip. Natl of your cabo growth wi coe in the for of speciale tens, howeve, More important ira prowing understanding of words and phrase hat ae fund in many ‘nds conse edna — frm lear sity to iece — theta yt anockng the meaning of those ext Hs just this soe of wocbulry ‘word and phrses sch "channeled inte an "departed fron — thats ated onthe redesiged SAT. (on the ts, you may encounter words or phrses tht are nee you. owt wae. The pasiges containing those words and phrases wll provide ‘@Fremember ‘Thera SAT wor ‘ory bse word and@Frememoen ‘Chew yu deaop geet Fremensen ng ence toe on nan someting es 8 ‘Sted rope ncaloge ‘eacer Iai yr Important ue tothe meaning In some cases, you may se falar words nd pases wed in ways tha are diferent from ow ou might oemaly tse them Take the word “husband” Mot people think of «husband as a ‘mariage ptt bt husband cn ao be used as ver that means to ‘we ctflly or in ited way a8 in “Sina asked her rend to sband ‘he supplies that they would not ran ot” Here, too, conta eorides a cite clue o meaning oven foul never heard of"hasbad” being sedi ths way Note that “bun” io thease cael” sente might show up in practical any ind of tet king thi word end this meaning) valableto now sat thir of word thaBecoe the focus weabuary rated suetons onthe redrigned SAT. =Q. Command of Evidence “Showing commsnd of dene” probaly not how you descebe what you do when you wt «research pape but good description none. ‘When you demonsrate such command, you gather the bes eidence sup port your thesis ypotess; yo interpret that evidence, puting tino your ent words or qting sleeve om sours and you conser the ins of questions nd erin that your ailenceis ky to ave Thisort of proces is whl tars do when ty compose tats of any sort ven ‘weg store follows sia mehod ators have t fare oa wat ‘Scene chraters and deta eto farther thee ol fo the matte. (nthe SA, yo be ated o consider these same nds of issues a ou read various passages Which pt ofthe pang provides the est textual tiene fr sparta onchson? Ca the focus of lee of writing be ‘Sharpened by ftng ido «dtl hat may e ntererting buts par teal relvant? Hs the weer accurately ineorpeateliforation frm ‘graph ot the txt These Kinds of questions ae key parts of wha he College Board means by demonstrating command of idence ‘One common way thatthe SAT aseies your command of evidence on the Reading Text by ashing yout determine the bet evidence for the tnvwer oa previous question, Aer answering he st question in uch 2 sis yl have to dette par of he passage tat provides the lear ‘xt suport forthe anewe tothe ist question. Your options wl usually ‘omen the form of hor quotations rom the passage: Whe this sounds ‘hllengng — and ican be ~ th lt ike what you! normally do when teacher ass you to epi you lterpetation afte Ifyou sy fo xa ie tha you thought wo characters na try song dad each oer, You teacher might wel ak you to explain why you fe at wa. To do thas yo it ext eens, ach ar what a hacer says the words the author ost to deterbe that haracters atte o actions. In this way then the SATs elu eng you to do wha ou doll dhe nein our lasses and to sow tt youve mistee ll that ctl for succes in you fate postsecondary wok.Cd Essay Analyzing a Source Inthe ceed SA he Hey — bch ow pina — Ie gue cot rma eer ty tet nldig the one that ben on the SAT sce 205d wil eld afer the amar 206 sinisalion, Wie tmay ter aay tak and defend oon nan isthe ay or Mog fhe lege SAT ts diferent speach Yel be practed veh panage dk expan how the ator th psp ble an ‘gonentpemade a anlece, ‘As you reading the pasige, youl watt conde uch thing a8 howe the author uses evidence such as facts and examples) to suppor dais, reasoning to develop idea and connect aime and eden, and sic o persuasive elements (uch as word choice or appeal to emotion toad ower toes. You may als find thatthe author uses ther technigues ia tm tempt to persuade an aiene yo encoarged to wrt abot tote well When you wie your respoae, youl wat to Fcat on those ech: gies tht ae the mest important to making at pesgepersase. the ‘author daca wel of fice and ges, for stance, yt want oll ‘shoot what the autor does instead, such attempt app the al enc eli of pty or seas of duty. ts your ele what focus on, but howeer you develop your say. itshoukd demonstrate that you understand ‘ow the autor pus so er tet outer "To ge this nater name, youll be performing retrclanalse a | usage expning how he passage "work a plc of wring, Rhetorical alysis ferent fom summary, where you spy tesate i our owe ‘words what an author has writen. Rho anal diferent fo takings postion nas ue, Wie te athor il ape cee i ot our job explain whether you agree or dsogree (The test drections remind you of he) Instead, you art explain what he authori doing and why, snd how the wate echaiqus the auth i using tempt pernade the dence Response tha jt sammarze the pane ota spy ke one | ‘de anne wont esive he bt scare Speaking of sores the Bsay has thre of them: Reading, Anas, and Wing Each acre aon a2 t 8 sale and the score re combined topstber or bended wth other cre on the SAT. out Reading score tle you how well you dn showing hat you understood the pasa: ou can thon tha understanding by doing each thine a discusing the pessge ‘ental dea and important deta and lective quoting or prapraang ‘om the passage. Your Anal core elt how efectivey ou explained how te author bud an argument wo persuae a audience. Your Weitng sore describes how efetv your say mas as pee of eting in ems of such thing at opaintion, word choice, granmt ange, and mechanics ‘Oe great thing bout geting tte scoes insted one (a onthe previous SAT En) hah moe cleryrvarde you for what youve done well nd ideals aes that might acd work for emple you ge igh @Frememoer PFrememoenoF RememeR ae fF remember a score in Reading and Waiting bat fw sore in Anal, yo showed that ‘yon undertod wha you read and could write bout tlie but srag- ‘ed with examining the paseage rete ‘One othe inportut ete of the redesigned acy ithat he ak youl be penal il the sme every Se Youll alvays be ahadtoconlder how an author bade a argument to persuade an andenc, Tat it. Oly the pasage ad sentence nthe prompt describing that passage ange 00 sch inition ofthe SAT. No mae ying to guess wha the College Board ising to ak ths ne around — whlch makes pepaing for the tet tha nuh ler, Because the redesigned ay ince edn ad ‘eles crf ana that tet the ne nits goae up to 0 minutes irom th previous 25 saute) to lve you adequate ime for your reponse 3 Focus on Math that Matters Most ‘he SAT Math Tet oss on three aes where umber help ws 1 man sg and understand the wl. The questions in Problem Solving and Dats “Azle grounded in daly atone that many of wae faa with "Tercentages (who pay wich portion a el at esau ratios how ‘much aiiondl pit sede A half quar covered one wal your edo), and proportional esonng areal part of zepertae of bas inthe for svg problems in sence scl tds carers and ie For example when natural diner cccrs, professionals immediatly ‘begin pthering information — data — about the numberof roads ope, ‘people trande, lice avalible, applies needed emergency pond ‘son call and more. Analjsng the conditions hat ipac an area becuse ‘of natural calamity hele workers learn more and improves thi capabi- iis in fate dates Each pero try important but ifthe nan ters ken together tht ep rele agencies and goverment ofcials make the decisions tat il lp the mot peopl ar ql ar pole (Pehaps is occured to you that hi description flrs « mathematical version of demonstrating command of evidences diacsted previously, What we do trth numbers nd with words ct dierent ar many people ha) ‘he second aren in math covered on the SAT Is Het of Algebra A you night guess the ole nasty oftinearequton nda. This as ‘ery prt developing your ail shaking abstract Youve bee build Ing this capacity since iafancy as you worked with ambos. A sale sa vl known spo, so. You eared read, and your kl with tact symbol grew by lap and bounds Take the word "chal" Ws com: owed of curves tight ines, and a 6 stands for a physi ae, but ‘ea construc abatrac representation. you havea endo ative who Snows another frm of writing besides the English alphabet, tk im o bee to wre" a ea theo representations compare. At you kno, ‘ah ike langage relies on srbol to crete lanaBecoming shld in linear equations and systems gives you practic in thinking abstractly —how things relate o dont rete Such abst hak nga i oti clled on when solving problems in slgebra i ance Important clement becoming prepared to socced in college and cares, “Theil area covered onthe SAT i Papo to Advanced Math, Questions ftir wl es your sil in managing moe comple equations. Altsough there ace only tie subscoe ars in the Math Test (Problen| Solving and Date Analyse, Heart of Algebra, and Passport to Advanced Math, here aac four es covered in ttl Geometry sod igo ‘nomery are adresed unde the heading of Adon Tope in Math, © Problems Grounded in Real-World Contexts Throughout the redesigned SAT, youl engage with questions grounded in ‘heal worl, questions directly reed to the work performed in college andes, In the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section, the Reading Tes wl Incide Iteatre and Itearynoafcton, bu lo feature eendings and traphis ke ones you likey to encounter scence and soc science ours andi sous major and careers On the Weng and Langunge et youl be ake to do more than iat exrocs; youl evs ad i to improve tet on carer-tlated topes an in the subject areas of| store studies the mani, nd science, Incheon the Math Test are «numberof question stated in slenee, soci sclence, care, and ter veal- ord senarios Some of thee quer tions are scree, meaning that they independent fhe oher questions onthe tet wl ters wil be groped in sal set with each eS ques tons bse in «common conte Some real-world quetons are applic tion problems that eqire yout peearm make stepo reach the caret Solution — probles ha atk yo odin think trough and cary on | sequnce of kad model station sternal Analysis in History/Social Studies and in Science “The SATs lays nce range of deen passages and questions, but the redesigned SAT har x shirpe and mote consent fc on 10 | Important areas fs: istorysocil dies and sence. Although you _maynotalays notice them because he ot mak as such, questions (on hstorysocil ties and science tpi ca be fond throughout he Reatng Wiig and Language and Nath ets ofthe redesigned SAT @F remember sison ten gree, to ee ow@rememoer onc! tir or cen tao tS you wi be etapa you shut eer aor Ws important to uote that these questions dos’ ask you to provide storfsocial ster o science facts, sch athe year the Bate of Hastings eas fought rte ceria fora fo particle mle Isa, hese ‘oetions sk you to apy the knowledge and sls hat you should have cked up In your history soci tds, and sclence couse to problems ing, wetng language, and math On the Reading Tet fo xan ‘ie, youl be given wo Bistorysocl sade and wo sence passages ‘nay. Ya might be asked en theconlsion «researcher dew or the erence wed o suport tht coach, On the Writing and Language “Test you could be aed to evi pasa to incorporate data fom table into the waters dexrption of the esl of an experiment On the Math "Ts some question wl ak yu to soe problems groanded in soc td icsor scence conte You scores in Analyst Histary/Socil tds nd in Alpin Sls, which re dean fom questions onal eof those ‘ests wl ep you se how wellyoue doing in thew aren and whether You need aditonal practic. & U.S. Founding Documents and the Great Global Conversation ‘Te founding documents of the United States ncdng the Declaration ‘of Independence, the Bil of Rights, andthe Federalist Papers, continue to ‘fluence discussions and debates about the nature of cv if ad af indl- ‘vidual and collective righ and responsibilities. We se his not only in the speeches of policlns and the decisions of members of the judiciary but ‘also in tieratare and popula culture. The ideas articulated centuries ago by the US. founders hav, overtime, mingled with and been enriched by those of moc recent authors from the United States and actos the globe “The wring of people suchas Mabstina Gandhi, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Edmund Burke have both broadened and deepened the conversation round the central question of how we real oie together “These founding documents nd texts inthe Great lal Conveston often do present some challenges fo the ede. The vocabulary sof eae, the senfencs canbe long and lavoted nd the Wea iscused are often ‘more trac thn were wed to dealing wih on dally basis The rewards tf cope ending of thet ext, though, are sigan, ar we exercise the privilege of engagog with some ofthe mow important ad nest works ‘he SAT Reading Tt cade passage from ether # US founding doe mentor text i the Gest Glabal Conversation The questions wel ak yf think about ach things asthe thors msn points, word holes, the persuasive tchalgues. Although your apprecaon fr the text maybe Incresed you've read it before the urs dent atu ou havereing one oko ane he ution cae odin eee usage el orn supplementary mate uch aan explanatory not © No Penalty for Wrong Answers In the past the SAT gave a point foreach correct answer and tok sway quarter fs pint each incorrect answer to a muliple-choice ques ‘en. The decison to eiinatethe penalty fr wrong answers was made to «encourage you to ry your best onal questions even oes ye na sare ofthe answer, wthoat headed presse of having to decide wheter ‘wuld be best to ake the sk and poss los fiction ofa pont or an Inconetaniver Src here pony orChapter 3 Read This! Keys to Doing Your Best on the SAT Ir you lke mos tet takers, yoa se the SAT aan important exam, one that an have a ig impact on Your utr. Ws oly tara chen hat yo vant to prepare for ita wl as yo can, Pests why yout ed Ing this bok ight nove You may be thinking that pting ec forthe SAT Issome kind of mysteious procs hat has ita nothing do wih what youve been ernngin schoo: Maybe youve head th the SA i pt Ide st — atest oho wel ou a lesa, not what yo already ko, ‘Or maybe srmeone tod you thatthe SAT ie a 1Q tt. ‘fs true thatthe “A” in “SAT used to stand for “apide” but for many GFF REMEMBER years nos th SAT has Been wha called an achievement et ~ atest of ‘hw wel youve mastered important knowledge and sls. The SAT i a short ts abou wt youve learned in school a et os can — ad ‘hoald — prepara tl lees the gust of how bet o prepare. “Ths chaerofrs some et abou tht The information i ied into bee man chun Helping you develop the knowedg an eis mens on the est Heating wast you can fae yourself wth the tet its > Discsing some thing to do (nd nt do) on tet day Alldhree res are important. Een io hava tong grasp ofthe content Included onthe text You stl can benefit fro booming aia wth he "est mata plekng up somes day trates ‘hots retin rt“This chapter caves the allowing topes Balding Important Knowledge and lls Measaredon the SAT > "Thetig ey: wong hardin school > Reading and wocbalary > Wag snd language > Creating a personae study plan trough Khan Academy Getting Falla wth he SAT > Practicing can aka dierence > Undestandngthe et directions > Getingtoow the tet quton formats Taking the PSAT/NMSOT or SAT 10 ing sample SAT question and tts > Baploxng other sources = Online Sore Report — "he allege Boar on socal media ‘Tat Deyand Beyond > Counting down othe test > Readying youre the day before the et > Whatto pack > What No pack Avon problems on tet day > Using good tet taking stapes > Dealing with nerves and distractions > Tang tho est ogi?Building Important Knowledge and Skills Measured on the SAT ‘THE BIG KEY: WORKING HARD IN SCHOOL ‘hesAThashada repeat fr ting sides on bac its kota, ‘he hind f hing youl nd om the SAT and nowhere eh hase to perception tat he ay do wel to ear things pci forthe SAT (One ofthe ot ior gas inthe eden ofthe SAT has boen change ‘hat perception by making what on the test moe cel refit whats beng, taught inthe best highschool dasooms isthe country and wate node 0 ered oranda ceed in colle and wore ting programs. “This means that, moe than ever blr, he bes wy to rear fr the SAT ‘sa simple and asia s working had in high chook taking halen lng cous, dligenty doing your homework, casi preparing fo ta goles ashing and answering lt of questions sor lenge 2 yo can Ina Yer el ease, prepaing fr the SAT someting yu do ‘ery ayn schol prt of our replace work Beas what on te redesigned SAT i good election of grou arial the hard work you tint your sess aly yd strong ress onthe test. READING AND VOCABULARY ‘Youve been eng for many eas of cours, but beg se to red well enough tobe end to succedin college and carer (and, nt coincidently, ‘odo well the SAT) ceuie bah ange of lean the ability to opp ‘ham o challenging texts ne wide range of abject. neon of ils, youl need o be able determin oth what tated and rat imple ns ext Athors fen mak nforeaton and en exp Uy tating them rey Some questions on the SAT wil ak yout ate 1 pee of afrmaton or an iden presented in wach away. Olen though tuthors are more sb rousing readers to make reonable iafcence ot to deawogeal oacasons on ther own to reach a dep level of mang ox jut to follow the authors rai of thought Some SAT qutions wil ak yu work out the impletons of ext by ualng what made et by tuthor o igure out sugested meaning. You lo work wth sate and implied information and ideas wheo the SAT presents you with a pai of| telat pasageand a you to make connetons between he, Reading sills ae obviously portant but theyre not enauphy hese. Wsalo erica to beable to apply thoe kl tothe indo endings ae Ika to seein calc whores training programs and in many hlleg ig high schoo cass suchas AP cous). The moe comple tex youl seen high schol nd postzcondey cores wile contain uncon cabal, te wophiticated sentence strates, present large amounts of Information and iden quick dice arc enh tc or), GF eemenoen ‘ponies ecto ‘Sa ivovdg yo pnd 0 ‘econ clos an wrtpractice ar © thanacadomyora/sat Tewsout te a or nvadomoet PracricE ar (© tanscedemy oa/sat ‘ree prone ‘tectoeno S na wot Ihetr Misano tr wounoe Pins maang sed ‘ojo easy rails om nd en ube or complex reatonhip mong concept Because hese types of reading ate going tobe required in your eat cases post-high school youl sla see complex ext indude in each SAT: Noll usages fon the SA are that dificult yo sould e ready te your eading thls tod out meaning rom the when thy apes. Altnogh the redesigned SAT dows’ have a vocabulary rection, the test oes sess your knowleof an sl wth words and passa numerous ‘way On the Reading Test, yl be asked oBgure out the precise mean Ingo words and phrase ashe te ae a pate pepe. General, these words and rer wl ve more than ne dinar ype meaning. and youll have to ue contet clas (and posi other word knowledge. fc aan understanding of common prises and safes to determine tact what the eed word or phrae mean i a given pasage, Bot the ‘Waking and Language Test and the ptoaal say asses whether you'te abe to use words and phrases apeopitly and preity. On the Wilting and Tanguag Tet, for example, you might basket choose om among far vwrd or phrses the one that expe an idea most cleat o that ett {comple given oa such a evoking particular mood or oe. ead one yor ate cach week nan online pint pubieton that new te you Aak yor teachers, pret, of solo pb brian fr Wet. IF ‘youcan prin the ey ke coy then you ableto ak up Read itence forthe oe ent ofthe pect. The secoad tie, reat more slowly tv nchunks al examine the guage the tractor Why de sthor Present theevence inthe way horse df? Wha vewpea asta, and ty do youthik the mthor chor that one instead of anater et Reade capes ater inthe booon eding (61612) and then ew his acc ip pinto magne the ways that you can mprove our ending ils. WRITING AND LANGUAGE “Wet cen omsponent fou post-high cool ate As with ead lng fective wting about more tan ast developing sil alough thats ‘sy eect. You ms aio lean to use wting to accomplish various tusks and purposes fo dierent sence to wre ander varied eondtons, Incading ined wring; nd oak our wring hough mull phases. “The SAT dvides the sls assessed on the Wig and Language Test Into two broad categories: Expresion of Meas and Standard English Convio. Although there ze ther ways to dvi weting and language Skil his approach daw atention othe fact hat skilled wetingivoles both conveying information and Kea nam elective way and observing the comets of sandal weiten Englh op ensere thatthe mes: ‘agin ye tring to send at ecived and understood a you intended (On the SAT, Bepeision of Keas questions focus on topic development(inaters such s suppor and focus), organtatin (mater sucha nko luctinsconclsiong, tranatons, and lial sequence), and ec an stage se (uti such spreision, styl, and ne). These questions focus fon the content of wig, and when anawertng them, you mus conde how pico af wing could be improved in de to weed ou extraneous snail creates seth progression of eas, and nite wordines 2nd redundancy to name afew example. Other quetons deal with sentence ‘tractre, seg, and ponciation ~ elements of the conventions of tan aed writen Engl, When enewerig these Standard Eng Conventions questions tcl you mast ecognie and erect eos (ogre ot hat oer ar been made), daring on our kowledge of langage practices, ‘You rng wave ral shuld youchoose otk the optional sy ‘Te The Ea npr, wl be sored scoring to how wel youve expres nd Baed ot your ideas ad owt extent any, mistakes in png standurd alten Engl conventions npirthe qu af yourexpenin. ‘Ged wets ae ao leo allo what they produce wo parila, pur naa acne The ay the cares cal on the SAT of hep. fanceof thes cider Toscoe wel on hp the exam you not ony hve oread and writes, but ls rata response thats appropiate beta fanaang a sure forthe purpose of explaining toa ede ow nao les tobuld an agunent to pesuade an adence you flo appe site the ate the mae ask —by mere summa he oc fe Serntance.crby ging the ihe wrongs ofthe mor poston your respons woe a igh see on the sf Anas dimension, Strang verter ae ln bl take the testa theyre working on through ‘ ferble,sometines recive proces that geterally includes plane, ating evkng eng and pbishing (ort est sharing with broader audience). Whe the SAT does smn al apt of this process youl be expected torrie and ei tat produced by others on the Weg and Tanguage Te and o pln and dr text you choot otk the Easy (although your planning wont be scored), PERSONALIZED PRACTICE THROUGH KHAN ACADEMY ‘Wt lots hanged abot the SAT elf dang ts most recent eg, justasiportanchave ben the Cale Bours tring wos ts Practice ttn everpere fre, Throgh the College Boas pt: ei ith Khan Acadeny, ou al your Flow tat thers have acess not only wide range of practice mater bata Khan Acadeny’ pon lac stay planning sme hlping you acquire the knowledge and le une do wall os the est and mae ingot a college andere 1 ofthe eso the College Board decided on this partnerships the co miumeat of the ousder of Khan Academy to sharing knowledge wi the word efor Suman Khan launched hls onprositn 2008, he worked as 2 (€ remember aoe ims fhe dof wa ‘han equi colegs aRacTice ar 1 thansoademnyorn/est By sng parenting pratce nto ear be, ‘tiny thet ager Sng on spores, ‘kroner pracrice at (© thanscedemy-ora/sat Xow ext what ea ob ‘uty taming heen Ieee yu worth ar hg fend anaetin Boston, tome he made YouTube vides an ole practice problems for is oasis a New Odes to help therm understand ath, The videos guinea wide udinc, Sle the edge fan to work fom Khan Academy lie, nd now the website ofr wie valet of ‘erources on any eject for learners of lage: om ts nial focus on ‘ath, Khan Academy has branched ott inlde sinc, history. art and ‘nor In edition, Khan Academy ha crested brand-new resources in both ‘ah and vesding& writing specially to suppoct practice forthe rede flgned SAT. Bring onthe se, tall lees fang =. ‘the pustnetsip between the Cll Board and Khan Acadamy mens you tune mre chojer han ever before terms ofhowyourefeh or nerease your knowledge and alls nvr ares. On the Khan Academy website (Genacaderyonpa) onl find interactive practice mates that provide Instant feedback an personalized tecommendations. Start by importing your cal PSATINMSQT,PSAT 10, or SAT renin the Khan Acadery ‘aera, and thea lean exact what you aed to work on next. Maybe it neat aeations word problems or subject agreement. The este wil nak personae commendations a you answer problems. AS ou gow in koowledge and confdenc, youl beable to tke ul egth practice sts and se your ogre. r with the SAT PRACTICING: IT GAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE [As we hope weve made cern he preceding sections the singe Best way to prepare forthe SAT ito elt an, wher edd, prove Your grasp tthe inportane knowledge and sills icaded onthe est. Doings will, mean mor fo osinthelong eu han ay sot oft ang arty we | someone de cold gv ou. “That sd heres something o begun fom undertanding how the SAT Fel works ad how yo bette. Reig the mystery af he estan ‘nor al ofthis ook nd the Coleg Board ore generally. We want ‘eet be abot wha ou kao ncn de noe abou yor testing ils peo By cong nt et ay wth aad undetanding what on te exam {TT more ome wah then beter ableto oewson the pri ‘etn apd mae certain hat you do our sate best in aneweringthe, Getting Fami ‘UNDERSTANDING THE TEST DIRECTIONS 1s worth spening some time scquiting yous wih the dsctions for ‘exh portion the SAT ~ apd oso before tet dy By learning inadance ht the dretons 9 you can minnie the amount Une you sen rea Ingthem on est dy. Meron the ditions eyo important ifomation shout howto snewer the questo whens actor permite or not pe ‘ted and soon —allof which are importatonfemig you reparation,Reading Test 65 MINUTES, 52 QUESTIONS Tum to Section 1 of your answer shes to answer the questions inthis section, Each passage or pair of passages below flowed bya numberof questions Afr reading «each passage or pal choose the best answer to each question based on what stated Implied inthe passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (sich a atable or sxeph. Writing and Language Test 35 MINUTES, 44 QUESTIONS ‘Tur to Section 2of your ancwe sheet to answer the questions inthis section, Each passage below s accompanied bya number of questions. For some questions, you wil consderhow the passage might be esd to mprove the expression of dea. or ‘ther questions you wll consider how the passage might be edited to corect errs in sentence structure, usage or punctuation. A passage ora question may be accompanied by ‘one or more graphics uch asa table or aap that you wil considers you make revising ‘and eitng dedsons. Some question wil tect yu tan undertined portion ofa passage. Other questions wil ‘rect you toa location na passage of ask you to think about the passage asa whole, _Aftr wading each passage choose the answer to ech question that most effectively improves the quality of writing nthe passage or that makes the passage conform tothe orwentions of standard wlten English Many questions include a’NO CHANGE” option. ‘Choose tha option f you thinkthe best choicest eave the relevant portion ofthe passageasitis.Math Test - No Calculator 25 MINUTES, 20 QUESTIONS ‘to Section 3 of your anewer shasta snewerthe questions nts section. ec) ‘For questions 1-15, slve ech pole chooe he best ase he chokes rove afin th coesonding ces on your answer sheet or questions 16-20, {Sheth problema ta yor anor gon the anawet sheet Please fro ‘the ecto: bee ction 16on ow tater your answering YOU Ue Inyo stein youre Boe for saath ork. co] | Thewsefa lator snot permite. 2 Alaa an expressions ved ersantrel numbers uns otharvise nde 2. ores provided ths tet a wna cle unas others cated ‘Aig ein apa ures tbs nate. 5 Unles thes inated he orn of gen fonction Fite sto all elnumbets for hich bare nmber OHA zh | A Trenunberofdegresofacina cies 360, Thenunber fads ofsrlna ces 2 The suf the menue deyesofthe antes range 00Math Test - Calculator 55 MINUTES, 38 QUESTIONS "Tumto Section 4f your ans shet to answer the questions inthis seton = For quertions 30st cach problon choos th bet answer rmthe choices ‘rode. and inthe corespondng cel on you asset For qusstions 2128, ‘ote he probly rover nthe ion teaser sect ese ele to the decors fore question 31 ono ene you answers the gl You aye sabi space nye bolt for serch woke Lo |. 