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Ron Woldoff. SAT For Dummies
SAT For Dummies® with Online Practice. To view this book's Cheat Sheet, simply go to www.dummies.com and search for “SAT For Dummies Cheat Sheet” in the Search box. Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Guide
Pages
Introduction
About This Book
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Getting Started with the SAT
What to Expect with the SAT
What About the ACT?
So What’s on the SAT?
Signing Up Before Sitting Down: Registering for the SAT
How to register
When to take the test
Special Needs Considerations
Learning disabilities
Physical issues
Financial help
Making the SAT Work for You as a Foreign Student
Examining Your Mind: What the SAT Really Looks For
Scoring on the SAT
Types of scores
Score reporting
Strategies for Success
Starting Early: The Long-Term Phase
Moving Along: The Medium-Term Phase
Getting Closer: The Short-Range Phase
Planning It Out: What to Do the Night Before Your SAT
It’s All You: What to Do the Morning of Your SAT
Bringing the right stuff
Taking control of the tension
Starting off
Focusing during the test
Pacing yourself
It Isn’t You: Testing Under Adverse Conditions
SHOULD YOU TAKE THE PSAT/NMSQT?
Mastering the SAT Reading Test
Getting Acquainted with the SAT Reading Test
Understanding the Reading Section
Managing Your Time with Key Strategies
Getting Each Question Right, Quickly, With More Key Strategies
Answering the Best-Evidence Questions
Putting the Strategies to Use
Starting with the line-number questions
Continuing with the detail questions
Ending with the inference and main idea questions
Taking On the Reading Passages
Distancing with social studies
Blinding me with science
Saving the literature for last
Where It Counts: Practicing the SAT Reading Test
Social Studies Passages
Passage I Answers
Passage II Answers
Science Passages
Passage III Answers
Passage IV Answers
Literature Passage
Passage V Answers
Conquering the Writing and Language Test and Writing a Killer Essay
Gearing Up for the SAT Writing and Language Test
Getting to Know the Writing and Language Test
Managing Your Time with Simple Strategies
Answering the easy questions before the hard questions
Using the 9-minute rule
Nailing the Common Questions
Starting with grammar and punctuation
Getting vocabulary in context
Writing with style, logic, and organization
Switching transitions
Moving in order
Killing It Softly: The SAT Grammar Review
Verb matching
Subject-verb agreement
Noun-pronoun agreement
Easing verb tension
Parallel writing
Casing pronouns
Using punctuation
Wording up
Answers
Taking It Further
Getting It “Write”: Practicing the Writing and Language Multiple-Choice Test
Passage 1
Passage I Answers
Passage II
Passage II Answers
Passage III
Passage III Answers
Passage IV
Passage IV Answers
Preparing for the Essay
Deciding Whether to Actually Write the Essay
Knowing the Assignment
Knowing What the Essay Scorers Look For
Getting Started
Identifying Other Writing Techniques in the Passage
Appeals to logic, authority, and emotion
Diction and tone
Organization
Other techniques
Trying Out a Sample Essay Question
The question
The answer
Reading
Analysis
Writing
Scoring your own essay
Examining graded responses
Response 1: A “poor” essay
Response 2: A “medium” essay
Response 3: A “great” essay
Practicing Essays
Practice Essay I — Momentum: Igniting Social Change
The question
The answer
Scoring your essay
Practice Essay II — Addressing Mathematical Innumeracy
The question
The answer
Scoring your essay
Practice Essay III — Nonsexist Language
The question
The answer
Scoring your essay
Owning the SAT Math Tests
Meeting Numbers Head-On: The SAT Math Tests
Starting with Formulas
Just Gridding
Getting Familiar with the Math Tests
CALCULATING THROUGH IT
Numbers and Operations
Starting with the Basics
Checking out types of numbers
Remembering the order of operations
Simplifying Numbers and Operations
Simplifying prime numbers
Simplifying percents
Simplifying ratios
Simplifying conversions
Simplifying exponents
Simplifying square and cube roots
Simplifying imaginary i
Simplifying projections
Algebra and Functions
Solving for X
Solving for x with a number
Solving for x with a y
