1. SAT 7
Final SAT Review

2. CONTENT OVERVIEW Sentence Completion Passage-Based Strategies Short
Long
Paired-Passage Strategies
The Essay
Identifying Sentence Errors
Improving Sentences/Paragraphs
These are SAT 1-6 content areas

3. SENTENCE COMPLETION 2 types of questions Logic Based Questions
Vocabulary in context
Essentially given a definition and asked to find the appropriate word
The sentence will act as a definition, example or a synonym of the correct answer
Logic Based Questions
Not just the definition, but the relationship of the word to the sentence
Requires that you understand which word best fits according to it’s relationship to the other words in the sentence.
Compare and contrast
Cause and effect

4. SENTENCE COMPLETION STRATEGIES
Context Clues (definition hint)
Synonyms
Antonyms
Word “Charge”
Word Parts
These are strategies that are helpful for ALL sentence completion questions

5. WORD CHARGE Refers to a Positive (+) or a Negative (-) connotation
Insidious- vivacious-
Diabolical effervescent-
“Disconsolate”
What DO you know about this word?
Remember when we looked at these words a few weeks ago? Say the words out loud. Do they have a positive or a negative connotation?

6. WORD ROOTS, PREFIXES, AND SUFFIXES
My neighbor is both ________ and ________; he keeps to himself and has great fear of anyone who isn't from our town.
a) callous…predisposed
b) misanthropic…tolerant
c) insular…xenophobic
d) ignorant…biased
e) prejudiced…obstinate
Notice the bolded prefixes, suffixes, and roots. They are often helpful in determining word charge or even word meaning. If you know that the prefix “Pre” means before, you can often use other context clues to determine if the word fits in the rest of the sentence. Example: If you sentence has the words ”before, prior, or first” perhaps a word with the prefix “pre” will be correct.

7. CONTEXT CLUES Type 1: Vocabulary in context
Definition
In other words
Such as
For example
Type 2: Logic Based Questions
Contrast Cause and Effect
But Because
Although As a results
Rather than Since
However Therefore
These are context clues or Key words that help you identify what TYPE of sentence completion relationship to look for.

8. CONTRAST
The student spent no time planning his essay, resulting in a ______ of a unconnected ideas, rather than _____ argument in support of a thesis.
What is the relationship between “spent no time planning his essay” and the first blank?
What is the relationship between “unconnected ideas” and the second blank
Key words: “resulting in” and “rather than”

9. CAUSE AND EFFECT If/then relationship If A is true, B is true
We will face the idea of old age with____ as long as we believe that it invariably brings poverty, isolation, and illness.
Where is your context clue illustrates the cause and effect relationship in this sentence?
Key words “as long as”

10. CONCLUSION
You do not have to know the meaning/definition of all of the options.
You have to know what strategies to use OR
You have to be able to find clues hidden in the question or in the answers

11. PAIRED PASSAGES Include fiction and nonfiction Topics include
Majority will be nonfiction
Topics include
Natural science: scientific discovery, theory, or controversy
Social studies: history, politics, economics
Humanities: artist, music, philosophy
But don’t worry: You are not expected to draw from outside knowledge. Everything you need to know will be in the passages themselves.

12. TYPES OF QUESTIONS Vocabulary in context Extended Reasoning
However: the vocabulary is going to fit in the context of the passage
Extended Reasoning
Ask you to draw conclusions from or evaluate info from passage
Ask about overall theme, message, purpose, attitude, sometimes even “tone” of the writer
Include words like “probably, apparently, seems, suggests, the author implies”
Note: Vocab in context questions can include sentence completion. These are questions that ask you to determine the definition of a word in the context of the passage. They will often say “the word ____ in line 5, most clearly means…”

13. TYPES OF QUESTIONS Literal comprehension
Information that is DIRECTLY presented from the text
Example: Find the place in the text where a particular detail is discussed.
“line 1, 2, or 3”
Recognize different interpretations of the same fact or idea

14. FACTS, ASSUMPTIONS, AND INFERENCES
Statements known to be true
A foot has 12 inches
Assumptions
Suppositions or propositions that author makes to reach their conclusions
Not proven fact
“According to the author…”
Inferences
Conclusions you reach based on what has been said in a passage
This requires you to read between the lines
In order to answer passage based questions effectively, you must be familiar with the difference between facts assumptions and inference. Only facts will be directly referenced in the text. Assumptions and inferences are independent of the text. (use extended reasoning)

15. TYPES OF PASSAGES Short Long Paired Passages 100-150 words
Approximately 2-3 questions
Long
words
Approximately 8-13 questions
Paired Passages
Two passages
Require you to make connections
(might not need this slide)

16. STRATEGIES Short Passages Long Passages Paired Passages
Read the questions first
Long Passages
Take notes
Paired Passages
Read Passage 1, answer Passage 1 questions
Read Passage 2, answer Passage 2 questions
Lastly, answer questions about BOTH passages (these are always last)
Reminder: It is important that these strategies are NOT interchangeable. You do not want to use the short strategy for long passages and vice versa.

17. THE ESSAY First part of the SAT Timed: 25 minutes
Prompt topic will be “general”
No specific academic knowledge is necessary
Draw from what you have learned, read, observed
Freedom of writing style
Narrative
Expository
Persuasive
Argumentative
Emphasize the “freedom of writing style”

18. WRITING EXPECTATIONS Strong development of ideas
Ability to connect to audience
Language use
Organization
Evidence/Support
Your Essay should illustrate your knowledge and skills of the following…

19. STRATEGIES
How WELL you write is more important than how MUCH you write
Writing more than a paragraph, but be concise
Watch your handwriting
If illegible, you may receive a zero
Stay on topic
Outline for 5 minutes

20. GRADING The essay is graded “Holistically”
Two readers score the essay out of 6
Combine scores to a total of 12 points
Essays that are off topic will receive a zero

21. IDENTIFYING SENTENCE ERRORS
Tests your knowledge of
Grammar: Parts of a sentence
Usage: Agreement
Word Choice
“idioms” using the best word
Sometimes includes the exceptions of our speech.
E.g. “Go”, “Gone”, “Went”

22. MOST COMMON SENTENCE ERRORS
Subject/Verb agreement
Parallelism
Placement of modifiers
Use of relative clauses

23. GRAMMAR USAGE
Now that we have identified the grammar, lets look at our grammar USAGE
All of our grammar must Agree.
Qualitatively and Quantitatively
Same amount of subjects to verbs
Same tense (past, present, progressive)
“I go”…”I like to go to the movies”
“She went”…..”She went to the movies last night”
“They were”….”They were at the movies together”

24. PARALLELISM
Parallelism: Puts the contents of a sentence into a recognizable patter.
Makes your sentence easier to understand
Balance a word with a word, phrase with a phrase, clause with a clause
Similar types of words; adjectives, prepositional phrases, noun clauses,

25. IMPROVING PARAGRAPHS
Utilize the information about improving individual sentences
Wordiness: using unnecessary words and phrases OR adding empty expressions to a sentence.
Empty Expressions: are redundant (repetitive) and do not add anything to your sentence
“two in number”, “if you know what I mean”
Adding Descriptive words

26. ADDING DESCRIPTIVE WORDS
Be careful: You are not adding words just for the sake of making the sentence longer!
Adding words to CLARIFY and/or DESCRIBE.
Clarify: Making clear the context or the meaning of the sentence (who, what, where, when, why)
Describe: Using meaningful adjectives that contribute to the sentences meaning/objective.

27. CONTENT OVERVIEW Reference Pages and Chapters
Sentence Completion
Passage-Based Strategies
Short
Long
Paired-Passage Strategies
The Essay
Identifying Sentence Errors
Improving Sentences/Paragraphs
These are SAT 1-6 content areas 27