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

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** social media and other technological challenges to modern society
** social media and other technological challenges to modern society
** libraries, academics, and information technology
** libraries, academics, and information technology
== Comprehending difficult text ==
=== reading skills practice ===
* break down complex sentences
** identify main clause (subject- verb)
** identify modifiers (relative clauses, prepositional phrases, etc.
** identify parenthetical phrases
** work on connecting multiple independent clauses and identifying the overall meaning of the sentence
* identify perspective shifts:
** when the author speaks for someone oneself
*** to set up an opposing argument for refutation
*** or to characterize an opponent's position
* identify and practice building context around transition words
** rhetorical questions
*** author speaking to the audience
*** challenging an opposite perspective/ claim/s
*** supporting author claim/s
* transition words
** for contrast
** for introduction of ideas
** for drawing conclusion


== Comprehending long or complex sentences ==  
== Comprehending long or complex sentences ==