The Critical Reader The Complete Guide to SAT Reading 3rd Edition by Erica Meltzer ISBN 0997517875 978-0997517873

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ISBN 10: 0997517875
ISBN 13: 978-0997517873
Author: Erica L. Meltzer

Intended to clearly and systematically demystify what is often considered the most challenging section of the SAT, The Critical Reader: The Complete Guide to SAT® Reading, 3rd Edition, provides a comprehensive review of the reading skills tested on the redesigned exam for students who are serious about raising their scores.

Includes:

A chapter-by-chapter breakdown of question types, with in-depth explanations and numerous examples demonstrating how to work through each type.

Techniques for comprehending complex passages and identifying key information quickly and efficiently.

Extensive strategies for simplifying and answering paired supporting evidence questions as well as graph- and chart-based data analysis questions.

A list of alternate definitions of common words, plus strategies for using context clues to decipher the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary.

To allow students to apply the strategies outlined in this book to College Board material while focusing on the specific areas in which they are seeking to improve, this book also includes a list of all the Reading questions from the Official College Board SAT Guide, 2018 Edition, arranged both by category and by test.

The Critical Reader The Complete Guide to SAT Reading 3rd Table of contents:

1. Vocabulary in Context 
 Strategies 
 Second Meanings and Answer Choices 
 Common Second Meanings 
 Additional Words to Know 
 Vocabulary in Context Exercises 
 Explanations: Vocabulary in Context Exercises 
2. Making the Leap: Moving from Concrete to Abstract 
 Why Use Pronouns? 
 The Former and the Latter 
 Pronoun and “Compression” Noun Exercises 
 Explanations: Pronoun and “Compression” Noun Exercises 
3. The Big Picture 
 Identifying Topics 
 What’s the Point? 
 Point of a Paragraph 
 Old Idea/New Idea 
 Using the “Old Idea” to Predict Main Point and Attitude 
 Fiction Passages: What if the Main Point Isn’t Obvious? 
 Order of Events 
 Supporting Examples: Working Backwards 
 Main Point vs. Primary Purpose 
 The Big Picture Exercises 
 Explanations: The Big Picture Exercises 
4. Introduction to Supporting Evidence Questions 
 Supporting and Contradicting Claim 
 Supporting and Contradicting Claims Exercises 
 Explanations: Supporting and Contradicting Claims Exercises 
5. Same Idea, Different Words: Literal Comprehension
 Other Approaches 
 Using Line References to Make Educated Guesses 
 Literal Comprehension Exercises 
 Explanations: Literal Comprehension Questions 
6. Reasonable Inferences 
 Fallacies and Incorrect Answers 
 Unstated Assumptions 
 Inference Exercises 
 Explanations: Inference Exercises 
7. Extended Reasoning 
 Extended Reasoning Exercises 
 Explanations: Extended Reasoning Exercises 
8. Reading for Function 
 Types of Function Questions 
 Chart: Functions of Key Words and Punctuation 
 “Vague” Answers 
 Playing Positive and Negative with Function Questions 
 Chart: Positive, Negative, and Neutral Function Words 
 Reading for Function Exercises 
 Explanations: Reading for Function Exercises 
Glossary of Function Words 
9. Tone and Attitude 
 Neutral Tone, Definite Opinion 
 Playing Positive/Negative with Tone and Attitude Questions 
 Inferring Attitude 
 Simplifying “Tone” Answers 
 Register: Formal vs. Informal 
 Certainty vs. Uncertainty 
 Humor, Sarcasm, and Irony 
 Chart: Common Tone and Attitude Words 
 Tone and Attitude Exercises 
 Explanations: Tone and Attitude Exercises 
10. Rhetorical Strategy and Passage Organization 
 Point of View 
 Paragraph and Passage Organization 
 Counterarguments 
 Effect of a Rhetorical Strategy 
 Rhetorical Strategy and Organization Exercises 
 Explanations: Rhetorical Strategy and Organization Questions 
11. Paired Passages 
 Overview of Paired Passages 
 How to Read Paired Passages 
 Relationship Questions are Inference Questions 
 Paired Passages and “Evidence” Questions 
 Agreement Questions 
 Paired Passage Exercises 
 Explanations: Paired Passage Exercises 
12. Infographics 
 Reading Graphs: Finding the Point and Skimming 
 Reading Between the Lines 
 Multiple Variables 
 “Backwards” Graphs and “Trick” Answers 
 Tables 306
 Paired Graphics 
 To Synthesize…Or Not 
 Graphics and Extended Reasoning 
 Infographic Exercises 
 Explanations: Infographic Exercises 

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