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TOC, Chapter 1.

Table of Contents:
How to Use Kaplan #8217;s SAT Comprehensive Program ...xi Section One: Know the SAT . ...1 Chapter One: SAT Basics ...3 SAT Format ...3 SAT Scoring ...5 Order of Difficulty ...5 Ground Rules ...6 SAT Components ...7 Chapter Summary ...11 Chapter Two: SAT Strategies ...13 SAT Structure: The Fundamentals ...13 The Directions Never Change . ...13 Use Order of Difficulty to Your Advantage ...14 You Don #8217;t Have to Answer the Questions in Order ...14 Guessing ...14 Answer All Grid-ins ...15 Answer Sheet Strategies ...15 Keep Track of Time ...15 Write Your Essay ...16 Read the Questions Carefully Before You Look at the Answers ...16 Locate Quick Points If You #8217;re Running Out of Time ...16 Use Backdoor Strategies ...16 Chapter Summary ...17 Section Two: How to Attack the Writing Component ...19 Chapter Three: SAT Writing Basics ...21 Basics ...21 The Essay ...22 Multiple-Choice Questions ...24 Chapter Summary ...30 Chapter Four: The Essay ...31 Content ...31 Length ...32 Neatness ...32 How to Write a High-Scoring SAT Essay ...33 Kaplan #8217;s Target Strategy for Essay Writing ...34 How Your Essay is Graded ...44 Practice Essay ...45 Sample Essays ...49 Chapter Summary ...52 Chapter Five: The Multiple-Choice Questions ...53 Identifying Sentence Errors Questions ...53 The Format ...54 Kaplan #8217;s Target Strategy for Identifying Sentence Errors ...55 Common Mistakes ...56 Improving Sentences Questions ...69 The Format ...70 Kaplan #8217;s Target Strategy for Improving Sentences ...71 Common Mistakes ...72 Improving Paragraphs Questions ...79 The Format ...79 The Three Kinds of Improving Paragraphs Questions ...79 Kaplan #8217;s Target Strategy for Improving Paragraphs ...81 Practice ...83 Chapter Summary ...96 Answers and Explanations ...98 00a_SAT 2007-FM w/o CD-ROM 04/03/2006 04:08 PM Page vi Section Three: How to Attack the Critical Reading Component ...105 Chapter Six: SAT Critical Reading Basics ...107 Sentence Completion Questions ...108 Reading Comprehension Questions ...109 Chapter Summary ...110 Chapter Seven: Sentence Completion Strategies ...111 The Format ... 111 Kaplan #8217;s Target Strategy for Sentence Completion Questions ...113 Getting the Hard Questions at the End Right ...115 Practice ...120 Chapter Summary ...124 Answers and Explanations ...125 Chapter Eight: Reading Comprehension Strategies #8212;Short Passages ...129 Long and Short Passages ...129 The Format ...129 The Different Categories of Reading Comprehension Questions ...130 Kaplan #8217;s Target Strategy for Reading Comprehension Questions ...135 Practice ...136 Chapter Summary ...146 Answers and Explanations ...147 Chapter Nine: Reading Comprehension Strategies #8212;Long Passages ...151 Long Passage Strategies ...151 Passage Map Practice ...152 Paired Passages ...155 Kaplan #8217;s Target Strategy for Paired Passages ...155 When Time is Running Out ... 155 Practice ...156 Chapter Summary ...170 Answers and Explanations ...171 Chapter Ten: Vocabulary-Building Strategies ...179 Hard SAT Words ...179 Kaplan #8217;s Target Strategy for Learning Vocabulary ...182 Decoding Strange Words on the Test ...184 Chapter Summary ...186 00a_SAT 2007-FM w/o CD-ROM 04/03/2006 04:08 PM Page vii Section Four: How to Attack the Math Component ...187 Chapter Eleven: SAT Math Basics and Strategies ...189 Math Covered in the SAT ...190 Multiple-Choice Questions ...190 Grid-in Questions ...191 Kaplan #8217;s Target Strategy for the Math Component ...192 Alternative Techniques ...194 Grid-in Strategies ...198 Using Your Calculator (or Not) ...200 Good Guessing on SAT Math ...204 Practice ...209 Chapter Summary ...211 Answers and Explanations ...212 Chapter Twelve: Basic Math Concepts ...215 Basic Math ...215 Remainders ...215 Averages ...216 Ratios ...217 Rates ...218 Percents ...219 Combinations ...220 Simultaneous Equations ...221 Symbols...222 Special Triangles ...223 Multiple and Strange Figures ...226 Practice ...228 Chapter Summary ...235 Answers and Explanations ...236 Chapter Thirteen: Advanced Math Concepts ...241 Advanced Math ...241 Sequences Involving Exponential Growth ...242 Sets ...243 Absolute Value ...243 Rational Equations and Inequalities ...244 Radical Equations ...245 Manipulation with Integer and Rational Exponents ...245 Direct and Inverse Variation ...246 00a_SAT 2007-FM w/o CD-ROM 04/03/2006 04:08 PM Page viii Function Notation and Evaluation ...247 Concepts of Domain and Range ...247 Functions as Models ...248 Linear Functions #8212;Equations and Graphs ...249 Quadratic Functions #8212;Equations and Graphs ...250 Geometric Notation for Length, Segments, Lines, Rays, and Congruence...250 Problems in Which Trigonometry Can Be Used as an Alternative Method of Solution ...252 Properties of Tangent Lines ...253 Coordinate Geometry ...254 Qualitative Behavior of Graphs and Functions ...255 Transformations and Their Effect on Graphs of Functions ...255 Data Interpretation, Scatterplots, and Matrices ...257 Geometric Probability ...258 Practice ...260 Chapter Summary ...266 Answers and Explanations ...268 Chapter Fourteen: SAT Math Traps ...273 Trap Test ...274 Trap 1: Percent Increase/Decrease ...276 Trap 2: Weighted Averages ...277 Trap 3: Ratio:Ratio:Ratio ...279 Trap 4: "Least #8221; and "Greatest #8221; ...280 Trap 5: Percent "of #8221; Versus Percent "Less #8221; or "Greater #8221; ...281 Trap 6: Ratio Versus Quantity ...282 Trap 7: Not All Numbers Are Positive Integers ...283 Trap 8: Hidden Instructions ...284 Trap 9: Average Rates ...285 Trap 10: Counting Numbers ...287 Practice ...288 Chapter Summary ...290 Answers and Explanations ...291 Section Five: How to Prepare for Test Day ...293 Chapter Fifteen: Test Day Strategies ...295 Three Days Before the Test ...295 Two Days Before the Test ...295 The Night Before the Test ...295 The Morning of the Test ...296 During the Test ...296 After the Test ...297 Section Six: Practice Tests and Explanations ...299 Practice Test One ...305 Answer Key ...352 Answers and Explanations ...353 Practice Test Two ...383 Answer Key ...430 Answers and Explanations ...431 Practice Test Three ...459 Answer Key ...504 Answers and Explanations ...505 Practice Test Four ...537 Answer Key ...582 Answers and Explanations ...583 Compute Your Score ...611 Section Seven: Resources ...619 Resource One: SAT Mindset ...621 Resource Two: Word Roots ...627 Resource Three: Vocabulary Word List ...635 Resource Four: 100 Essential Math Concepts ...705 Note for International Students ...723

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  • ISBN-13: 9781419551376
  • Publisher: Kaplan AEC Education
  • Publisher Imprint: Kaplan Test Prep
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 45 mm
  • Width: 213 mm
  • ISBN-10: 141955137X
  • Publisher Date: 05 Jun 2007
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 277 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 1180 gr


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