SAT Reading section techniques, strategies & approaches: Difference between revisions

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** simplifying means isolating the core elements of a sentence or paragraph
** simplifying means isolating the core elements of a sentence or paragraph
* simplify by eliminating unnecessary sentence parts and modifiers and modifying phrases
* simplify by eliminating unnecessary sentence parts and modifiers and modifying phrases
>> ex. t.b.a.
>> ex. from Official Practice Test 3, Question 4:
                                  Certain of her
acquaintances were wont to give her plentiful
admonition as to the undesirability of interfering on
behalf of a distressed animal, such interference being
“none of her business.


* "remove the noise" from the text by ignoring words you do not fully comprehend<br />
                            Certain of her
[somebodies] were [something] to give her plentiful
[something] as to the undesirability of interfering on
behalf of a [something] animal, such interference being
“none of her business.”
* simplify to:
Certain [people] give her plentiful [something] about
interfering on behalf of an animal, bc that interference
is “none of her business.”


=== Timed test ===
=== Timed test ===