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Critical Reading Workbook for the SAT (Workbook) Pub. Date: 8/1/2009 Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated

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Critical Reading Workbook for the SAT Pub. Date: 2/29/2000 Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated

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Concentrating on the Critical Reading section of the newly structured SAT college entrance exam, this test-preparation workbook presents tips, questions, answers, and answer explanations for the section’s two main question types—sentence completion questions and reading comprehension questions—as well as extensive vocabulary review. Both the sentence completion and the reading comprehension exercises are organized according to level of difficulty and presented in three sections, labeled from A to C. Students who master Level C in both parts are well on the road to achieving a high Critical Reading score when they take the actual SAT. This new workbook replaces Barron's Verbal Workbook for the New SAT, 11th Edition.

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ISBN-13: 9780764141959
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/1/2009
Edition description: Workbook
Edition number: 13
Pages: 312
Sales rank: 43,077
Product dimensions: 8.30 (w) x 10.70 (h) x 1.00 (d)

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Former member, Department of English, James Madison High School, Brooklyn, NY

• Former member, Department of English, James Madison High School, Brooklyn, NY

	Preface	v
Part I	Introducing The SAT: Critical Reading Skills
	Nature of the Test	3
	Overview and Content	3
	The Critical Reading Sections	4
	Sentence Completion Questions	4
	Reading Comprehension Questions	4
	Before the Test	5
	Six Months Before	5
	Two Months Before	5
	The Night Before	7
	During the Test	8
	Use Time Wisely	8
	Center on the Test	9
Part II	Self-Assessment
	Introduction	13
	Self-Assessment Test	17
	Answer Key	34
	Analysis of Test Results	35
	Answer Explanations	37
Part III	Sentence Completion Questions
	Overview	43
	Tips on Handling Sentence Completion Questions	43
	Before You Look at the Answer Choices, Think of a Word That Makes Sense	43
	Spot Clues in the Sentence: Signal Words	44
	Notice Negatives	45
	Words Have Many Meanings: Stay Alert	45
	Break Down Unfamiliar Words, Looking for Familiar Word Parts	46
	Take One Blank at a time	46
	Sentence Completion Exercises	47
	Level A	47
	Level B	56
	Level C	64
	Answers to Sentence Completion Exercises	73
	Answer Explanations	75
Part IV	Reading Comprehension Questions
	Overview	87
	Tips on Handling Reading Comprehension Questions	88
	Try to Anticipate What the Passage Is About	88
	Pick Your Questions to Answer	88
	Read Purposefully: Passage, Questions, and Answer Choices	88
	Go Back to the Passage to Double-Check Your Answer Choices	89
	Tackle Paired Passages One Passage at a Time	89
	Reading Comprehension Exercises	90
	Level A	90
	Level B	107
	Level C	115
	Answers to Reading Comprehension Exercises	124
	Answer Explanations	125
Part V	Building Your Vocabulary
	Overview	137
	Tips on Building Your Vocabulary	137
	Read Widely to Develop Your Feeling for Words	137
	Use Memory Tricks to Keep New Words in Your Active Vocabulary	138
	Acquaint Yourself with Word Parts-Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots-to Expand Your Vocabulary	138
	Work Through the SAT High-Frequency Word List to Expand Your College-Level Vocabulary	138
	SAT High-Frequency Word List	139
	Basic Word Parts	171
Part VI	Tests for Practice
	Critical Reading Test 1	193
	Answer Key	211
	Analysis of Test Results	212
	Answer Explanations	213
	Critical Reading Test 2	219
	Answer Key	235
	Analysis of Test Results	236
	Answer Explanations	237
	Critical Reading Test 3	243
	Answer Key	260
	Analysis of Test Results	261
	Answer Explanations	262

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This is an excellent workbook to use for practicing the reading comprehension portion of the SAT.

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A Must for Students.

I purchased this book for my son to study for his SAT's and he found them easy to follow and well organized. He was able to find out what his strengths and weaknesses were and concentrate on what he needed help with the most. He will be taking the test at least three times to get the best score and with this workbook, I'm sure he will be that much further ahead when he takes the tests. He has recommended this book to his friends and after reviewing it myself, I was suprised how many I was not right on and found it very informative.
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