Your Comprehensive Guide to the SAT

Table of Contents

1 - Introduction

2 - Critical Reading

3 - Math

4 - Writing

5 - Conclusion

SAT Critical Reading

Many people consider the SAT Reading Section to be very "tricky," and I would agree with them for the most part. However, tricky doesn't necessarily mean hard, at least not if you know the methods the College Board is using to make it hard. Like anything on the SAT, the best easiest way to conquer this section is to learn the question types, how to recognize them, and the steps to take to the right answer. Turn it into a process, the less thinking, the better.

Vocab

The first set of questions, about 5 or 6, are standard vocabulary questions. Students are given prompt and must select an appropriate word given the context of the text.

LOGIcal reasoning questions

The next set of questions, to about 17 or 18, essentially test logical reasoning: support a claim, weaken a claim, provide a logical conclusion, identify the conlclusion

CONventions of english question

Finally, the last 8 or 9 questions cover standards conventions of English: grammar, punctuation, verb-tenses, modifiers, run-ons, etc.