<p>For grammar, I suggest reading Strunk and White’s “Elements of Style.” The “elementary rules of usage” and “words and expressions commonly misused” sections are really helpful for doing well on the SAT writing section. Having read that book for my freshman honors English class, I was was able to do fairly well on the SAT writing section (710- no multiple choice incorrect but 8 essay yikes) without any studying. </p>
<p>I also heard Silverturtle’s grammar guide is really helpful. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/955109-silverturtles-guide-sat-admissions-success-2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/955109-silverturtles-guide-sat-admissions-success-2.html</a></p>
<p>And I agree that flashcards are really helpful for the vocabulary parts of the critical reading section. The way I see it, the vocab sentence completion is the only part of the critical reading section that you can easily improve; I’m terrible when it comes to passage-based questions, but I’m good at the sentence completion portion of CR because of how much I’ve studied commonly tested SAT words.</p>