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Try to wrt opine so thet what ou are writing [sleglbleto those readers. ‘You have 50 minutes to read the passage and write an essay Inresponse tthe prompt provided inside ths bookdet. Asyourendthe psp sow coniderhow eather ses + evidence ch fact rnp suport as + esonngto develop Hessand ta onnet sand viene. + sysop ret, sch word che oF appeals eation twaddpomertoteldeas expend, “Tae pasage los the bax above Wt a syn which you oan howe ath bus nage ‘oprsiade hse audencr tht utr’ nyo es araae tow the uth uses ne oor thefts sted above or ates ‘yo own ce to tegen he logic and pesasenes of ihe {igure ese tat your anayoeseson Be most reevantpects of thepasane ‘ouretay shold ot explain whether youre ith the autor ans, tntrather emi ote aor blr on point to persuade hr scenesGETTING TO KNOW THE TEST QUESTION FORMATS In ado wo ondestandng the test ection, you sould loge sense ‘tow queson on th varios sections ofthe tet ar sted Ding wil In prevent surpises on ts day and fe you up o focus onthe cantent rater than the format For example, youl want to become fame with ‘he two-alarm format and the underlined portions of tet nthe Wing and Language Test For the Math Te, youl deity want t become fama with the format ofthe stadet-prodoced response questions, of ‘Phe Fr thee oestions, you wor have annerchoces to elc rom, Rather, you must solve the peoblem and "pi the answer you came op ‘with onthe anewer het Be sre to read though ths boo information boot the format ofeach test and work through the simple questions in ‘Chaper 12 (he Reading Tes), Chapter 16 (the Weng and Language Tes), an Chapters 23 end 24 (he Math Tes), ‘TAKING THE PSAT/NMSOT OR PSAT 10, ‘Dhking the PSAT/NMSQT has number of beets, Probably the bes nown oe I thatthe PSAT/NMSOT serves asthe qualifing tt for the "Nallonl Mert Scholarship Program (hence the abbreviation “NMSQT") Butte tes alo gies you an et portunity to tke an exam very smiar tothe SAT and under sila conditions. Whe the PSATINWSOT tests a le sbotr than the mulplechoce portion f the SA and he materi is gee io high cool sophomores and janis, the PSATINMSQT covers ‘he same broad abject a the SAT and ae gosto tt atin the sie general format those ound on the SA. (Ther, however, 0 Bs 00| ‘he SATINMSQT) "Note: You sehoal my aloof satel he PSA 10 nthe pring in| dion othe PSAT/NMSCT inthe. The oaent i ena on both tests The ony important ferences rete tne ofthe yea that the est igre and the at hat the PSA 10 tance wh th National Mert Scholarship Program USING SAMPLE SAT QUESTIONS AND TESTS “The Cllege Board and Khan Academy are making hundsel of sample SAT ‘uston and numerous anple SAT ete aval to etter fo ra "te Bywhng these materia, log with oer forms of preparation, you can atria youre withthe partulr question formats youl encoun ‘ern et ay and entity reef strength and wean a your unde standiagof the knowledge and skilman oa the SA In addition tothe samples in this book and on the Khan Academy cbt, practice materia can be fond athe Clee Boards webs, nepteaegeransscoegeboarog,nstagran, racrice Ar (© kihanscodomy-ora/sat lato doe belo he SAT en ntacive nyse EXPLORING OTHER RESOURCES on Soore Report “The induction to his book decribed your Online Score Repost. T ew this report, yo nes to reper fora ree account you vet lend lone so Regsteringpves you ace o many services, inladng he oppor tunity o reps for the SAT cronies When you eit or the SAT ys ant spond a digital photo of yours that wl be priate on your ‘ion ticket form of etication (0 make sar accurately rep etal how youTlook on tes dy) ‘The Collage Board on Sora Media ‘The College Board ser variety of oil medi to share aformatlon with students fencers, parent, counilors and ors. To ty up-to-date fon the latest SAT news and happenings consider fllowing one oF Imore of out ofciel Twiter accounts @CallegeBourd, @OFEcalSAT. And @SATQuestion. We alo regularly update content on Facebook (csbook conmbeclegebars) and Instagram (@collegebosrd). You can ‘ve these secounts and page to atk questions abou the SAT and oter (College Board programs and sevies. Test Day and Beyond COUNTING DOWN To THE TEST Inthe month and weeks leading up to st day youl probably spend good sau one peering forthe et broking pn ld ails, developing rw ones, going over sample quasons and ts, and soon. In he days immediacy preceding thee, you might want consider taking a dle: ttapproahby focusing on maintaining oor lyse eh and eines you execs, do yop sng or medtatst Carry on with those activ: tel Ifyou don eerie regulary snd your py ondton permits go someplce private and ing your arma ck your lp, and bret eel. Jumping cab good to. fy alon, sing loudly Drig the dy, when ontealting at abl ord, ake some deep, sow breaths. For your bain tofinction a well ca, oxgen testo ow en and cantly. at wll in hoe preceding dys, too. Think abot cuting ou he refined sugar, such that found in sodas and many desert You weat wast 10 ‘adil change your brat habits, but ou sould lo consider that on tet day youl Biting at des ad engagg in very physical actiity forthe ese mocning, Given tht probaly not a good Hea to over loud on ets pancakes) raga (vhich as up large proportion of smnypockged cold cere). Consde prot, whether fom cheese, fs, sy prodct yogurt nuts and nt bates eae: Whole grains — camel,oven sce, hot eel or hearty read — can be another ood che. Some oop et diner eflover fo break. Think abou experimenting ty {ng out ome dient yes of best several day beer the tet be hich one ep you ty focused and which onsets you ah, Know ‘hat ou may el nervous one day. 0, which can aft your appetite, nally get sme sep In a TED tlk, nerosclntist Jl Il explains that racrice ar our bain we one-quarter of oar energy and that remarable “cleaning” @) Khanaeademy.ora/est fg on while we slumber Mot adult nd teens know how hard it ‘urn of electronic aight For many, phones, able, and computes hare become companions, keeping ur up-to-date on the ate, mel everything ‘Using them at nlght, hough, can tree wth le. Yul find ta oer esting experiment to set tne to turn them of (Wn your fend ofthe Shutdown: with ack they be wing to make pact and jl you) [READYING YOURSELF THE DAY BEFORE THE TEST Plan how you wll gett the tet tft nage school rise bung be sured oat wich dor wil be pen ouhaver been inthe bikdig bee, id out how to gett the oo Set two slam. Bren thogh alarms ray fl can hap Yu slop more easly nang you havea bac, > Rovow thet of things yo neat tke with ou, an pe hem natn Revi the tet detlons ones more WHAT TO PACK > Photo admission Heke (member thatthe photo mat retemble you onthe day ofthe exam and comply wit the rales posted os ecllegeboororg/at) > Ml photo (drive ens fr ote sates phot ID] schol ‘entiation card valid passport or taden TD fom prepared by Your school wth pat and the shoal sel overlapping the phot) > Several number 2 parole with sft eres (nechankal pec ze ot permite) > Approved enluator wlth fresh Datel, appropiate (eee hpsteatapcbodaregiteceskulstr poly for tore clclor ‘idince) > Wate (one that ony tlt; noting tht cn Be wa to cod, ‘rans rcever lyback ia photograph et oro conten) > Saat (ameting get sch a raisins or cthews, and had ani orgum) > Wate inal bots abel emved cp of) tps ota ot ‘ning he ening rt ar ours ‘hea foraging@Frememsen cacy pate ot ooenteance WHAT NOT TO PACK > Smartphone orather el phone > camera > Recording deve ony type > igi watch tht has any capbitsbeynd ling tine > Timer yore seen using any ofthe kame above, they wil be held By atest sdminitato, you wl baked tole you may be denied admission, ‘Obrouy the Bterchic ito eve hem at bome. AVOIDING PROBLEMS ON TEST DAY ‘You wl NOT bellowed to take the st iE >The photo on the admin tcket does lok ke you or otherwise dows comply with the rales posted on wiwcollegehoar.rg/sat (Gr example i to igh or toda, cade another person, your face covered) > Youre mining ether the admission cleo a yall photo ID > Yoselate Pleenate Tet cone change ae ot pesmi on et ay You can ake the est ony athe center where yout eter > Teste chang reno guaranteed on test dou can only switch fiom SAT o SAT with Esty a the center if space nd mtr all:) > Willein (oe standby) esting snot permite Using Good Test-Taking Strategies Lets asume youve arsved a he test center a god tine, sted in, remind yoorsel that youve prepared wel fr he SAT, ad ken «Fe deep brea, Thinking bck on ll of he ime you pent alding your inolge ad lls and aang youn with he tet shoud leave you eng ston and conden Ye red! Now you eed {ornate the Betws of your time snd energy on the tes. Below a8 ew testking strate you might conse Ty the ou ou practice and sect wor best ou > Pace youre by keeping ack af the dock — eter on the wal oron 2 ‘ch that on our de Each ection of the et has own amount of {ime owen the est adnate ys you can tn each ection,ance troagh ew pages wo get sense hw lang youl ave fr ech ‘dunk of questions. Check yourself one-one, oneal, and the qtr of the ay through the alloted te to ke se yo il conpace > Wie you need o keep your answer se ue of ray mar, youre eleme to markup the tt boolet a mach at you want. Annottng your test booklet a, dane ado, help you recalinportant fice Ce work though calenging problems Consider skimming the question inthe Reding sd the Wing and Tangunge Tsts poet reading ech of the psa a order to get 2 ens of what sue wil be imprint > Afr reading each question imagine the answer you would come up ith Then ed he posse snoer to find he ne coset to oar own. > Alwaysreud aloe answecholces You dou want too hasty deon tocanse yout lect the wrong ase toa question. you ead a question tha stamps yo, dt vel om it Retr othe ‘unanswered one atthe end Make big marks next to gussons you eco skips youcan earn them ate. > Remember that there openly for guesing (as thre wed to be on ‘heSAT), so you should answer ll questions befor tine isup, When youre ‘nots ofan answer mean eacated guess. Drains ough ac of ‘thane choles you inate Remember oth there a on foe anower choles stead af theo fies eating down the posse lye one analy increases our of chong comet. > important Be suze to check often to make sure ta the numberof the ‘question youre about ansrer matches the number in the tt bok rae and adj ifneoded > You very wall ay Gnih sme sections bore te rns ot Review, but oso ctf You dort want to second ues youre and change snows jt to change them, Dealing with Nerves and Distractions snot uncommon ofl nervous abot the ts Ty to consider tat aden- line rsh san aif chemia energy. feral your body itrying tp Ifthe energy fe ke oo much ly sake your arn aad dba ifyou were shaking of water While eearches may not waders why ‘hiselps, anecdotes rom various peopl, incading profesional misc, sugges caiming ee. ‘Also try to keep atthe foefont of your mind the idea that you pe red for hiss, Combine hat thought wth the fact that whe his est Pracrict ar (0 kansesdemy.org/eat ‘tnd ys letne nde GF remember nite on te pou a ‘heen ayo ovsing onthe rdeetred SA Theatr,PRACTICE AT hanacadomy org/sat to Rach he shown ‘thar hbo arm nortan, only one of ever actors hat ellegs consider when they review your aplication. Distactlons daring the tet are, wel dsteacing. You want to put them out of our mind a much 8 pou I yovte momentary sagging. 2 ‘ea stent turing a page, or example, can break your conentraton td nake you fe ke young bend (een you no). Remember ‘Yu have no idea how wel other people are dog onthe test ad anny, being the att eat necessiy mea beng the most sical. Stay {cused on yur owner, and pas pty thoughts and doubts aay a+ icky a they eter your mind (Also, should go without saying ~ but ‘well sny tanya — that you shoul do everything i your power not tobe dlstaction'0 others) ‘Taking the Test Again? ‘One mare ay to guet your nerves so remember that you can ae the est ‘pln, Mote than al ofthe tdess who take the SAT ae I twice — once In the spring of tec junior year and ace in the il of thee senior ya Mos etidents wo do so baw ghe scores onthe te test. Ifyou choose {hispth make re you spend ne between eto brush upon ara that yo sage ih he tineCHAPTER 3 RECAP ‘Geting ready for he SAT Inolres ot of ae and hard wrk bt it ao 1 chance to excl ad a standout a cllges and scholarship earch pro- ‘ras You can make bet use of our opportuni by bth (1) ening the ‘tl knowlege and sls covered onthe tan (2) geting cao she withthe tess a > The best practic forthe SAT oecar everyday a ou sty ad and ‘equi import reading, wen. lsguag, snd moth knowledge dle: Make we ofthe information in th oak, ke tock of how rl you do on sample tat and questions, ge ost your adc strengths, and work on addresing your weakness, Take advantage of thee practice resources on Khan Academy to help you nt oly arn bout the est sl but lo expand your knead sil Get familar wih the SAT tel. Understanding the tt decane In advance sod being comforiabe with the fat ofthe varius test ‘questions an bth sve you tne id give you ded conde ca test sy. Taking th PSATINMSQT or PSA 10, sng sample questions ad ‘ests avalle rom the College Board and Ka Acad. and exploring ter resources (uch a satrap andthe Cole Bou seal ‘mea posts) can also lp. > Ashe ume fr tet day approaches, make eyo staying a hey ' oul and geting plenty of est, > Avo problems on est dy by knowing how o gett our tat te as vl as knowing what bring ond wht no to blag With ou > Practice arage oft aking etree roche one nadie er Inthe ind ut wat works ad what dea wor ory. > Putaay those doubts and wore on tet dy. Youle ready Yo be get (And Ifyou sl ot sted with oor core, yu ca conser {aking the tet gna)Chapter 4 PSAT/NMSOT® ‘The PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary SAT/Natlonal Merit Scholarship GF REMEMBER ‘Qualifying Test) provides an excllet way to preview the SAT. Like he SAT the edesigned PSATUMSOT wil mearure the sills and knowledge ‘that are eset for alge and career rents and succes, Tang the PSATINMSQT Is oe ofthe best way 9 practic for the SAT You'l be ‘sled the sume typeof question in the sae ej areas tht ae onthe SAT (Reading, Weng nd Language, nd Mth, bua level appropri tte fo sophomores and juniors a highscook. Yolo get sca ofthe time limits foreach test (Not ta the Esti aasbe only on the SAT) Becrse the PSAT/NMSOT is aligned with the redesigned SAT, ing he PSATNMSOT wil nt aly fr ou numerous heeft ncading vale Information about your readies for postsecondary level war, bt can Also enkance our confidence when