SAT Critical Reading Study Guide 2.0.pdf

reasonprep.com -- [email protected] -- 1 SAT Critical Reading Study Guide 2.0 SAT Critical Reading Bootcamp - This series covers all aspects of the Critical Reading section in depth - Sentence Completions & Passage-Based Reading. Check the lines after you watch the video. The rest of this study guide contains pages for you to take notes on some of the CRB videos. Introduction

___ #20 2009-2010 SAT, Section 7

___ #1 Introduction

___ #21 2009-2010 SAT, Section 8

___ #2 How to Use the Videos

___ #22 2012-2013 SAT, Section 3

___ #3 How to Practice

___ #23 2012-2013 SAT, Section 7

___ #4 What is Critical Reading?

___ #24 2012-2013 SAT, Section 9

___ #5 Two Examples

Passage-Based Reading

___ #6 Skimming vs. Close Reading

___ #25 Passage Based Reading Intro

___ #7 Core Strategy

___ #26 Active Reading

Sentence Completions

___ #27 How to Read

___ #8 Sentence Completions Intro

___ #28 Passage Structure

___ #9 Learning SAT Vocabulary

___ #29 Detail vs. Function

___ #10 Prefixes, Roots, Suffixes

___ #30 Reading Passages Core Strategy

___ #11 Sentence Completions Core Strategy

___ #31 Question Types

___ #12 Single Blankers

___ #32 Short Passages

___ #13 Dual Blankers

___ #33 Long Passages

___ #14 Errors & Traps

___ #34 Dual Passages

___ #15 Other Sentence Completions Strats

___ #35 Fiction Passages

Sentence Completions Practice Problems

___ #36 Reading Trap Answers & Errors

___ #16 2007-2008 SAT, Section 4

___ #37 Vocabulary for Reading

___ #17 2007-2008 SAT, Section 6

___ #38 Rhetorical & Literary Devices

___ #18 2007-2008 SAT, Section 9

___ #39 Other Reading Strategies

___ #19 2009-2010 SAT, Section 4

reasonprep.com -- [email protected] -- 2 Passage-Based Reading Practice Problems

___ #50 2009-2010 SAT, Section 7, 6-9

___ #40 2005 SAT, Section 7, 6-9

___ #51 2009-2010 SAT, Section 7, 10-15

___ #41 2005 SAT, Section 7, 10-15

___ #52 2009-2010 SAT, Section 7, 16-24

___ #42 2007-2008 SAT, Section 4, 6-9

___ #53 2009-2010 SAT, Section 8, 7-19

___ #43 2007-2008 SAT, Section 4, 10-14

___ #54 2012-2013 SAT, Section 3, 6-9

___ #44 2007-2008 SAT, Section 4, 15-23

___ #55 2012-2013 SAT, Section 3, 10-16

___ #45 2007-2008 SAT, Section 6, 9-13

___ #56 2012-2013 SAT, Section 3, 17-24

___ #46 2007-2008 SAT, Section 6, 14-25

___ #57 2012-2013 SAT, Section 7, 9-12

___ #47 2007-2008 SAT, Section 9, 7-19

___ #58 2012-2013 SAT, Section 7, 13-24

___ #48 2009-2010 SAT, Section 4, 9-12

___ #59 2012-2013 SAT, Section 9, 7-19

___ #49 2009-2010 SAT, Section 4, 13-24

___ #60 Conclusion

reasonprep.com -- [email protected] -- 3 #1 - Introduction A listing of some of the topics covered in the Critical Reading Bootcamp:           

the fatal mistake students make when reading what you must do with your pencil core strategy for both sentence completions & passages what vocab to study...if it's even worth it how to unpack single and dual blank SCs to increase your speed and maximize your vocabulary base how to read "SAT style" - including the absolutely critical ingredient for understanding the argument of a passage read the passage first or read the questions first?...neither! in-depth breakdown of the question types stuck between two? learn how to choose correctly eight sentence completion and thirteen passage TRAP ANSWERS over 20 real SAT passages, worked through by mean in real time

Why does the Critical Reading Bootcamp work?

How do I improve on Critical Reading?

Setup of Videos I. II. III.

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reasonprep.com -- [email protected] -- 4 #2 - How to Use the Videos

1. Watch the videos in order. 2. Take notes (be active). 3. Download practice tests & do questions before you watch the video. 4. Practice, practice, practice. (Next video...)

#3 - How to Practice How NOT to practice: 1. Just think and talk about it. 2. Only watch someone else. 3. Read lots of book/Dickens/NY Times. 4. Practice haphazardly. 5. Avoid full tests. 6. Drill thousands of vocabulary words. Practice Strategies: 1. Sections untimed 2. Sections timed 3. Full reading sections (timed) 4. Full practice tests (always timed) How to Practice Deliberately: * go over all questions - right and wrong * ALWAYS use real SATs, especially for reading * improve vocabulary efficiently * spend most of your time on passage-based reading, less on sentence completions

reasonprep.com -- [email protected] -- 5 #4 - What is Critical Reading? Non-Critical Reading

Critical Reading

what the text says what the text does what the text means ______________________________

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Critical reading is reading with a purpose. #5 - Two Examples #6 - Skimming vs. Close Reading Skimming: Useful tool, bad habit

Average Critical Reading Score: ____________

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THE PRECISION OF LANGUAGE Core Practice: Every word counts, and sometimes a SINGLE word makes all the difference. #7 - Core Strategy Come up with your own answer

& Eliminate

Why do we want to come up with our own answer first? To avoid: ________________ ________________ ________________ Eliminating means actually crossing off answer choices with your pencil!

