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Test Strategies
Test Strategies
(1) Point to the evidence!
(1) Point to the evidence!
(2) Know the question types
(2) Know the question types
- Main idea
- Stated detail
- Inference
- Vocab-in-context
- Author’s choice / structure
- Tone
Don't miss the forest through the trees!
Don't miss the forest through the trees!
Simplify hard words into first letters.
Simplify hard words into first letters.
Always go back to the line numbers.
Always go back to the line numbers.
Use +/-/N.
Use +/-/N.
What is this? :)
What is this? :)
A baby leg!
A baby leg!
But you can't see that if you're too zoomed in!
But you can't see that if you're too zoomed in!
Read with the Science of Reading
Read with the Science of Reading
No more guessing!
No more guessing!
You will only TIE!
You will only TIE!
You won't WIN!
You won't WIN!
How we got tricked:
We chose evidence to support a statement when that evidence wasn't clear.
Just because are close together doesn't mean it's the answer.
Point to the evidence!
For vocab-in-context questions, pick your own word for the blank.
Choose the right IDEAS, not the matchy matchy WORDS. Choose with your BRAIN and not with your EYES. (SSAT Test 1 p. 98 #9, p. 99 #12)
Matchy words
Matchy words
"although"
"although"
[Negative Words]
[Negative Words]
"carry out orders"
"carry out orders"
military / law enforcement
military / law enforcement
It's not that it LOOKS LIKE it makes sense; it's that is ACTUALLY sense. BRAIN over EYES!
It's not that it LOOKS LIKE it makes sense; it's that is ACTUALLY sense. BRAIN over EYES!
Scene is in an operating room
Scene is in an operating room
"technical advancement"
"technical advancement"
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