your SAT tet ay aves How the PSAT/NMSQT and the SAT Are Linked “The SAT, PSATINMSOT and PSAT 10 and PSA 9 ae pat of an inte ‘gal site eile the SAT Soto Aseximents The xan ae ccd by the sume undying coatnaam of knowledge and sis that research somarethemost eset fr calla and caer reine an ces Your ‘est resus can bead to monitor oar popes oer ne The PSAT 8) i sdoinitered to ight and th rer the PSAT 1, which cores the ‘same content aes the PSATINMSOT, dlisted to students in he ‘peng of 100 grade. Schools admis the PSATINMSOT during the ill, primary high cool ophomore and juniors ‘he redesigned tet eased in 2015-16 ae designe to rect the work stadents ar doing in clatroome scot the county and around the globe, tnd end the eight ey changes dvb in Chapter 2a suarized wihere ‘© Words in contort: Quetions on the Reading and the Weitng and Language Tet ads wordphrate meaning in context as well “hetrieal word chic with cus on words ad ples eleva to. ide range of des. ‘the queton per and onan@F rememoen Sri ar @rememoen “ae the PATS ‘ray eight reve {Selon for mail ‘Shgwewtnaer elmore ©, command of Evidence: Questions on the Reading and the Writing tnd Language Tests cequire stndents to demonstrate thelr ability to inept and we evidence ound in a wide range of passages and inforational phi, uch as gaps, tables, and charts. CD cy Antsing a Source SAT onl The SAT sy prom rogues sodent to rend passage and explain bow the autor bil an ‘Srguent to perande an adience, a sk tat iors college writing ‘sigumeats The Esay wll be an optional component ofthe SAT {although seme shoo dite and cole wil regu 1), 1 roous on Math that Matare Mest: Questions om the Math Tet wll focuson math oon that mos contribs eadines for and sucess incall and eter aning, © Problems Grounded In Rast World Contexts; Questions are grounded Inthe el world dare dec cltd to work performed in college andar nays n HltrySottStdls and in Seance: Questions require the application of reading wong, gang, sd math ls to answer ‘question instar sal adi and scence comets. $B Us rounding Documents and the Groat Global Conversation: Questions that eae ctl ead section of US. fosding documens sch tthe Declaration of independence and the Bl of Rights o that have been part th Gret Gal Conserstion about the mature cc i © Wo Penalty for Wrong Answers: Students will earn. points for the ‘tions they snaver cre wih no deductions for incre answers Other Benefits in Addition to Preparing for the SAT ‘Arms restn o tke the PSATINMSQIT shat the sore you ese Seat tothe National Mert Schslaship Corporation (SMSC). Ths organ ‘ation overeethe atten of aloe $50 milion in scholarships year ted ue PSATINMSOT sors aan nth sren of entrants othe com Peton. Some sent tke the tt before thei jor yea, but ony the Score fromm the junior es ar submited to NMSC. Adina begin ing in 2015, the PSATIANMSQT vil be used as tol to broaden access to en $180 milion yer of dina scolabie fom the American Indian Graduste Center and American lndin Graduate Cente Scholars (AlGC and AIGCS), Asian & Poe Mander America Schlabip Fund (APIASP),Hipani Scholarship Fund (FSP, Jack Kent Cooke Fowndtion ‘OKC, and United Neg College Fund (UNCE)Another glint eet fig he PSATAIMSOT (othe PST 10) PRACTICE AT that yo cn ipo your ssi Ka enemy begn eah@ Wanaeademyoraant 1 penitent on cw ou etd won on nest yen ate Ce or inorder tiprove or scr Wa your xc permis the alige wana yaa Board wl send he quell ets af yor eam fo Kh Aden, SSA tt en wich we hse dan enmiend yan syn op eSATA wee ‘ec Lenn more st taeda epee ‘Athi nei taking the PSATIUMSOT (oe PSAT 10) iAP Potent fee Web-based too that allows school to genera tudes who elt to score a3 or higher ons given AP Fam. Based on each hat hows moderate to song creations between PSAT/NMSQT soresand AP "han resus, AP Potent designed to help ncrese aces o AP ado east tht no stent who ha the chance of scceatingin AP isovetoked final benef for signing upto take the PSATINMSCT (othe PSAT 1) ‘that you tecome elie to participate inthe College Boas Stud Search Servic, which ia database tht colleges, verses, and sho ship programs seo ost and erat students with particular character tes. These organizations join th services they can ech foster ho night bea good match forthe school or choi criteria ‘When you sign upto partite Student Sach Srvc, yor ams ca ‘uctinformaion highschool GPA date obit, rade evel igh choo eral des exracuralar acvtes, and itede cllege aj at entered ino ‘he system Partcpating statins an search fren by dese hae ‘ert, suchas “GPA 32 or aor cha/band: New Hampi botany on Colleges ae intrested ners tent bod Beng ale och or stents with varios intrest and acti hig from US. tates coun Ives ones ap collages asemble a strong ad vere ten population ‘hat wl benefit students and fcuity during clege and conte to eohesie, OF REMEMBER suport shumo! groups inthe years falowing. yor information made yu win Sten Sach ‘valaeto them, collegesand univers can te Yuta spl oradnion Serve prtepating clog to ter schools The ste hls tre for scholrthipprogtms, which fen holier wi Tera aing ogi nays adene etn 1 you sign up for Stent Search Servic, any updates you make to your "00 Profle sch as changes to your GPA, acti, planned mao) wll be ‘ected inthe earch tab ote thatjoning Suen Search Serie your cic. Regering ana ran AP course mals the sree aval to you, bt you have optin by | shecking the bx. Signing up is th only ay your infoution becomes pat fe database Be esured tat the Cole Bod never oars your 4 to any calle, univer, o cholasip group (exo the Nan Mei SchlatipCorporaton) without your pein, Kno oth the ac nation you gv tthe Clee Hoard le el oly inthe way decribedoF rememocr ere nation inthe abseil ot be slo private company Some stents report receing phooe cl rom companies atc to have reehed stdet scarsfothe Cll: oar These adult and shold bedirped, How Do | Register and When Will | Leam My Results? “When the Of Stud Gado he PSATINMSQT active your shoal n Seperate erlaration ans nd hen tk the fl gh pati tet any ofthe urns posed problems for you retro thebock gun reve the appropiate chapers to improve our wndertundng, se the Khan ‘aden mete to review price questo nd tess And of course keep ‘woking in your ces nd with yo thers one your sade “The PSATINMSQT igen in Octobe stig shot seros the country infrmaton bot egitering wh loa soo (Sade cannot eit fr ‘he PSATINMSOT oline) “he cones for the FSATINNSOT are sent to your school in December, whereupon a counselor or est coordinator wl ve hem to you. (Home: ‘hooked dese ace their eke t home) Adonai, youl exire ‘cca tan online sore rport hat gives you ever more information bout our pevormance ARE SCORES SENT TO ANYONE ELSE? -Scae rem ast tthe National Met cholrhip Copétaton, One of the mot important reasons to tak he PSATINMSGT Ito become eligible for scolaship compsiios administered by both the NMSC and our other scholarship patos In gome cases, our scones maybe sett school dist oF your states office fection co that tent es can be averaged together and an lyzed. The information can help dst and sates ses ore student Achievement evel ad a lp acministrators who make decisions about ‘urculu and pose! development programs for echers WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT HOW THE TEST 18 SCORED? ery eam in th SAT Site of assent sored th same sel provi ing wel ol fc msn grt This does mean hata sent who scorers on the SAT 89 Ma tls pec sore 0a the PSAT/ [NMSCF Mth Tt (o SAT) one oo er ater des, however ean that teens coring 40 on ay ofthe Math Ts re eonstatng sir leesuth chevret eps ofthe ptr et ty ok You en te ‘allowing deseriptions tat alough the SA tt sores eporte ona eal f 40 160 theese the PSAT/NMSOT ae PSA 1a the SAT 219 aera ie score ngs: Theres the that te eas assess ‘hesane ender lowed and sll but tae appropriate tthe st den poplaions or ech xa PSAT™ 8/9 In nition to the PSATINMSQT, the College Boned offers the PSAT 3, ich stake in the fl oping fet norms rade Sere fom the PSAT 89 serve a a fondation for nterpcting progres a stan ete high cho stents stay the cour on the are they strong and work Ider the weaker eas they/lbe mor Hy ob on tag fring ca legend ree ed the tine thy eave igh school Scores age rom 20 70 french ofthe Math and Evidence Bae Reg ond Weng eons PSAT/NMSOT and PSAT™ 10 ‘he FSATINMSOT and PSAT 10 cove th ne content ema, and both serve at “checis onstndent progress by pinpointing aes for develop ‘ment Se wl ae the PSATINMSQT nthe lof 1s abd 1h ade (hog ontaniorare elie for the Nol Mest Scolaship Progra) nad to dling the PSATINNSOT to 1th radersn the lame schoolmay als deliver the PSAT 10 theo. Mos ofthese soe, though using diferent ranges ae seprted foe PSAT/NSCT and PSAT 10 forthe SAT: ‘Atta cre a the PSATINMSCIT and PSA 10 wl be povided on 32010 1500s, nd ete sum ofthe snes on the idence Based Reading and iting soon athe Math ston. Sesion scores wl be reported on 16 0 760 sae er both de dence asl Reading an Wing section ad the Math section Tet scores wil be report on acl of 38 fecha he theses: Reading, Weigand Langa an Math ros tt scones wl be reported onsale oo 38 and wl be bated 28 selected questions inthe Reading, Weng and Language, and Math Tests that eft the pplication of eading, wang language and ath isn soya sti nd sence content Seven diferent subicores each on eae of 01, ll provide more se ‘Se afloat abou how yout dng few more pectic areas of ‘reading wring language and math. ‘Do asbcores wl be reported for Weng and Language: Expesion of eas nd Standard Engh Conventions he Bxpesion of Mes subscore @Fnememsen@Frememoen Fremewoen ‘aca ta SA he PSATINMSCT ‘hth nsnng of oe, (tage couser nd bya @Fremensen hanya rar one vb bated on qusion focusing oa top developmen orgnation, and ‘htorialyfective use of ngage The Standard English Conventions ubscore wil be based on questions focusing on sentence trace sige, ted poncttin, ‘The Math Test wll epor thre sbicore: Heart of Algebra, Problem Solving aod Dat Anal, and Pasport to Advanced Math, Heart of Alps wl fous lnarequtions an negates, Problem Solving and ata Analyse wl focus on qntiatve reaonig, the iterpetation and yates of dat and saving problems in ich and varied conte Pasport to Advanced Math wl focus on topes ete othe abit of stadents to Progreso more advanced mathematic, cha understanding the str ture of expressions reasoning with more complex equations, and iterpet sng and bling fanctons “hein mo subecoret — Words in Content nd Command of Brdence — veld based on questions in beth the Reading andthe Weigand Language Tests, The Won in Canter questions wl adres wor phrase meanings conic nd htc word ec. he Command of Evidence quetlon ‘sk yout iterpet and use evidence found in wide ange of passages and Infomtonal papi, ch props, ble and har. As ith te SA the subscores provide toa! insight into your strengths. “These lao low you spd your parent edad cousdas| voloeate peti areas at you need to work oa. The scores canals be use ‘ofind ppropete AP courses [As withthe SA, thers no peal for gusing onthe PSATINMSOYT oF SAT 10, Your soe a derived ont from correc answers Bank answer ase no impact om score Score Report ‘Your FSAT/NMSQT Score Report gives you eedbackon your performance, ls ther valable formation incading > BSATINMSOT sores and score ranges Perens fr junto sophomores > Seton index ed by MS inital entry ot hee acolaship > Conphensive question by-quton feedback ‘Acad ll foedback ‘onlin acest oqueton- and anewer explanations Bas igre nd stat fr National Mest Scholarships Gance information to help in allege and crer planingWhat Is the Test Like? aN Totaling tine? hous and 5 mites component: outing Tt: 60 minutes 47 questions Wilting and LanguogeTot 35 mines, 44 questions "Math st eluding clear and « no-no portion: 7 mites: Adgsetone ta: 165 mints (2 ours, 45 ate 139 questions As wth the SAT, the PSATINMSQT and PSAT 10 are composed of duce comtent-ares tee: Reading, Welng and Language, and Math. Sample questions and a practice PSATINMSQT are avalible at cobegeeainessclepeboadorg and in pit hough school WHAT TO BRING ON TEST DAY > Tro mumber2 pen wih erasers > Anapprored calculator (seth Clleg Board website fo etal bout stat allowed) > Current and valid ston or goverment -issed photo or students ot ‘esting at the ovn schoal and for home-schooled students WHAT NOT TO BRING > Protacoseompases, rales > Dicsooai or ther books > Pamphlets or paper of any kind > Highlighters and colored pene or pens Any devie that tes records, copies or makes photographic image, Induding cel phones and mst watches DURING THE TEST, YOU CAN HAVE ON YOUR DESK: > Atatbook > Amannec sheet umber 2 pena wih sftersers > Anapproved calclatr — only during the dagnted Math potion@Frememoen PRACTICE AT (© khanacedomyora/sat rte co twat ec ‘AreYou Home-Schoold? Contact local hous placa or counselor to make arrangements forthe PSATINMSOT, PSAT 10, or PSAT 5 welln advance ofthe tt dates — prefrabiy over the summer. ‘TESTING WITH ACCOMMODATIONS Make arrangements hough your shel counselor forthe accommodations youll ed Home achooled students who are approved for accommodations on est dy shoal notify the school where they ae esting and complete the form by ‘Angut 27, prior tothe October test Why Take the PSAT/NMSQT? Pesce for tbe SAT > Ansa your progres inthe knowledge and sda re esata to college tnd carer endinee and succes, A comprabene sore epor ‘resp fesdack abou the ates that you ned to wok on > Compare your performance with that of other 1 nd Lh graders fom eround the cory. Kick off your pectic for he SAT by importing your PSATINMSOT ‘et into Kin Academy fora pernoalized lesion plan > holy for entry ato scholarship options > Partipatei tbe Student Seach Servic Preparing for the PSAT/NMSQT > Review the tse-king reminders and tips throughout this book, ochfng ideo about marking up the test Boole bow to make an coc gen and the wef of ep. Read Chapter 3, "Read This Keys t Doing Your Best om the SAE” Many section in this chap re zevaat o aking te PSATINMSOT, Incding the descigons of quetons inthe Readig, Wing and Tanguag and Mat Tess. Bef he tt Become fair with qution types and dctins by boing practice questions Diectonsothe SA canbe found in Chapter 3. > Take the practi et that isc inthe Of Student Gui to the SATIN Yo beable