Solving for x in a radical
Solving for x in a fraction
Solving for x in a reciprocal fraction
Solving for More Than One X
Solving an absolute value
Solving a quadratic
Solving the difference of squares
Solving an expression
Setting Up Equations
Setting up a story
Setting up a sum of numbers
Setting up interest
Simple interest
Compound interest
Setting up rates of change
Graphing Coordinate Geometry
Graphing a line
Graphing two lines
Graphing an inequality
Graphing a parabola
Graphing a circle
Standard form
General form
Graphing a function
Geometry and Trigonometry
Drawing Basic Shapes
Drawing angles
Right angle
Acute angle
Obtuse angle
Complementary angles
Supplementary angles
Vertical angles
Transversal angles
Drawing triangles
Calculating the area of triangles
Using the Pythagorean Theorem
Saving time with common right triangles
Drawing rectangles and squares
Drawing trapezoids and parallelograms
Drawing circles
Drawing overlapping shapes
Drawing parts of circles
Drawing 3-D Shapes
Drawing rectangular solids and cubes
Drawing cylinders and cones
Volume of a cylinder
Volume of a cone
Drawing spheres
Solving Trigonometry Problems
Solving right triangles with SOH CAH TOA
Solving unit circles and radians
Solving trigonometric equations
Statistics and Probability
Defining the Mean, Median, and Mode
Defining the mean
Defining the median and mode
Defining the range
Defining Probability
Measuring Graph Data
Measuring bar graphs
Measuring circle or pie charts
Measuring line graphs
Measuring scatter plots
Measuring multiple graphs
It’s All You: Taking Practice SAT Exams
Practice Exam 1
Answer Sheets
Section 1: Reading Test
Section 2: Writing and Language Test
Section 3: Math Test — No Calculator Allowed
Section 4: Math Test — Calculator Allowed
Section 1: Reading Test
Section 2: Writing and Language Test
Section 3: Math Test — No Calculator Allowed
Section 4: Math Test — Calculator Allowed
Section 5: The Essay
Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations
Answers for Section 1: Reading Test
Answers for Section 2: Writing and Language Test
Answers for Section 3: Math Test — No Calculator Allowed
Answers for Section 4: Math Test — Calculator Allowed
Answer Guidelines for Section 5: The Essay
Reading
Analysis
Writing
Scoring your essay
Answer Key
Practice Exam 2
Answer Sheets
Section 1: Reading Test
Section 2: Writing and Language Test
Section 3: Math Test — No Calculator Allowed
Section 4: Math Test — Calculator Allowed
Section 1: Reading Test
Section 2: Writing and Language Test
Section 3: Math Test — No Calculator Allowed
Section 4: Math Test — Calculator Allowed
Section 5: The Essay
Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations
Answers for Section 1: Reading
Answers for Section 2: Writing and Language Test
Answers for Section 3: Math Test — No Calculator Allowed
Answers for Section 4: Math Test — Calculator Allowed
Answer Guidelines for Section 5: The Essay
Reading
Analysis
Writing
Answer Key
How Did You Do? Scoring Your Practice SAT
Finding Your Reading and Writing Score
Finding Your Math Test Score
Finding Your Killer Essay Score
Recording Your Final Scores
First practice exam
Second practice exam
Third practice exam
Fourth practice exam
The Part of Tens
Ten Mistakes Other Test-Takers Make That You Won’t
You Won’t Forget Your Wristwatch
You Won’t Bubble Everything at the End
You Won’t Let Your Calculator Batteries Die
You Won’t Run Out of Steam
You Won’t Forget Snacks and Water
You Won’t Work the Reading Test Straight On
You Won’t Rush Through the Questions
You Won’t Get Stuck on a Question
You Won’t Choke on the Essay
You Won’t Change Your Morning Routine
Ten Ways to Get the Most from the Practice SATs
Practice an Entire SAT in One Sitting
Practice Not Making Mistakes Under Pressure
Practice with Others in the Room
Practice as a Dress Rehearsal
Practice Your Competitive Edge
Practice Your Test-Taking Strategies
Practice Using the Bubble Sheet
Practice Finding Your Areas of Focus
Review the Practice SAT Answers and Explanations
Review the Practice SAT with Other Students
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y
Z
About the Authors
Dedication
Authors' Acknowledgments
WILEY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
