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* read "actively" | |||
* get past "boring" | * get past "boring" | ||
** engage the text: think, repeat, go back, verify | ** engage the text: think, repeat, go back, verify | ||
** react to the text: "b.s.!", "oh yea!", that!", "no!!!", "yessss!" | ** react to the text: "b.s.!", "oh yea!", that!", "no!!!", "yessss!" | ||
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**** if you disagree with the author's perspective, fight back, as it will make you a more active reader | **** if you disagree with the author's perspective, fight back, as it will make you a more active reader | ||
** try to learn from the passage, it will therefore be more interesting and will increase comprehension | ** try to learn from the passage, it will therefore be more interesting and will increase comprehension | ||
* the SAT Reading test questions are designed to trick you | * the SAT Reading test questions are designed to trick you | ||
** 3 of the 4 possible answers contain an error | ** 3 of the 4 possible answers contain an error | ||
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*** how the text relates to a table or chart | *** how the text relates to a table or chart | ||
*** how table 1 compares to table 2 | *** how table 1 compares to table 2 | ||
=== Simplifying text === | |||
* replace an unfamiliar word with "something" and read around it | |||
* simplify instead of summarizing | |||
** summarizing means understanding everything you read | |||
** simplifying means isolating the core elements of a sentence or paragraph | |||
* simplify by eliminating unnecessary sentence parts and modifiers and modifying phrases | |||
>> ex. t.b.a. | |||
=== Timed test === | === Timed test === | ||