Cracking The SAT Premium

Summary ◦ The SAT Essay may be “optional,” but you should always opt to do it—especially if you’re not sure whether ...

Chapter 19 Writing the Essay Alright! You’ve annotated, you’ve SOAPS’ed, you’ve made connections, and now you a ...

TASK 3: WRITING The previous chapter covered the first two tasks required to develop your essay: Reading and A ...

general. Do not simply quote chunks of text and then briefly paraphrase. Your goal is to answer the quest ...

Note: You can find blank essay answer sheets in your on- line tools that accompany this book. Just re ...

the exploration of space. Kennedy provides many reasons for the decision, including the universal appeal of “new ...

translates clearly to space as well in Kennedy’s words that “Whether [space science becomes] a force fo ...

The difficulty of dissecting an address like that of President Kennedy at Rice Stadium is itself a final ex ...

Beginning with his first words, and continuing throughout the address, President Kennedy used al ...

space exploration to the discovery of America. He begins by stating that we “set sail on this new sea” ...

In the next paragraph he says that space is like climbing a mountain or like Rice playing Texa ...

Summary ◦ Writing, the third and final task of the SAT Essay, is about putting all your ...

Part VI Taking the SAT ...

THE SAT IS A WEEK AWAY. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? First of all, you should practice the techniques we’ve t ...

Veg Out Although preparation is key to doing well on the test, you shouldn’t exhaust yourself trying to cram ...

Get your mind moving. #3: Show Up Early Leave time for traffic. #4: Take ID A driver’s license, a passp ...

extraneous marks on the answer sheet. A stray mark in the margin of your answer sheet can result in corr ...

Part VII Practice Tests ...

Chapter 20 Practice Test 1 Click here to download a PDF of Practice Test 1. ...

Reading Test 65 MINUTES, 52 QUESTIONS Turn to Section 1 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in ...