adhe cosectanswersande=planatlons the Callee Board websteAlthough Khan Academy practic I focused on helping you succeed (on the redesigned SAT, you can alo use Khan Academy tol for PSATINMSQT and PSAT 10 practice because of the close ligament ‘between the tenets, ‘WAL WoTE: “The bet preparation forthe PSAT/NMSQT is toa challenging cous, read wide, waite quently and develop problem-solving sills both nthe ‘lastoom and through exrscrsclr act. These ae these babe that propre aden forthe SAT apd the AP Exam at wal for college sndeaeeeChapter 5 New Scores Mean More Information about Your Learning Oneofteinprtant canes ote eign te SA andthe PSATINMSOT ‘ns ean shit inthe als we. he redesigned SAT Sule of Asesmens| (SAT PSATINNSOT,PSAT 10, an PSAT 25) wl epoca tot soe seton sors tet scores ote score, and above These tended rovide sigh aout your ahevementand edn or calege and ceer ne fhe ether rl eta of he ep te SAT ad te nena PSATINMISOT hasbeen shit a the range of scores provided. Pir to ‘the redesign, the SA sale range from 60 to 2400, representing the com ‘ined els thes ection of thet: iit! Reading, Weng. and Nathematics. (The Esa score (SAT oly) was combine wth the ess on ‘the muiple-choice wong questions to prodacethe Weting section re) Eh scion core ranged from 20 o BU, Stdetsbecame cestomed to the range of umber, 60 to 2400, which as Ben the sae since 2008, 4 the Cllge Board toa o ake ony ater determining that ch | ‘lange would provide several beets fa al More Scores Illuminate More Insights into Learning ‘Wher the forme veron ofthe SAT provided scores frre elgoiet — Cet Reading, Weng and Matberatis — te redesign provides wider ray of cores. These nla total sae to section sores for Evidence ‘Based Reading sod Weng and for Math; three stores; wo cot scores and seven subscoes on eateries thio the subject Score forthe optional Easy wl be reported eps “The toa corel be the most commonly wsed umber asoclated with ‘he SAT. The tl sore wl age fom 400 to 1600. This sore wl be the ‘adaone wl poesm ofthe coe onthe Bvidenct-Baaed Reading and Wing seton aod the Mah section, Of the 154 ton in the entire exam (not counting the nny questions ae onthe Resding a the Wiig and Language Tests tn 38 ques ae onthe Math Test. Section sores for Evidence ated Heang and Weng nor Math wi ‘eseprted on «sale fom 200 to 900. The Evidence-Based Reading sn ‘Waking section sore ie derive in eu measure fam the sores om the Reading andthe Weng and Language Tests, The Math setion score i Aleve fom the score on the Math Tes. ast acres il be reported on 2 sae of 10 to 40 fr each ofthe three relied tet: Reading Weting ab Langage and Math Crosetet sores — one for Analisi HstoryScia tues and one for ‘Analisi Science — ibe reprted ona sale of 10 40 and wal be thao on selected questions in the Reading Writing and Language. and ‘ath Tests that eet the application of eeding writing langage, and mah ls historical sade and scene contents. Subscors wil be reported on axle of 1615. They wil provide more ‘ected nrmation abou how yout doing pectic een of Mercy and oath “two subicres wl be reported far Weng aod Language: Expresion of Teas and Standard Englah Conventions. The Expression of ws ubicre wb based on question focsing ontop development organo, ae Tetra fective uve of language The Standard English Conventions {ntseore wil be based on sutton fusing on sentence irutre ge, fd puncation. ‘he Math ‘Tes wil report thre rbscres: Heart of Algebra, Problem Solving and Dats Anaya sod Paspor to Advanced Math. Hear of ‘Alasbes wlfocus on ner equtons a negates. Problem Solving ad Dts Analysis wl focus on quanstative reasoning the interpretation and ‘ths ofa and volving problems nich and are context, Passport {o Advanced Math wl fs on topes central to the ably of tent fo progress to more advanced matheratics, such as understanding he se- fe of expressions, oeoing wih more complex equations, and imerpet Ing building fetion. “heal two subscores— Wa in Contest and Commando rience — vn bed on questions in bth he Reding andthe Wing an Tanguags ‘Fata The Wind in Context questions wil ares wordphrase meaning in Contec and hetorcal word shoe, The Command of Evidence questions wa a you to nerpret and us eidence found ina wide ange of psogss ainfrmational raph, ach 5 raph able and char"The optional Hay wil yield three Kenay scores, one cach on three imensone > Reading: How ellos demonstrated yor understanding ofthe pasage > Anais: How wel you esa the pssye and cased othe ak of ‘planing theautbor othe pessage bls anargumentto persuade ss eticoce > Wig: How ily you rife your response “Two scotere wl ed each xt and assign score of to a each f the tre dimensions. Thetwo mtr oes willbe combined toyed Rending, “Avnlyis and Wing soe ech on asa 0f2 08. Thee sores wont be ‘ambi with ech ober oc wth cores on any ober part ofthe SAT Concordance ‘Because the redeigned SAT i diferent et than the pre-March 2016 ‘SAT, numer sor on one tet wil a be rly uae othe sare ‘numerical score on theater: The College Board will provide a concondance ect he pe-March 2016 SA and the redesigned SAT tht shows ow to ete sores ona tet o scores onthe ee, This wl be inert fo students who took the pre-March 2016 SAT, ast wallow clege ams ton ofices to extinate how thote students would have sted on the ede signed SAT had the then The concordance wal stadeats who oak the pre-Mch 2016 SAT to kep thee college applications complete and ‘p-o-date without having to taketh SAT. 1 addon to bing sted by cllage admission ofc, the concordance labo be impr fr K-12 elacatnes and counselors and for sade ‘nd patent eho hae een accustomed to thinking intern of the 60 10 2400 ang, @Frememeen Senate ra your eae on ‘erin ecg, rig ‘ey aero GF rememoerPART 2 Evidence-Based Reading and WritingChapter 6 Command of Evidence Despite important iezenes in purpose, top format, content and pe, wel dane pes of wring sil ave aot in common. Ahora al kids etn fo al sort of eazone mast make uae of epport — deal ext les, remons, fics gue, nd oon — top nake heir ene compel ng ther points cles andthe cms coon, “Tink or « moment sboutthe job of move director: Rs OK yo doit now the specifics general dea wi do. Move dicing ii ome ways ‘good parle to the wor hat writer do. Dict tel mers opens ‘whee stand, whether a shot as datance arp cote and how long Il» partolar shot Decors sto work wth ators on how to deliver ‘hel ies sd wha ysl actions ou. Mugg cote, st ting. septs — det fen hee ipt nt all ofthese very part fhe production must work together aba acer purpose if the project ito ‘esac Theses trac for good wring: very wd eer sete, sn every paragragh as ole to ply ia the veal et Undertanding ndcngabl to erplain those roles are pats of led eg, ad they among the many ipoctan sills tht he SAT giver you an opportu 0 demonstrate “The SAT aks you to psy tention to how authors ws apport in text that cover ange of bets and yes ae important way thatthe SAT oe hs by inlading question tht ak oa to ety the prt ofthe text hat provides the Bet evidence (eel support) forthe awe 0 smother question Yo alto be asked to make sent of iformation pe Seat ia graphic, such ar ables, graphs, and charts, nd to dew conne ions between that afmation and the inormaton presented in word You might be asked other sorts of lite question wel uch a ow he focus a piece of wetng cou be improved perhaps by deleting ie: ‘vat information or what oe pce of evidence ply in an author Your command of evidence wil be tested throughout mich ofthe SAT Inding the Reading Teste Weting and Language Tes, andthe optonal FFremenoen ‘ur rogue eae Sraomer ore aly eee ‘lige dine ere,PFrememsen Dea ssron eye ‘bd on sa ta PFrrememsen ‘Hay. Command of Evidence questions accompany ech Reading and ‘Welting and Language passage and contrite o 2 Command of Evidence core While youresponse othe Ey romp dou contute ths ‘abscor, itl sl all on you ll in understanding how an autho wes ‘sopport to make an argument civ What Is Meant by Command of Evidence? The Comand of Brdence category ncades quetions that foc on many ofthe maysin which authors ue sopport. These inde: > Determining the best evidence ina passage (or pa of pasa) for the anivert a previous question of the bat evidence fora speci conclaion Reading Tes) > ltrpeting dats presented in formation graphics (uch a abe, [paphs, and chr) and draeing connections between words and data (Reding Tes, Weng and Language Test) > Underandng how the author ofan argument set (or is we) evidence to suppor the cams eo he mas (Reading Test) > Revising passage to cli miners sengen supporto sharpen focus Wing and Language Tes) ‘Hsving a stong Command of idence i suo central to the sy. Your Analyse score on the Baty is bused in large parton how wel you cn ‘plan how the author of pssge uses evidence, reasoning, tlt Detrnsie techniques andor other mean to pemade an audience. Ten Reading Txt questions —two per psa o par ofpsge— conte tothe Command of idence secre ight Weng aed Language Tis qu ‘on — aga, ope passage — also entrbute tthe subse Although ot pr ofthe Command of idence slo, the say Anal scores toed heviyon le rested Comand af Evidence questions. Lets conider the ypesof questions nite more deta DETERMINING THE BEST EVIDENCE (READING TEST) Sometnes the Reng Test wl ak you a qeion and then preset you ‘th anoterquton that ak forthe best evidence” wo uppor the ane ou selected in espns othe ft uation Theat per han might seem at frst “ou shou begin by seading sd anewerlng the ret guestion othe best of rouraby The qsston wll en ask yout drew seasonal conduson inference from the passage. As you're reaching that concslon one ac, yout wing txt evidence, Textal evidence cn be as smple a ‘tl pace of information, sch a fet oa de, butt can alo be moe‘complex ach athe words an author wes tha signal ior he point of| ‘et onan fee Text evidence Kl you defend the aneer You might {Greta a teacher aking how you reached prtlerlaterpretation ofa te. ‘Consider the folowing examples: > “Ldhiok the uhor supports err abeing on fod because. "The narrator eens to fe sympathy forthe main character because." ‘Wit would fallow beau in ach of thee examples key tobe etal efdence the “how Tknow if partf theses. “Althtthe second question na pal of SAT Relig Test questions isang ‘jot dhe, ito mak exp wht youre aed doing when you sever ‘he ft question na ae Tyla. the second question il eset ou with four amps tom the psig, general sentence cach, nl ask you whi ‘ne provides the bt rides forthe anne the previous question. Allo ‘edo do gue out which one do the bet of ener the questa of “how now — note words, whlhone provides the est ext evence, could be that looking atthe choice nthe second question makes you reconsider your answer tothe frst one. Tht canbe OK. Maybe rereading ‘parca prs ofthepasiage made something eae than i had boon Defre or drew your ateton to crucl del you hada considered. While you dot want wo second-guess yourself ends, sometimes can ‘ea goo eno ethink an anover sed on new norton, ‘You may lo se question tht preset you wt aconcaslon leay drawn tndask yout determine which of the four never options provid the bert evidence from the pase for that conclusion, You can weal these questions Just ike the text eidence questions described ents, exept his ime ud havea daw the concusion yourelfina separate question. INTERPRETING DATA IN INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS (READING TEST, WRITING AND LANGUAGE TEST) Caran pstages inh th Reig Tes the Weng and Language PRACTICE AT “Tere scompanledby oor or motional pphies The gph Ktanasadomyor/eat ie whch ae ype rpc epee a8 Yn quan at cada in val em, arn scl apres. Onthe nao ty eating Te. yoo me beak tthe infrmation ne gap, ‘ain ga pte bet yn sry ln neal ed deseo betwen cers tm Selicwdbetconpenyar pong ctesdecdngwicherdanin te Sarasunene Tuan ret grab eye or node aputinde corinio eciedby i eahorst Gaye eayecrpmnn thepsnge One Wagan Language Ti you may bested ore telngtelnre es pasge ey coe an err inte wre nerpeaton of able ort» ot an eng oy plisea gus aceite Wal pvc gua ‘aons or subheadingsPractice ar © khanscadomy.org/eat verso on th Ros Seong and ome toe Paacrice ar (© khansendomyorg/eat eyo sey tng ts important to note ha these Reading and Weng aod Language gue: tions arent math questions in digit. You wont ned oad, sbact, ull or vide (nd you wat ve acest to callin) The qustons Instead ask yout “ted” grphls and draw colons, mach a8 you do ‘when You res and interpret writen et UNDERSTANDING HOW AN ARGUMENT USES (OR DOESN'T USE) EVIDENCE (READING TEST) ‘Being seo gue ou how an autor constucs an argument nan inert so hl needed for scces in college andl workforce taining programs — ‘onthe SATE Arguments eck convince ender listeners viewers) ofthe ighnes of on or more dais, or serton. To do hi, authors of trguments mak se of evidence, reasoning. and stylistic and persuasive ele- ‘ent, such wd imgery or appeal emoton tls tan support thai dams A reader convinced by an author eget my end up cng Inghisorrvew ona topicorbe persuaded tke a particular action, Argument ae a consistent pat ofthe Reading Test at wll asthe Weng, tn Language Tet andthe say), Rending Test questions hat focus on ev ence use mays you to identify what type of evidence a particle ator relleson most hewly (personal necdotes or survey ress, for example) to determine what evidence inthe passage supports a particular cla, oF to decide whether ew piece of information sch t= research finding) ‘woul strengthen or weaken an authors case Anajing an argument inlading ts use of evidenc, the main focus of ‘the optional Essay which we tur to momenta IMPROVING A PASSAGE'S STRUCTURE, SUPPORT, AND FOCUS (WRITING AND LANGUAGE TEST) ‘As noted exter the Weng al Language Tsk you to reve parages| to beter Incorporate information fiom graphics ato the text The ts asks yo tshow our command af evidence nother way wll You may nd {padding oc evting «topic tence to improve the dit and strc of 1 psiage You may alo ado revise suppoting mater suchas descrip ‘Sonoran example, to make the writer aim opin more rob ther questions may ask yout thinkabout whether adding, esing or removing = patio sentence would improve orb the foci of crn parapaph the passage a whol. The element that these Weng and Language ‘questions (ong