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'''SAT Reading section techniques and strategies''' | '''SAT Reading section techniques and strategies''' | ||
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** Fiction | ** Fiction | ||
** Expository/Persuasive | ** Expository/Persuasive | ||
** Social Science (academic) | ** Social Science (academic or journalistic) | ||
** Scientific (academic) | ** Scientific (academic or journalistic) | ||
** Comparison | ** Comparison | ||
*** historical primary source | |||
*** journalistic or editorial | |||
*** persuasive | |||
=== Fiction === | === Fiction === | ||
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=== Useful vocabulary for SAT Reading section comprehension === | === Useful vocabulary for SAT Reading section comprehension === | ||
* | * Vocabulary terms are essential not just for reading comprehension of passages but also of questions themselves. | ||
* Please see these entries on useful and important vocabulary for SAT verbal sections: | |||
** [[SAT verbal sections terms for effective test-taking]] | |||
* | ** [[SAT Reading section historical timeline & themes#Historical%20terminology|SAT Reading section historical timeline & themes]] | ||
* | ** Writing section skills & strategies category for more on | ||
* | *** [[Transition words translations|transition words]] | ||
*** [[SAT_Writing_section_techniques,_strategies_%26_approaches#Useful_vocabulary_words_for_SAT_Writing_section|Useful vocabulary words for SAT Writing section]] | |||
** SAT Reading section | |||
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** [[Transition words translations|transition words]] | |||
** [[SAT_Writing_section_techniques,_strategies_%26_approaches#Useful_vocabulary_words_for_SAT_Writing_section|Useful vocabulary words for SAT Writing section]] | |||
== Comprehending difficult text == | == Comprehending difficult text == | ||
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** video by Michael Bromley on simplifying a complex sentence from College Board Practice Test 10, Reading Section Question 15: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3M8G4SulCw&feature=youtu.be SAT Reading Prep breaking down a complex sentence Test 10, Q 15] | ** video by Michael Bromley on simplifying a complex sentence from College Board Practice Test 10, Reading Section Question 15: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3M8G4SulCw&feature=youtu.be SAT Reading Prep breaking down a complex sentence Test 10, Q 15] | ||
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[[Category:SAT Reading]] | |||
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