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** practice for accuracy first (regardless of time), then build efficiency (accuracy + speed) | ** practice for accuracy first (regardless of time), then build efficiency (accuracy + speed) | ||
== | == General strategies & approaches == | ||
* unlike on the Reading section, for the Writing section students are advised to review possible answers ''before'' reading the text | |||
* unlike on the Reading section, for the Writing section | |||
* speak punctuation to yourself while you read | * speak punctuation to yourself while you read | ||
* click EXPAND for an example | * click EXPAND for an example | ||
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=== | === Test & booklet formatting === | ||
* you will note that the Writing test will use page space in order to separate sentences or paragraphs across pages | |||
* you will have to flip pages back/forth to make sense across paragraphs and sentences | |||
* frequently, the SAT test will add graphs which will separate sentences and paragraphs by an additional page | |||
** or questions regarding the graph will be on a different page | |||
* the Writing section lists most possible answer A's in the text itself and are marked "No Change" | |||
** students can be fooled by the inline placement | |||
** so it is advised to ignore the possible answer while reading the text and consider it equally as you would the other possible answers | |||
* possible answers are only as <u>underlined</u>, so be careful to identify if punctuation is included or not in the underlined section | |||
=== Using titles === | |||
* Writing section passages do not have introductions | * Writing section passages do not have introductions | ||
** therefore, passage titles are the only direct statement of author purpose or thesis | ** therefore, passage titles are the only direct statement of author purpose or thesis | ||
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* x D) title is about children's education not history of illustration << so eliminate | * x D) title is about children's education not history of illustration << so eliminate | ||
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== Elimination strategies == | == Elimination strategies == | ||