with question abou nforaional papi) havein com ‘on tht hey require you to think abou wa writer develops tople ough balding eins or ois.ANOTE ABOUT THE ESSAY ‘oe optional Eas ee score ae wot combined with cre onthe mi racrice ar plecoice portion ofthe SAT and thus dat coatute tothe Command of thanaeademy.og/ast rence subscore. However ase mentioned before the eof theta on| the Esty ito aaa an angutent od to explain how the nthor ull the argument to persnde an adence though evidence, reasoning, anders liste or prssivecaments (or ote element yo ent. The man foc ofthe Esay— andthe foundation fort Anal score ~ ig therefore, ery uch in keeping wth the notion of showg of your command af evidence In th broad sense. Reedring a rong Anal soe regres making we of many ofthe sume sl cll on bythe Command of Bidence gusto 00 ‘hemp choice Reading Test nd Wing and Langge Tes, CHAPTER 6 RECAP “The Command of Evidence ubscoron the SAT based on ution fm ‘both the Reading Tet and the Weng and Language Tet. Thee questions tre designed oe whee you understand how sthors make of nfo. ration and ideas develop and suppor thelr dans and points ‘oul find thee yes af questions on the Reading Tet that ret com mand oevidence. They are 1. Determining tho best ovdence: oul be asked to Sure out which ua passage ofers the strongest support fo the anaes to another ‘question or for eaduion tha the question provides. These oes of «questions accompany every passage on the est. 2. tnorpretig data presented in nfrmatona grphles: Yo beak to locate particular ifomation a table, raph, chart, nd the Hk Ara concsons fm sich dit anor ake connetons between the haan the iformatio nd easns pasage There sor of gestions company elect pssge on the et nl soe passage onthe tet inde papice 3. Understanding how an argument uses (or dosen't ue) evidence: Yel based think about how an author make (ofa to make) se of sporting information, ich a ets, gue, nd quotations, 0 develop lina, Thee sre of questions accompany elect passges on the test — thse that stake ou one or more calm and ask tome those clans conning through the we of evidence, resoning and stliticand persuasive ements.‘oul find to types of questions on the Wing and Language Ts ha ‘sire command of evidence, They a 1. ntopeting data prosented In tformations! graphics: Youll be Asked owe dats in tables, graphs, charts, and the lke when youre sevisag passages to make the pasage mre accurate, den presse, of Convincing Thee sorte of uetons accompany set pate the ‘eta onl some passages onthe tet inca graphics, 2. Improving a paneep's stuctur, support, and fous: Youll be ake to rei pases to male thor cent es sharper; a or revise soppotng information seh ae ts, gues, nd quotations and a, reve ole information thats irelevanto hat ust doen belong, sta priclar point inthe passage These sorts of questions accompany eal every patage on the test. Although not contributing othe sbscoe the optional says ery much shou command of evidence, tak centers on anling how sn ator bails an argument to persuade an audience. To do well oa the Essay — especially in terms of geting a strong Analysis sore — youl have to ‘conse how the author we evidence, rezoning, yiic or pera ements, or other technlguestoinuence readers. ‘As yousppouch ll ofthese questions ad tak, ol want think ikea sathor. Answering fr youre ch quston "Wht pins the autor ty ing to make and “What sporti the passig ap [fn for my interpre ‘lon? and How eleva es inoeion fo the page tx whe i tcl geting stong Command of rence subse othe SAT.Chapter 7 Words in Context Relevant Words in Context ‘You may have already seen reference in other parts ofthis guide to the REMEMBER concept of voevant words and phrase in context. This concept reflects shit forthe SAT. Inthe past the SAT rpclly tested vocabulary by asng quessions that ore very tle context fen jst a sentence or) and sometimes assessed the meaning of words and phrase thet sre somewhat obscure and ualieyt be encountered by eudene a thi reading or classroom dlscusions- Ia the redesigned SAT, youl til se 8 umber of questions about th meaning andi of word nd phrases, but| ‘het questions wl lle eed in mtparagaph passages, ad the words and phrase ose on wl be nes tha ae emportant ord’ in many abject res. “These changes have important implications fr how you pepae foe the redesigned SAT. Having quetonr about words and phrase etd in ‘extended posages mens that there be more contexts to draw 08 to determine meaning and to gue you in waking choices about which word or phrse to sein particular wring ston alia meas that ‘he meaning and ws of thee words and pass wl depend moe ew ‘han Beto oa hag contest sper won hice. The emphasis ofthe redesigned SATS vocabulary questions on word and phrased uli quently in challenging reading in vio ejects meas that oul be thle devote your tenon to acsuirng knowlege of wade and phar, hate} be of we oyu thoughout our academe crer std of focusing on Ycabary thet yu ull ta encounter sain er aking theta let conser the kind of words and phrases tht ae tested on there signed SAT and then bey examine the sort of Wor ia Content gue ‘ons youl find on the tt Thera SAT wow te ee warns tug cones and beyond.‘ordrphewes pate sg PRACTICE AT (0 thanscedemy.ora/eat High-Utility Academic Words and Phrases “The redesigned SAT fase on what might bead "hgh-oityaeademic words and phrases” This ye of vocab the Kind tht you cao din «wide ange of challenging resdings cosa ange of subjects You may for ‘eample, come acros the word revi? — one of thet high-ly c8: demic words— ina number of diferent pes af txts You could id i ‘nore in which the main characteris yg to rest, orld in check, his emotions you cold abo ind in oka ies text dcsing how cebaroes ca be used a esta il, wade mong ations (Note 0, hw the pei meaning of “esta” yates to sme extent based on the content in which he word appears) ‘As the above example soggets highly academic words and phrases tre diferent fom oer kinds of oeabulry you know and wil eenunter| in ecoo and Wie. High-uity academic word aod phate sec ce sary used frequently n casual couvestions, Ifyou already know the oomon mennngs of word such ae resin” is probably Beene you tithe learned ty ean ot rom vocabulary eons ia aod High ly aeademic words and phrases are alo not the same thing a een alten. Words and prac sch atom as? ac? and isotope” ‘may sound ke they to the category of bigh-uty academic words ‘nd phases, What make thse ter te erent tha they genealy onl edi partclartype often and conversations — ia thi case read: ings about and discussions of scence This dest mean tha these terms ret worth owing ~ far om t— bt it does mean tain some sense, they oe le weft no than words and phrases that cas be fd i many difret types of eadngs and thoughtful conversations, Since the SAT anand shoud ey ttt eerythng the College Board has cho sen wo focus on high-utlity academic word and phrases because of thelr 1st power in unlocking the meaning of complex tet that ye isto Corot high choo nd posaecidary comes Words in Context Questions ‘Queton inthe Words in Conte category atk you to conser both he rmenning tnd roles of wend and pre they ae ed in ptr ‘sagt Yous be ake to think about how ome ngage se more ‘ecive Thee questions focuron the llowing els > Interpreting words nd phrases in context (Reading Test) > Azalying word choc hetoially (Reading Test) > Making ectve se oflanguage(Wetng and Language Test)"Ten Reading Test quostions — two pr pasag; «mix of questions about word/phrae meanings and ehtorial word choice — contribute to the ‘Words in Content sbscore. Eight Weting and Language Test quetons — ‘pi, per passage ~ alo conte tothe ebcoe these ight ques ons wil cover a range of ls, from making text mor eee concise ‘omslatsning syle and tne combining sentences toate more tote ingle sentence. Let consder each ofthese nee ain types mre fal INTERPRETING WORDS AND PHRASES IN CONTEXT (READING TEST) ‘A mumber of questions onthe Reading Tat wil requ you to Bure out the precise meaning of given word of phrase bas as how if used In | parila passage. “Precis san portant qualifier hers, a youl gener lly be asked pik ou the moe appropriate meaning for «wr or phrase ‘ith more tan one dctonary defen, Remember, we ated eats that ‘context was more important in veabuar ieton onthe redesigned SAT ‘han was previo the case The extended context — up to and lading an ene pasage — gives you more cto meting. bat youl have ke goo use of those clas to decide on which of the fered meanings makes the mot sense ven paige. Here an example Think bout the word “intense which prety god ‘spesenttveofhigh-lityacadem weds nd phrase, Maye you as ‘nt his word with emotion orate a In “Hea intense person? or ‘sips wth determination asin “Shedd vomentense studying in onder to do ello the quiz” However nether of these git matches haw “itn ‘suse nthe following excerpt from s onger ase. In this ase, “intense s more about degre: the clstesing bs. inno ‘on, and productivity i according tothe sto Hl tobe dsr, omar concentrated In eve large cite and ty rpans inthe coming decades ‘Wille pir knowledge of wht "ntense” ten means could be afl here Pracrice ar (© thanscadeny.org/a ten Reng Tt ar ‘otomedord orp ks Practice ar (0 thanscademyorafeat ‘Novo sae ato ‘orate repace arePRACTICE AT 0 khanacademy.ora/est ‘he ont ane eae he youl als have to read and interpret the context inorder to determine ‘acl how the word beng usd in thie ANALYZING WORD CHOICE RHETORICALLY (READING TEST) ‘ther Words ia Context questions on the Reading Tet may ak yout ire tuthow te athor particular choice of word phase, or paten of words for phaser nfiences the meaiog tne and sl of pasa. Smet, these guetons del with the connotations or association, het certain ‘words and phmses evoke. Consider how yo (es thar) might dsebe someone who wast accompanied by other people Saying tht person ws "alone more o lest pointing ot fat. To syns hatha per on was “oliary” offers» stronger sete of olson T instead call hat eon Yorlr” or even “abandoned” goes et stepfather in casting the person separateness na prtiulag, negative way. Deciding which word or ree ingen content ers jut he ight avo i somehing that good thor doa the ne understanding the ects of such word choi onthe tudience how restr mood a te oF shapes mening ~ issomething ‘hat th Reading Tet illo equ you toda MAKING EFFECTIVE USE OF LANGUAGE (WRITING AND LANGUAGE TEST) ‘Wii the Reading Tet sks yo to nterpet how authors use words and pray, the Weng and Language Tet cll on yo tome those Kinds (of decison yourself as you revise passage. Quetions shot effective lan {age eae varied Sone questo ay present you with lngiage hat ‘wordy ot redandant, and yout hae to choose amore cone way of con ‘eying the sme en without changing the meaning Other questions may ‘uk yout choot the os pesee way to sy something othe mos pp Plate wy o express an ea in given content sar to the Realng ‘eats quentons aboot analysing word cole, Sl ether questions ray the you pick out the word o hae that does he bet job of masa Inge tle or tone ofthe passage f continuing particular linge ter, sch a epeaing the ame worde fo empl In thee care, You ght ave to replace informal language with a more formal expres (ot ‘ce vera. depending on the spe and tone of th overall passage, or decide ich option mos efiecteycotiouesa pater lendy etblabed i the espe (ich athe wy several sentence inthis paragraph began wth the iden of gaeton”). Yet oer questions may requ you combine ‘whole sentences or pat of two of tore sentences to make choppy ot reptitve sentence ove more smoothly ot accomplish some other goal (each as placing emphasis on an acon ther than on the person perform ingestion)"sort noting hee hat tee language ws queton rtd abut yammar, sg, or mechanic. Tho ses ae adresed i her ue ions onthe est Instead these queso ty opty to think abou bow language should be usd to accomplish particular wet ams, such ing lero more prec oF more economic CHAPTER 7 RECAP ‘The Words in Context subscore on the SAT Is based on questions fam ‘both the Reading Tet nd the Weigand Language Tet Thee gustan sre intended to determine whether you can figure out word and phrate ‘meanings i context and how authors se words and pases to achieve specie purpose "There arto type of questions onthe Resin Tet ha adds words in conten They ate 1, tmerprating word and phason context: Yl be asked ode ‘onthe precise meaning of partir word and phrase a theyre od {conte Thi wil ply involve considering various meanings of ‘rods and phates and picking onthe one that most lel matches how the word or phrase wedi the passage: These ot of queiont secompany mrt pstageson the te. 2 naying word ele theo: Yul be ase to thnk bout how 1m autho chlceof words and phrases lps shape mening, one, nd syle hese sort of queions accompany el paste on the tt oul finda single main type of question (and several sbtypes) on the Wing and Language Tet that dresser words in context. In stone about elective language we yoll bashed to reve passages to prove ‘he precision and coco of expeession; ensure that he spe andor tose ofthe pusage ae appropri and combine sentences or at of eee tocahance flow or toachieve some oer purpose uch sepia) These sor of questions accompany evry psig the st. Wie he specie format of Won in Context questions varie within and ‘between the Reading Test andthe Wilting and Languge Tet ll ofthe ‘qurstons as yout conser the same kinds of cr aot agg tht pod sthor routinely make. As you spprosch each questo, youl want ‘amine he nuances word and phrase meuningr nd conneitions ew th lmpact tht paral word, pace, or ings pater ily 0 ave on the ede, Pracrice ar © thanacademyorg/eat Shee worsen phsee ova corp ou Thon cont be coursed @Frememsen Anaying wor oo aa anChapter 8 About the SAT Reading Test ‘Wiateer your postsecondary plan, edng wil be central pat ofthe. Bren acter forms of eda such a audiovsal orate, have guinea Important and valle place ection, the wet word ean wal toon conveying information ad idea Wheter your taking corse ia ‘erature, histor, phys of accountng, your ability to read and under stand tet — afte rey o wally on your owt — wl beet doing ‘ella the clas. The SA Reading Test designed tastes how ey yo sretoead and interpret the very nd of