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Go to [[SAT Reading|SAT Reading]] for more | |||
=== [[SAT Writing]] === | === [[SAT Writing]] === | ||
Revision as of 02:10, 4 April 2021
SAT Exam Prep
SAT Exam overview[edit | edit source]
SAT Verbal[edit | edit source]
SAT Reading[edit | edit source]
- SAT Reading Section Test Directions
- Students are to answer questions based upon:
- what is stated" in the text or graphs (explicit meanings, textual and direct comprehension)
- what is "implied" in the text or graphs (implicit meanings, inference, deduction, identification of author purpose and techniques)
- Students are to answer questions based upon:
- SAT Reading Test Structure
- Students have 65 minutes to answer 52 questions
- Reading test has five readings with 10 or 11 questions each
- = average 13:00 min per reading passage
- note: two readings contain 11 questions so may take longer
Go to SAT Reading for more
SAT Writing[edit | edit source]
- SAT Writing Section Test Directions
- students are to answer questions based upon:
- revising text for effective expression of ideas
- correcting grammatical errors, such as sentence structure, usage, or punctuation
- interpret graphs and apply to text corrections
- some questions will refer to an underlined portion of a passage
- some questions will ask you to consider a portion of a passage or the passage as a whole
- the correct answer “most effectively improves the quality of writing”
- correct answers conform to “conventions of standard English”
- students are to answer questions based upon:
- SAT Writing Test Structure
- students have 35 min. to answer 44 questions
- test has four readings passages with 11 questions each
- = average of 8:45 min per passage
SAT Essay[edit | edit source]
- SAT Essay section cancelled as of June 2021
- along with SAT subject tests
- SAT Essay provides valuable practice and skills for rhetorical analysis