SAT exam & exam prep overview

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SAT Exam Prep


SAT Exam overview[edit | edit source]

SAT Verbal[edit | edit source]

SAT Reading[edit | edit source]

  • SAT Reading Section Test Directions
    • Students are to answer questions based upon:
      • what is stated" in the text or graphs (explicit meanings, textual and direct comprehension)
      • what is "implied" in the text or graphs (implicit meanings, inference, deduction, identification of author purpose and techniques)
  • SAT Reading Test Structure
    • Students have 65 minutes to answer 52 questions
    • Reading test has five readings with 10 or 11 questions each
      • = average 13:00 min per reading passage
      • note: two readings contain 11 questions so may take longer

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SAT Writing[edit | edit source]

  • SAT Writing Section Test Directions
    • students are to answer questions based upon:
      • revising text for effective expression of ideas
      • correcting grammatical errors, such as sentence structure, usage, or punctuation
      • interpret graphs and apply to text corrections
    • some questions will refer to an underlined portion of a passage
    • some questions will ask you to consider a portion of a passage or the passage as a whole
    • the correct answer “most effectively improves the quality of writing”
    • correct answers conform to “conventions of standard English”
  • SAT Writing Test Structure
    • students have 35 min. to answer 44 questions
    • test has four readings passages with 11 questions each
      • = average of 8:45 min per passage

SAT Essay[edit | edit source]

  • SAT Essay section cancelled as of June 2021
    • along with SAT subject tests
  • SAT Essay provides valuable practice and skills for rhetorical analysis

Other Resources & Pages[edit | edit source]

SAT Math[edit | edit source]

SAT Math without Calculator[edit | edit source]

SAT Math with Calculator[edit | edit source]