ats you iyo encounter ‘allege and ere. ‘he passages (reading sections) on the Reading Tes vary in pers, par ot, subject, and complet inorder oases Your sil in compechend Ing dives range of tet ike thse yal come arose a many iret postsecondary courses. Te Red Test wil als inl a pair of rite sages, wt same questions aking you to dre connections between he two selections. Some passage wil al nla oe or more information| papi, sacha tbe, raph and chars and youl be expec bo o understand those graphics and to link the iformton conte i them ith nformation fund inthe usage ‘oul be answering qustions that dea with bth what tated and whats npn these texts that what aun syed wha they sg tbat dart come ght ota sn expire questions deal with the Information an eas ia pastage whe others foci om tts, parpose andthe raf of weg stl other ask you to dae connections Between | us of relate passages or between pasage anda infra gapic or gphlcs As group, sequins ee you to we the sme soc of doe reading sl yearend singin Your high shoo cates and that te nptat to haven order tobe ccs nal ore ao wrk fore tesining programs “The esto this chapter inn overview ofthe Reading Test. Adonline ‘mation abou the question types cab fond nthe net three chapter PrememoenPRACTICE ar (0 tanacademyora/eat tao oe mets = hoy {heros pes esmn essge ram ales sbt Reading Test Passages ‘The passages onthe Reading Tet ras varied a those yout ealng now for your high choo case Some ae eriy Innate, while other are rial infrational. Tey ier in parpoe ax wel Some ll story. ‘hilar share information explain proce or cancep Fr to cone ‘ince yout acept or do something, They alo cover a wie range fsb jects Some anges you may Sind parca challenging. wile ter are ‘ote staghforeard In adon, some pages are paired, while others se secompanied by one or moriformatinal gph Hee ae some of they fstares of Reading Tes passages > Genre: The Reading Tex Ickes both erry and informations -psssages. Ltarypassge ae primarily concerned wih ting ato, recooing an event or experience, or relectag onan eno concep. ‘On the Rending Test the mln erary pstage i = fon selection, sthoghotberpasiagesmay also ve trary ements suchas fguratie Tanguage or imagery lftatiooal pssges a the name ips, are ‘mot cocered with conveying information snd ies. > Purpose: Aste above, ome Reding Tet pases are manly focused ‘on tling stay, recounting an event expres or eecing om 22 exo concept. Other pstges present new inormation and eas oF caplin a proces or concep Stl ther passages ae best described as guments Their oe convince rede otlleve something ort take some ort of ction though the se of evidence, resoning andlor slit and persosve tchnigue. > Subject The Reading Ts ncladespasogesin three major subjects: US and word err, historyeoia studi, and cence. tet sags are selections fn ci and mot een works of fiction by thor from the Used Sates and sroand the word. History/socil tudes pasages incade mdectons fram Sls such as economic, focilogy and poll scence, These pssages bo ince sletions ftom US. founding documents ep he Deca of Independence ‘andthe Getaburg Addr) and sia tet bout cand pita fe ween by autboes fom the United Sates and across the lobe Sclence passages deal with information, cones, and experiments in ‘he fd of eat cence, blog, chemistry and phys. > Comploty:Thereoingcalnge posed by thepssgeson het are. Some ptsiges ate relatively sghtorar. They nyo example hare ‘yer ler pe preset ful sal amount ofinformation, end use amar languge Other passages, by contra, are more complex. They hae miele of meaning such teal anda metaphor loved, reise sade to flow» compicated eis of event and ake ve ofan an iva sete inportan to notre hat ‘och adminatration of de Reding Test as solr ange of pasagecompen. you souls wre about geting tt that as nothing at high complex pases) Chapter 2 acndes cxamples flow igh complet pases ogve you ene othe send of cally oullsee on thee “Teo othe fst of psags re important wel, > Pa pasage: Fach version ofthe Reig Testncadesa psi ofrdated Informational pass. These use arn the sae tpi interact th one anther in someway. The may for stance, present diferent expctives or pains on the tap th theft psp aking one Poston onthe sj andthe send psge noe: ner ses he ‘wo pssiges mys conan dfs iafrmaton on the sue ape ‘Onemay ea general overview fr example, wie the ther zeros in on fone paras element. The et of questions wil ak about ach pssge spate ax la abou both pases ogee (More on how) » Inlmatonal apie: Some pasagis ince one or more tables, raph chars and the ke that czrespnd othe tpl othe psp, ‘4 waphic may. for istance, dplay the rests of an expeeinent described inthe pase. Questions mays you to local information In the grphi, daw reasonable codsion aboot the dt, or make «connetonstetween the graphic nthe passage Graphic appear lag th one ofthe historysoialstaier and one ofthe cece passages Allo the pssge on the Resing Test come frm previously published, igh quality sources, so youre geting a chance to ead some ofthe best lig and thinking out there. While yu'e not likely to forget that youre taking test while reading the passages oar hope that youl ind ‘em interesting and engaging and maybe ltt thing or from them sel Reading Test Questions Now lt shit the kinds of question ol ome arose the Reading “et Allo them wil be multiple chole, easing tit youl be set ‘he option that best answers the questo. To thi, ol want fo conier whats stated and implied Inthe pase (or passage pal), slong with any ‘dina mater sch 2 able or ep), and dvide wich ofthe fut ‘hoices makes the most sense. The getion low somehing of mtr fret. Yul nd questions bout he passage aa whole — Quins boat the main de or pata af ew for expe — ery on in each st while quetons about speci parts of the passage come late, Quetions about phi and questions inking pled pases typical come ner the end ofthe sequent, The question are meant ob ke thse tha youl ask or answer in ale serous discussion abou text. Think ofthe Kinds of guesions youl Be @F nememoer Seeman@Frememoen (Sandan seated ppc ‘PF rememocn ‘ema of saponariny ‘tt a on your turd none tei ono sere tab srt not apy tee ond Sago sions, eh ‘moraten ureter seo conse in you favo, most engaging class, and yout have the oneal Kes of what in store on the Reading Test The questions art Intended en be ky or tev hough some wl be quite changing ard lee crf eng and thinking You sy Sod use to skim the questions before reading each passage (r paste pal), but thi is n0sob- ste for ata ending the passages and raping with thee coten ‘swe sd the question ares meat to be tricky but they are designed 1 ‘etermine whether ye reading closely nd maling reasonable interprets tions so expect iosresome anew chokes that may see right tt Your preconceptions but hat dot match up with what as author saying “The questions so often select he speci sot of passage yout reading, A literature question may ak yout think boot plot oe character, Bat aS ce question wn inten, el ak aout things suchas hypoteses an Cxprimentl data, Although thes pasiges ae taken from texts on va tus suect the gusto doit direct your background knowledge of the speci topics covered Alla the ifomaion youl ned to answer the ‘etions an be and inthe pstge theta (orn any supplementary ‘materi such a gph oc otnate) Reading Tet question flint the gener eategres(1) Information and eas (2) Rhetoric and (9) Synthese. The questions west be labled this rayon th tert andi ot ria that ou understand olf the dileences, UAbrieexplaation ofeach ctegory, tough shoal lp you ge Sense ‘of what youl encounter what knoe ad sil ae cofered, and how ‘ter to prepare forthe tet > nfrmaton and Mes: These question focus a cos crf reading (ofthe page and oc wha the thor saying. I thee sorts of ‘Het youl sted toe tated snfomation, make reasonable Inference and apply wha youve ead tantbe inarsitanion You also be sed oie out the best evidence nthe ts fo the answer to acter question or he best apport fora cndasion ofeed inthe ‘queton a (This concept wa node in Chapter 6) You ls Fave to detemine th cet eas and theme of psiages, summariae lnortnt information, and understand reonhis(ntding cause snd, comparisn-coatast and sequence), Oter questions wil ‘ak out nterpet the meaning of words and phrase 8 hey are wed {n prclac poszage (The concept was introduced in Chapter.) > Reto: These questions tke 8 aierent approach, focusing your Meson on how an athor pts together ext and ow the various ‘lec conribte tothe wae text Youle asked to tink abut owe ‘authors word choke shapes meaning tne nde. Yu alo be ‘eke cones how the tet isrutured and wha purposes varios rts (sich at «panic detal) play. Understanding the author's point view and purpose sao part of thi category, sate questions thou th cms, reason eridence ad tic and pereasve devices(such as appeas to fear or emotion found in argent. The common ‘read yng hese questions together thelr fc on the autorscraf Instead of thinking about the sur mesage pre, youl be esd {0 think about hw the author construc of hee text to make mesa clear normative or convincing > Srithsts: Unlike question in the other two ciegoris, Synthesis ‘questions only accompany certain pusaps, Tey come In to Il forms, Some Syathnis questions ask you to daw connections between pir of passages For example «question may ask how the suthor ofthe ist passage would most ely eit to lain mae by the autor ofthe second passage. It ight als ask ou something more genera such as how the two passage at sna o diferent Jn conten, form, sve, or perspective. Other Synthesis questions ‘sk about an Informational graphic. Hes, fr example, youl have to finda partial plece of dat, gure xt which conlsion Is the ‘ost reasonabl given a cetan set of esto ty or integrate Information fom table wth the information an ideas found i the asap ite, "These categories are dicated nos lla Chapters 9 1 ‘The Reading Test in Overview Having general sense ofhow the Reng Tt pt gether wll you toprepare fo the tet and pace ourself dering the est sl > Toul Questions 2 > Tal Time: 65 minutes (on average, « minate and 15 seconds per GF REMEMBER peo ict of pg eng ti) riety > Nombre Fors psa rtonepuicfpmmges een ta aa > Pasa Leng 001750 wos ao 3250 words Stestonon mn IEtmporent oop ma tt > Pasuge Subj: One US and world Iteraure pase, tro history? Yooper ine eating the ‘octal passages (one in oc acne and one fom a US, fo poms gw founding documeat or tt in the Great Global Conversation), and wo HEN, scence passe > Puage Compleiies A defined range trom grades 9-10 1 eal postsecondary > uations per Paige 10 It > Scores In dition oan rel et score the questions onthe Reading Test contrat to vartoar acres the flowing ways Command of idence (Chaple 6)1 gusto. to pepe — Wordsn Contest (Chapter 7) 10 questions two per pase sPRACTICE AT © anscedamyorgfeat ‘tog conscaing te ‘opel ings es ey be inven pages ore ity = Anata istorii Std: 21 quests al ofthe questions ‘on the a historyacl sds passages) -Aalyisfn Sclece 21 question (al ofthe questions onthe two {chencepssges) Not: Some Reading Test gueton dx cootrbute to ny of hee sates (just to the overall tt soe), and some istorysoci tudes and scence questo (uch as vocabulary questions) cotribut to two ofthese scores. CChaper 12 provides sample passages and questions to help you become ‘more faa with the Reg Test. Chapter 12 lo cotans explanations fortheanovers. CHAPTER 8 RECAP ‘he SAT Reading Test measures your sil in eng and comprehending texts cross wide range of genes, purposes abject, and completes. The suesonon the tt ae allmlipe-choce, ioe thos tha you encom {er na god cs dacsson, and cover three bac areas Information an eas, Rhetoric, and Sates Alf the questions can be answered ase om wat stated or imple inthe pastas and nay sapplementary mae tl provided, and no question tet background knowledge ofthe ope. ich tet nls one passage pi and wo pasoge (one in hsrysoca studs, one in scence) Include an informational graphic or graphics ‘herds ute a bi to cea onthe est nd so ae umber of questions ‘he length ofthe ts, however, lance bythe fatrs. Fst the pas sages, whe often challenging ar ik those ht yo probably lend ‘eading for your high chal cases, and they cover many ofthe sume sb eats wel Second the questions deal with Important aspects ofthe pat- ges athe than ri 0 you grasp the ete deas and ky dtl of cach page, youre molly odo wal ally enough ines provide (65 minates so that you shoud be abla aver the questions without alo ofrashingas long as you maintain good consistent pace and kep tack of the locChapter 9 Reading: Information and Ideas ‘As discos In Chapter 8, queston onthe Reading Test can be sorted Into one ofthe eategoris: (1) Informatio ad ens, (2) Rhetoric and (©) Symes hs cape isthe Gat ofthe to discus n more etal at ‘ors of knowledge and kl ae regen these questions, This chapter focuses onthe fst eager Information sd eas, Chapter 10 adda ‘Rhetoric questions. and Chaper 1 als about yess questions Thee the chapters wil use some ofthe sample qustons fund in Chapter 12, whlch incues addtional examples a well explanation forthe soswer tocach gusto, Information and Ideas: The Author's Message Information and Ideas question, as mentioned in Chapter 8 sk you | Shik careful abut the author mestage: To Interpet that mesg, youl ‘eed to consider both whats stated an wha imple in the passage (to recap: By ‘stated we mea the thing ta he suthor mentions diecsiy ‘dept such facts gre, and ethers of main points and ey etal. “pied by conta refers to what a ety sated but ate ie strongly suggested and can reasonably infeed) [ts now time to examine the speci sorts of questions that make wp the Information and dea category and what kids fells ad knoedge thes gueton expt of you ‘Questions in thi category ao sx mai ype > eating Closely: Dtrining what sae or imped in pssage and ‘plying what youve leaned from tone sa station Ging Tex! Evdene: Decking which at of passage best spore etter the anor to another oeston os gienconlsion > Determining Cantal Ideas and Themes: Understanding the maa Point) or themes ofa pssagePF remennen {ovvebang od abot nal eer ey td np eng at we scape tpg: Bg > Summarslg: Reognising an elective summary of «passage or of a part of pasage > Understanding Relationships: Draving connections (euch at canse- fc compsrizon contrat, nd sequence) between people evens, Ses andthe i passage > ntrreting Word sc Pines n Contant: Figuring out the rece meaning of picslar word or phrase ith wed ina passage eter each of thee sbeategois in tun READING CLOSELY Reading Closely isthe mot gener ofthe question types. on the Reading Tet Incade broad ange of ution that del with nerpeting wat author has ld expel or imply and spying tht information to ‘new conterts. You maybe aked to lost pot o dealin a pasa or to eich supportable condo o lnference based on whats been sated eco you maybe ake o think bout hw the iafrmation and Meas Inthe pase could be applied to another analogous as or station, The questions themes dn fellow a esl recogaized pattern, But Incach cae, yo have to ead attentively and eonsder what the author is tying to say diet or Inde. There a ln often one oF more ‘dues within the qeston tha hint a the kia of work youl ave to ‘dof the question weet “according tothe pasage’ water? “indats”™ ‘or something sna, sly that you shoud ook for someting sald ‘ally nthe text, On the other hand ihe question uses “based on the passage? “it can reasonably be inferred “implies” or the Hk, youl probably newt do at et some interpreting of he passage to gue out animplct mesa, (CITING TEXTUAL, EVIDENCE Questions in thi subcategory call on your sil determining which penton ofthe pasage provides the best textual eridence for the answer to another question or fora conclsion ofered ia the question Isle We dlcused these question in sme dtl in Chapter 6 which coved the Command of Evidence aubcor In that chapter, we talked ely bout the mitre of textual evidence in abort the nee othe question “How do "now i), bt the Ching Teta Evidence quton type comes p re een owe should lookat an example, Consider this brie excerpt from & speech by Congresvoman Barbra Jalan, who wis lcusing the nati andseroares ofthe impeachent ‘fa resient nthe US poli procs. The seatences tat arte focus of the fiat of to pied guests have bee highlighted here for convenience, but hey would be thi were rea test (The all passage loog with more thorough answer explanation, can be found a Chapter 12)“Theabove question our enn eet here, bt we eed comiderit bly inorder to make sere ofthe ses of the wo Guten The bet aver ‘eres hic ts he paragraph containing the ighighed sete, Jordan goer Alexander Hanlon, wh tls bout hw people "ride nto patie | ‘of thoe who oppose or spport impeachment (thos who ae "moee or es ‘en oral the acest" She then goer ono," dono me | opr in tht sense” Her she do a dtncson between somal soups of people — thse simply for and ant impeachment, as Hai ‘meant — and od poll parti, sch the moder day Repabn | snd Democratic Parts, The mostly eson Joan goes to hs wubb ase hs worried about being misinterpret Ths becores cer dew Inte ps, werese indices tn herve, impeachment sae be shout pre poli bat ather sot eros lt ofthe by president) + oaades. PRACTICE Ar © knanscodomyora/set non yore ado opin ‘nyt chor fe page Inco pei tort ‘Set contr comet‘@Frememoen ‘soon rei oo ‘avert pein gonston. ‘Bet how do we kaow cole A isthe bes answer? Thats where textual eri- ence comes in andifsthe basso the second question in the pal Before ‘lok thesetul question format, though, conler the flowing bref oottion ram the argr pase. Ak yours Which oe best supports ‘heanswer tthe previous question? “The ist ofthe four qutatons alls abou impeschent bat ther than tha, ie does ely ve anything cll to do wth he answer to the previous ‘qetion The second quotation abou kind of dvs, bat again, thas Title to do with he mater at hand. The fourth quotation meee at fea things Jordan els Congres should be concerning sel th “That eee the thle quotation Int Jordan cai tat whl a deseo Achieve politcal gol an led vee to waat to tart unpeahunent pro ‘eons against 8 prsdent the drawing of poll lines goes to the ‘motivation behind Impeachment, the proces i to rerous for that to ‘bea god bas fr such proceedings. lasted, impeachment should ony be sought ifthe president is ble to hae commited serious ofenst (Cant proce within the confines fhe conettutional tr high cee) ‘nd misdemeanors”). This hed quotation, the, serves as the Best ofthe ‘oar options ia wens of wal evidenceett oma this ing Tel vidence question ok ke the fling ach ofthese never hoe refers to an ofthe qutations present a ‘er, ony this ime pase fine numbers stand in fer the fll quotation. (he words marking he beiaaing and the end of he quotation rence to makeitenierto find the ines nthe pasage) ‘ov see questions ie this throughout the Reading Tet and you shold nd then deciding which prof the psig fers the est suport for hat nse We mental this ere, Chap 6 bat worth ot ot again: Hs OK to work on but ofthese qusos at ocean eer our answerto the fn queton afer you ea thew Sometimes ookng tthe ches the sean question vl lp yo eink our origina aver ‘othefre quo, ut don overtk ior congue youre to much, Ws possible youl se variations onthe ove format a well On example Is hen the questo sel provides conlsion stead of aking you o came up with tn your own in another ieston and sks you wc hole prods the bs supprt fo i This i fundamental the xe ort ‘f question asthe previous Ging Teta Bidence example ony oe rt istead oo pat qoston DETERMINING CENTRAL IDEAS AND THEMES Some qustons onthe Reading Test may’ ask you to gt ou wb the mala points themes of passage are. Thee two concept are very sm la although many people (and the Reading Test) tend reer terme” racmice ar spposch ech na snlar way: inding the bs aver tothe fst quion () khanacademorg/aat ton one sept Inpro yt ewer {otha prov una aar Pracrice ar Instead of "main when aking sbou the central message ofa teary Khanacademy.or/ast text In ether case, yout ypicaly looking for an overarching statement | tha sacl encapslts key polt the author eying wo eke Maia asad there ay be sated explicit o expecially n more challenging texts only imped. While “heme” questions tend to be only abot aps sagen whole, "main es” qoestons can be abou one or oe pasa or an ease pase. Generally, words sch “ain ix? “nn pot” “central idea? of “heme” lp signal te intent ofthe question, Because you ooking fo the ain es or hen), youtl want o avo picking a nse that al fs toa deta halo apart entice point the tutor makes Keyworth "main ea” ‘urpeperin te pssge‘Inst frat thi Ging Testa rdence question oaks ke the flowing adh of hte aver hoes refers to oe ofthe guatios preset ear le only this ne passage line mambers tnd in for he fll quotation. (ne wrdsmarking the belaning andthe end of he quotation re incaded tomate teaser to find he lines inthe passage) ‘Youle questions ke this thoughout the Reading Tet and you shld spose ech snr wa: nding the est answer to the fist question fd then dcdiag which part of the paste cfr the est sport rh nse, We mentooel this efor, Chap 6 but te worth pointing ot ‘gale: ts OX wo work on both ofthese questions one econier| our answer othe fi question afer you ea the wand Somos oolng tthe choices the second question wl ep yo ei our erga aver ‘othe fs queso, Ju don verti itor sond-gus youre to much, 1 pase youl ce vusistions othe ove format aswell One example ls when the question sel provides conlsion (stead of aking you to come up witht on your own in another question) and aks you wh shoice provides the best support oi Thi fundamental the same sot of quaston athe previo Ching Testa Pidece example oly iene ar instead ofa wo-pu question, DETERMINING CENTRAL IDEAS AND THEMES Some questions on the Reading Test may ask you to fgue out wht he ‘main pins o themes os passage ae Thee two concepts are 7s though many people (and the Reading Test) tend to el o "heme Insea of "ain de when talking aboot the central mesage of erty tex In ether case, yout yal looking fran overarching atement {hac sucintyeneaputes ake point the autor yg to mae Main ‘eas and themes ny be tated explly or expecially in mot challenging ‘exe only imple. While “theme” questions tend to be only soot a pa sage aa whole, oan” quetons can be about one o moe parse lov an entite passage. Generally, word sch “main Wen? “main pot? "eenral iden” ome help sgal the latent ofthe question. Besse youre looking forthe main ies (theme), you wnat o avo picking a ower that onl fre to dl or that alo apa the enti point the sth makes, Pracmice ar © anacadomyorg/sat ‘tng Toatl een anetons elo revit your nee racrice ar © tanscademy.ora/eat Keyword ch an a? ‘te ovrnaing pot prorat in th ps‘ert yourandersang ot Fremewoen SUMMARIZING ‘When you succtfilly summarize a txt, you've conveyed the most Important eas (general in the order pesnted) without sing your own imerpeation or nclading minor dts Although the Reding Tes dost tuk yout creas your own summary ofa passage ora past of pase, ou ‘maybe ake o choose which ene of fur options ors the est sunray, for perhaps to ecogize where proposed summary falls sort (aye tec naceurt in some way or includes extrancous tals). These tors of gbestons ene ase soe form of the word "summary" a che tote purpse UNDERSTANDING RELATIONSHIPS Some question o the Reding Test may sk you to determine the etion- tip bebwen poops des evens nd the in pages These questions tend flint on of ree yes > Cavs-mdotet: Undrtanding how one thing cased another to happens offen sie by word such as "becuse rence” > compatson contrast: Understanding howto things are snr andor Arenson signaled by words sucht "moe andes" > Sequnos: Undentanding the oeder in which tags happened: fen ‘Sale by words such asst “ast “before and “er” "Ths sot of aestionscan be found wthall ypesf passages, You may. fo ample be to determine soqunce when figrng ot what happened aod then a pasge ot novel which ep came frat na science exper- rent. snot previo, Undertnding Reloads questions wllofien te words that ogg the Kad of ltonship you looking for: Thi rea ona ay be ected or you may havea ner to aformtion Inthe passage INTERPRETING WORDS AND PHRASES IN CONTEXT We tle abou Interpreting Words and Phrases questions in Chapter 7, hich del with the Word In Context sbicore These questions ask you {o dtermine the prec messing os particular word rps sis sed ina pusage You again be ofl fur anor options one of which most loa aches howthesthor wing the word phate Remember from ‘ur pero dco of "inten in hap 7 Dat hese tested words ll ‘fen ve male dtonaydefitons, mening that you cat ly solely ‘on your vocabulary knowledge Haring» broud vosbulary can be hel tut yet have think abot how the word oe pra being sed nt tcl cave, king this ending tv ‘Anugh thee ae sme varios Itrpeting Words and Pras que ‘on pill come the format of Asad in inex, aed phrase ‘mos early mena? where xa line inthe pauage and word or Presthe ested vocaalry. Of, you can ty subatting each anever cholce In the eleva sentnce ofthe passage o get a beter dof which choke ‘mals the moat sense. Note, bowers, that snp edith seiece con taining the word or phase itary enough you mayne to conde ‘large portion ofthe text ~ mug sentences othe surounding par ‘aph —o ven the pase a whol to confi the latended mening CHAPTER 9 RECAP Information and Kes questions are, at her, questions bout he meage the autor i tying to conve: Qoertone ofthis ype wl ak you to ead lore oct tert evidene, to detersine cent ideas and theme, 0 summarize ouderstnd rstonships, and to tnteprt word and phrases Incontex In some cases, teaver can be found word forward (ar ely so) inthe pastas but Dace the Heading Tet lo atest of You soning sills, oil en have odo much ofthe work youre by making soppotable frees and drawing ogi conctsions,Chapter 10 Reading: Rhetoric Rhetoric: The Author's Craft “The word eto ares seer meanings yon may know —epecily ue involved speech or date, ae cmon defnton petaps the ‘best now today. “Toy and dahonest language” Tha meaning i often sncitd wth pronouncement by poltcin who ae sch aug words to dodge controversy. hide thee ue pion or prop up 2 weak argument, “hefict ha words such a empty” o "mere flen precede "ttre sts thatthe em basa negative contain for many people “Rhetoe however hs another, broad, mot postive meaning an that 1s "hes of wating ar peaking” Rhetoric inthis see ttches back leat to Arist and the ancient Gres who helped make retro mal practic with define rls and conventions It inthis second eee that the SAT ses the an kta qetone onthe Reng Test ies ‘now well you understand the choles that authors aks in strctring and Anataing word cole: Understanding how an autor select wd phres and langge patent nfloence mening, one and se > Anatyaing text suet Describing how an author shape and organs ‘text and ow the prt fhe passage contrat tothe whole text. > Anatzing pat of ow: Understanding the pint of ew or enpectve from which passages ar told ad ow that pinto ew o perspective aft the content and tle of the pasage > Ansizng purpose: Determiningthe main hetoil im ofapassge a prt ofthe page char paragraph > anatyaing argument: Examining the clans coutecaln ressniag and eidence an ator usin an argunent ‘We consider each ofthese sabctegoit inthe ecto that fallow. @Frememaen ‘arsine dy ‘Slcrrimerance tocar, ‘romering ate uo,Pracrice Ar 1 inanacademy org/sat hein ut tiene or verb nowy ‘remains, nto PRACTICE AT (© bhanacedomyora/sat ktyoutuarte sce ‘nin spent fe ‘moe the wha Tone he Erect th peste te “how extractor uns ANALYZING WORD CHOICE ‘Questions ebout soayzing word choice are — wth Information and ‘eas questions about interpteing the meaning of word and phrases in ‘contest — key elements ofthe Word a Context sbscre, which was ds ‘osved in Caper. conte to vocabulary questo, Analping Word ‘Choice question oases on definitions nd mare onthe meter ipact that particule words, phates, and angeage patterns (such as repetition) ‘have onthe meaning, 7, ad tone of paso. Whether no standan hrsing to thee typeof ution, they generally al out etn words, hres or entences and ak you consider the purpose, ec or impct ofthe lingsage ANALYZING TEXT STRUCTURE “Text strate quetonon the Reding Ts come int basi forms. One ind wil ak you to caracterie in ome wn the overall structure ofthe pase In ew ees, this maybe a spe asjuseecognzing the basic forgoing principe ofthe pase, such as cuse-and-fect, sequence, for prblen-sluton. 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