Reading

A breakdown of the English section of the SAT and some general strategies to get you started.

Vocabulary questions that ask you to pick the best word in the context of the sentence.

Main idea questions - how to break them down and get to the main point of the passage.

Identify correct summaries of the selected text.

Go beyond the literal meaning of a passage and grasp the broader objective.

Finding choices that most logically completes the text.

Determining which answer best supports or undermines the authors argument or claim.

Using charts and the passage to find the best supporting information.

Finding relationships between passages.