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Lesson 1: Reading- Active Reading Step | Science passage | Reading test | SAT
- SAT Reading: How to approach a Science passage
- Survey step | Literature passage | Reading Test | SAT
- SAT Reading: How to approach a Literature passage
- Active reading step | History passage | Reading test | SAT
- SAT Reading: How to approach a History passage
- Survey step | Social Science passage | Reading Test | SAT
- SAT Reading: How to approach a Social Science passage
- Worked example: Science passage, part 1
- Worked example: Science passage, part 2
- Worked example: Literature passage, part 1
- Worked example: Literature passage, part 2
- Worked example: History passage, part 1
- Worked example: History passage, part 2
- Worked example: Social science passage, part 1
- Worked example: Social science passage, part 2
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- Word choice | Quick guide
- Evaluating evidence | Quick guide
- Graphs and data | Quick guide
- Paired passages | Quick guide
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I'm ok with literature, but not paired passages. I have the most trouble with the questions that are like "the author of passage 1 would react to the claim made in passage 2 by:"
any tips?(17 votes)
For social studies/history, read the little paragraph or blurb at the beginning of the text to inform you about the people and the time period. If you recognize the authors, you're off to a great start.* Then try to underline what each individual’s claim is. If you know each person’s claim, you’ll have a basic understanding of how person 1 will react to person 2. Another way I approach these is to look at each person’s support for their claim. If each person’s support is the same, they probably agree. I think the most important tool to help with dual-passage questions is to annotate when you read before diving into the question. As you read the first one, take not of what the individual is saying. Then when you read the second person’s passage, keep the argument of the first person at the back of your mind.
*(A good way to practice is by looking up practice Reading SATs that are history and dual passage. Research a little about the people mentioned in the blurb. And then read & answer the questions.)(52 votes)
I don't really understand what pov questions want us to do, can someone simplify it to me? thank you(2 votes)- I think that it basically just wants you to answer that what does one character in the passage think about something. So for example a character in a Passage made a few opinions about a specific tech then it will want you to answer if the claims as written in the options actually mentioned by the character or not.(4 votes)
- I'm ok with literature, but not paired passages. I have the most trouble with the questions that are like "the author of passage 1 would react to the claim made in passage 2 by:"(2 votes)
- What score i have to get to past(1 vote)
- I think that it basically just wants you to answer that what does one character in the passage think about something. So for example a character in a Passage made a few opinions about a specific tech then it will want you to answer if the claims as written in the options actually mentioned by the character or not.(1 vote)
- the points of view of different people. For example, a wrong choice might attribute an opinion held by one scientist to a different scientist. Be sure you're looking for evidence about the right person's point of view!
Unsupported claims: Wrong choices might make statements that sound good or make sense, but they aren't supported by the passage.(1 vote) - Why do we have to take it?(1 vote)
- How long is the sat I would love to know?(1 vote)
- What is difference between SAT and LCAT (LUMS Common Admission Test)? I mean,to what extent do they differ?(0 votes)
what is the test about(0 votes)- This is standardized test widely used for college admissions in the United States, and the SAT is a test that measures a student's skills in three core areas: Critical Reading, Math, and Writing.(1 vote)