A B C D E Again, understanding WRONG answer choices is as important as understanding CORRECT ones!

reasonprep.com -- [email protected] -- 7 Videos #8 - 60 are available in the Members Area of Reason Prep. Go here to learn more:

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reasonprep.com -- [email protected] -- 8 #8 - Sentence Completions Intro

Order of Difficulty

________/_________

How to Improve on Sentence Completions: Vocabulary Score Goal ________...

Score Goal ________...

_____ Easy _____ Medium _____ Hard

reasonprep.com -- [email protected] -- 9 Prefixes/Roots/Suffixes

Proper Technique

Pacing: If you run out of time in CR sections...

#9 - Learning SAT Vocabulary The Inefficiency of Flash Cards 1) Overwhelming to start

2) No __________ - all words are "____________"

3) Too much time spent on ______________

4) _____________________?

5) "Unnatural" way to _________________

What is the best way to learn vocabulary?

reasonprep.com -- [email protected] -- 10 Flash Cards Best Practices 1. Prioritize (80/20 Rule)

2. Study words efficiently (use _______________)

3. Pay attention to ____________________

4. Don't be satisfied with "__________________"

5. Use Reason Prep list as directed: Levels 1-3: Levels 4-5:

#10 - Prefixes, Roots, Suffixes

amoral

belligerence

extremist

Prefixes, Roots, Suffixes List on page, but... Pay Attention to Language! judicious

reasonprep.com -- [email protected] -- 11 #11 - Sentence Completions Core Strategy 1.

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6. #12 - Single Blankers (see 2005 Practice Test for questions) #13 - Dual Blankers (see 2005 Practice Test for questions) --> approximately half of questions

--> can be ___________ OR ______________

--> where ____________________ shines

--> do ___________________________________________________

--> then __________________________________________________

reasonprep.com -- [email protected] -- 12 #14 - Sentence Completions Errors & Traps 1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

3. _________________________________

4. _________________________________

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#15 - Other Sentence Completions Strategies

1) ________________________________________

2) ________________________________________

3) _________________________________________

4) _________________________________________

reasonprep.com -- [email protected] -- 13 #16 - #24 - Practice Sentence Completions Sections (from real practice tests) #25 - Passage-Based Reading Intro ______ Reading Questions in ______ Sections

Short/Long; Single/Dual

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Specific:General

TOP 10 REASONS why reading passages and questions are hard: 1)

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#26 - Active Reading Critical reading, for the SAT or for any purpose, _______________________________________! (not much can, actually)

Every text is ______________________________________________.

Active Reading: ___________________________________________________________

What is the author ________________ What is the author ________________

with

What does the author ______________

Build Your Second Mind: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

reasonprep.com -- [email protected] -- 15 #27 - How to Read

Reading is following the _________________ of a text from the ____________________, through the _____________, to the ______________.

Argument Details

1. Look for ________________________________________________.

2. Pay special attention to _________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________.

3. Look for ___________: ________________________________________________________. Here you will find ______________ & ________________________.

4. Look for overt _________________. X is true. X is false.

5. ___________________________________ are also important.

6. Track _________________________.

reasonprep.com -- [email protected] -- 16 #28 - Passage Structure ________________ & _________________ --> _________________

What creates ____________________?

1) Pay attention to sentences ______________________________________________________.

2) Look for __________ words that indicate __________________________________________.

3) Look for ____________ in the text: ______________ and _______________.

4) Look for _______________ in the text, detectable with _____________________:

5) Observe _________________________.

6) Non-SAT: section headings; chapters; transitions between them.

reasonprep.com -- [email protected] -- 17 #29 - Detail v. Function

DETAIL Qs:

FUNCTION Qs: (See Function Words list)

Could Be True

Must Be True

#30 - Reading Passages Core Strategy

1. Read __________________.

2. Go ___________________________!

3. Begin ______________________________________________________.

4. Read __________________________.

5. ______________________________________________________________.

6. Compare _______________________________________________________.

reasonprep.com -- [email protected] -- 18 #31 - Question Types SPECIFIC:

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GENERAL:

DETAIL

FUNCTION

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BOTH

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reasonprep.com -- [email protected] -- 19 #32 - #35 (See practice tests for passages & questions) Short Passages:

Long Passages:

Dual Passages:

Fiction Passages:

reasonprep.com -- [email protected] -- 20 #36 - Reading Trap Answers & Errors 1.

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reasonprep.com -- [email protected] -- 21 #37 - #60: Download the practice tests and complete the section yourself before you watch the relevant video! :) NOTES & QUESTIONS: