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 '''SAT Reading section techniques and strategies'''
-[[Category:SAT verbal]]
+{{New SAT test disclaimer}}
-[[Category:SAT Reading]]
-[[Category:SAT exam prep]]
 * see also:
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 ** Fiction
 ** Expository/Persuasive
-** Social Science (academic)
+** Social Science (academic or journalistic)
-** Scientific (academic)
+** Scientific (academic or journalistic)
-** Comparison (two expository/ argument passages)
+** Comparison
+*** historical primary source
+*** journalistic or editorial
+*** persuasive
 === Fiction ===
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 === Useful vocabulary for SAT Reading section comprehension ===
-* '''fathers/ "founding fathers"'''
+* Vocabulary terms are essential not just for reading comprehension of passages but also of questions themselves.
-** for historical passages, "fathers" refers to people who started or created a new government
+* Please see these entries on useful and important vocabulary for SAT verbal sections:
-** in U.S. history, "founding fathers" = the writers of the Constitution, or those who formed the United States government under it
+** [[SAT verbal sections terms for effective test-taking]]
-** in English history, "fathers" refers to any set of prior leaders who shaped the current governmental system
+** [[SAT Reading section historical timeline & themes#Historical%20terminology|SAT Reading section historical timeline & themes]]
-* '''hypothetical/ hypothetically'''
-** = an idea or situation that is not real but could be
-*** used to test a "hypothesis" or theoretical prediction or observation that has not been tested in reality
-** SAT Reading section uses it frequently for inference questions
-*** i.e., "''Given the hypothetical condition, then...''" = "''if this were true, then...''"
-* '''merely'''
-** = "only"
-** the SAT frequently measures student comprehension of this word
-** note that "merely" is different from "a little," "a few" or "few"
-* '''nevertheless'''
-** = "yes, but..."
-** used to accept a prior argument or statement, then deflect, negate, or contradict it.
-** for Reading section, transition words mark important statements an author wants to make
-* '''skeptical'''
-** = doubtful, uncertain of, seeing as unproven
-** a "skeptic" is one who doubts or questions the veracity of something
-** on the SAT, the word "skeptical" may be used to indicate a perspective of doubt
-*** ex., if the question asks, "Scholars are skeptical of the idea that people would behave that way"
-**** = scholars doubt people would behave that way
-**** i.e., use "backwards thought" or "inversion" to make sense of the question
-* see also
 ** Writing section skills & strategies category for more on
-** [[Transition words translations|transition words]]
+*** [[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_Writing_section_techniques,_strategies_%26_approaches#Useful_vocabulary_words_for_SAT_Writing_section|Useful vocabulary words for SAT Writing section]]
 == Comprehending difficult text ==
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 * see also:
 ** 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]
+[[Category:SAT verbal]]
+[[Category:SAT Reading]]
+[[Category:SAT exam prep]]