Sat Study guide

Test Preparation
1

<p>Tell me any sugestions</p>

2

<p>Critical Reading</p>

<p>Passage type Length Questions
Short 100 words Few questions
Long 450–800 words 6-12 questions</p>

<p> Manage your time wisely</p>

<p>Step 1  Read enough of the passage to figure out the author’s “Big idea” and get a sense of the tone.
Step 2  Analyze the question
Step 3  Go back into the passage to locate the answer to a specific question.
Step 4  Put the answer into your own words
Step 5  Skim the answer choices to find the one similar to your answer</p>

<p>For longer and more tiring passages: </p>

<ol>
<li> Focus on the author. Think what he would be thinking.</li>
<li> Don’t try to memorize the details. You can refer to them later.</li>
<li> Read the first one-third of the passage because this is where most of the info is located</li>
<li> Note the topics</li>
<li> Sum it all up</li>
</ol>

3

<p>Read the whole thing. If the author didn’t want a certain part to be read, he would not have written it. The passages aren’t books; there is enough time to read them.</p>