Eric Forster

PDFFO2 | The SAT is designed to test critical thinking skills through practical application. What this means is that the professionals who design the test are constantly looking for the most realistic ways to present problems in order to mimic real-world applications and collegiate-level curricula. The SAT has gone through many iterations, with the most recent modification going into effect in March of 2016. This version of the exam presents changes in both format and content. | Welcome to show more Varsity Tutors’ 2016 New SAT Study Guide: Lessons, Strategies, and Diagnostic Tests. We hope that you’ll find the lessons contained herein useful for improving your scores on the new SAT, which can help you get into the college or university of your choice. While you will find some advice for test-taking in this book, its primary focus is skills-based. In other words, if you can learn how to do the math or how to read passages effectively, just to name two specific examples, you’ll do better on the test. Being able to apply your skills in a timely fashion is the main consideration in approaching the SAT as a test, but the skills you learn and use are broadly applicable and will help you succeed in college. What that means for you is that we’re not trying to sell you on a proprietary “method” or some made-up approach. This book is designed to teach you the skills you don’t know and remind you of the skills you have but may have forgotten. This is an e-book, and the version of this book you are reading is a PDF, which is a feature-rich format. It may be available in other e-formats, like as an iBook or on Kindle, so be sure to check for availability on your preferred device. In this book, you will find things that are familiar to you from other books, both of the physical and the electronic variety, but you may come across some features you haven’t seen before. We’re striving to push the electronic format in ways that are useful to you, our reader while maintaining a recognizable and clean layout. The first thing you might notice is that this book is heavily linked to itself. If you browse the Table of Contents, you’ll see that its entries serve as active links that can get you to other parts of this book quickly and accurately. These links are not always perfectly obvious, so you should always try hovering your mouse over anything that might interest you, in order to see if you can click on it. |

Contents
How to Use This Book 1
Introduction 2
--The New SAT: New Content, New Format 3
--Scoring 13
--The Essay 18
--Testing Tips 22
The SAT Reading Test 24
--Review: SAT Reading 25
----Review: Context, Connotation, Denotation, and Implication 26
----Review: Close Reading 32
--Information and Ideas 38
----Deciphering Statements and Implications 39
----Applying Inferences to New Scenarios 45
----Citing Textual Evidence 53
----Identifying Main Ideas and Themes 59
----Summarizing and Paraphrasing 64
----Deciphering Words and Phrases in Context 69
----Interpreting Relationships in Context 77
------Cause and Effect 78
------Comparing and Contrasting 83
------Sequence 91
--Rhetoric and Passage Construction 97
----Stylistic Word Choice 98
----Text Structure 108
----Point of View 113
----Purpose 119
----Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning 124
--Synthesis 131
----Paired Passages 132
----Quantitative Information 147

The SAT Writing and Language Test 159
--Expression of Ideas 160
----Content and Development 161
------Modifying Proposition Statements 162
------Improving Focus and Purpose 170
------Quantitative Accuracy and Application 173
----Organization and Structure 179
------Logical Sequence 180
------Introductions, Transitions, and Conclusions 187
----Effective Language Use 193
------Word Choice 194
------Concision 204
------Tone and Style 209
------Combining Sentences 216
--Standard English Conventions 224
----Sentence Structure 225
------Complete and Incomplete Sentences 226
------Coordination Between Clauses 234
------Parallel Structure 238
------Modifier Placement 240
------Verb Tense, Mood, and Voice 248
----Conventions of Usage 258
------Pronoun Choice 259
------Homophones, Possessives, and Contractions 264
------Agreement 273
------Logical Comparison 280
----Conventions of Punctuation 285
------Ending Sentence Punctuation 286
------Internal Sentence Punctuation 288
------Possessive Nouns and Pronouns 295
------Items in Series 298
------Nonrestrictive and Parenthetical Punctuation 305
The SAT Math Test 313
--Review: SAT Math 314
------Review: Given Equations 315
------Review: Properties of Algebra 338
------Review: Approaching Word Problems 342
--Introductory Algebra 353
------Absolute Value 354
------Linear Equations and Inequalities 356
------Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities 365
------Properties of Linear Graphs 372
--Advanced Algebra 377
----Simplifying, Expanding, and Rewriting Polynomial Expressions 378
----Quadratic Functions and Equations 387
----Exponential Expressions, Functions, Equations and Radicals 394
----Rational Equations and Expressions 405
----Systems of Equations 411
----Function Notation 415
----Graphing Algebraic Functions 418
----Graphing Circles 429
----Complex Equations in Context 432
--Analytics and Problem Solving 441
----Introductory Statistics 442
----Modeling Data: Equations, Graphs, Scatter Plots, and Tables 451
----Conversions: Units, Ratios, Proportions, and Percentage 458
----Probability 466
--Additional Topics and Geometry 475
----Geometry 476
------Lines and Angles 477
--------Length and Midpoint 478
--------Angles, Parallel Lines, and Perpendicular Lines 484
------Triangles, Circles, and Polygons 495
----Defining Polygons 496
------Introduction to Right Triangles 503
------Congruent Figures and Similar Figures 509
------Quadrilaterals 513
------Circles 518
------Three-Dimensional Geometry 528
----Trigonometry and Radians 542
------Trigonometric Operations 543
------Degrees, Radians, and the Unit Circle 548
------Trigonometric Identities 553
----Other Concepts 554
------Complex Numbers 555
The New SAT Essay 557
-----SAT Essay: Reading 560
-----SAT Essay: Analysis 562
-----SAT Essay: Writing 564
-----Sample Prompt and Essay Response 565
Full-Length SAT Practice Test 568
------Reading Test 569
------Writing and Language Test 586
------Math Test - No-Calculator 606
------Math Test - Calculator 613
------Essay Section 624
----Answer Key: Reading Test 626
----Answer Key: Writing and Language Test 638
----Answer Key: Math Test - No-Calculator 649
----Answer Key: Math Test - Calculator 654
--Scoring Your Full-Length SAT Practice Test 665

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