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

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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