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* preview strategy will vary according to passage type | * preview strategy will vary according to passage type | ||
* transitions and chronologies organize a reading: pay attention to them! | * transitions and chronologies organize a reading: pay attention to them! | ||
* unlike your typical high school essay, SAT passages DO NOT follow the THESIS - EVIDENCE - CONCLUSION structure | * unlike your typical high school essay, '''SAT passages DO NOT follow the THESIS - EVIDENCE - CONCLUSION structure''' | ||
* instead, these readings more generally follow (fiction excepted): | ** instead, these readings more generally follow (fiction excepted): | ||
** background & introduction of the subject, problem, or argument | *** background & introduction of the subject, problem, or argument | ||
** review origins of the topic | *** review origins of the topic | ||
** develop the topic and how it was been understood, studied, or interpreted by others | *** develop the topic and how it was been understood, studied, or interpreted by others | ||
** author approach and testing of the topic | *** author approach and testing of the topic | ||
** draw a conclusion, call to action or summary of topic | *** draw a conclusion, call to action or summary of topic | ||