Rebekah Hendershot

Rebekah Hendershot

Answer Guide: Section 7 (Critical Reading)

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Table of Contents

Section 1: Vocabulary
Essential SAT Vocab: Part 1

11m 33s

Intro
0:00
Lesson Overview
0:09
Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary
0:38
Read!
0:46
Listen!
1:46
Talk!
2:40
Erroneous
3:12
Prudent
4:03
Frivolous
4:49
Indignation
5:40
Credulous
6:27
Longevity
8:15
Misconceive
8:38
Context
9:15
Forebode
10:16
Predilection
10:51
Essential SAT Vocab: Part 2

8m 19s

Intro
0:00
Lesson Overview
0:11
Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary
0:31
Read!
0:35
Listen!
0:47
Talk!
1:06
Benevolent
1:16
Exotic
1:59
Equanimity
2:34
Amass
3:02
Dilettante
3:24
Deference
4:01
Congenial
4:28
Bewilder
5:22
Benefactor
5:47
Demagogue
6:55
Essential SAT Vocab: Part 3

7m 41s

Intro
0:00
Lesson Overview
0:11
Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary
0:30
Read!
0:34
Listen!
0:56
Talk!
1:16
Precursor
1:28
Consensus
2:03
Sufficient
2:42
Allege
3:08
Afflict
3:47
Disposition
4:20
Adverse
4:39
Charisma
5:23
Volatile
5:56
Oblivious
6:51
Essential SAT Vocab: Part 4

7m 10s

Intro
0:00
Lesson Overview
0:14
Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary
0:35
Read!
0:39
Listen!
1:03
Talk!
1:22
Urgent
1:36
Unprecedented
2:19
Arbitrary
2:56
Constituent
3:24
Tact
3:57
Insolent
4:33
Tyrannical
5:04
Temperament
5:30
Stringent
6:01
Repute
6:24
Essential SAT Vocab: Part 5

6m 50s

Intro
0:00
Lesson Overview
0:10
Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary
0:29
Read!
0:34
Listen!
0:47
Talk!
1:05
Belligerent
1:15
Prolong
2:06
Diverse
2:34
Devoid
3:05
Spare
3:31
Anecdote
4:10
Ornate
4:50
Vivid
5:14
Magnanimous
5:56
Commonplace
6:17
Essential SAT Vocab: Part 6

7m 58s

Intro
0:00
Lesson Overview
0:13
Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary
0:37
Read!
0:42
Listen!
0:50
Talk!
1:03
Ascertain
1:16
Commend
1:46
Dispense
2:14
Capricious
2:59
Atypical
3:28
Articulate
4:00
Arouse
5:05
Apathetic
5:35
Enigma
6:28
Reverence
7:00
Essential SAT Vocab: Part 7

7m 20s

Intro
0:00
Lesson Overview
0:14
Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary
0:39
Read!
0:44
Listen!
0:51
Talk!
0:59
Anomaly
1:16
Alleviate
2:00
Admonish
2:35
Steadfast
3:13
Deliberate
3:58
Sustain
4:19
Somber
4:54
Refute
5:26
Penchant
6:24
Reticence
6:47
Essential SAT Vocab: Part 8

9m 9s

Intro
0:00
Lesson Overview
0:13
Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary
0:38
Read!
0:46
Listen!
1:06
Talk!
1:21
Paradox
1:34
Vigor
2:29
Obscure
2:49
Proximity
3:25
Mitigate
3:58
Egotism
4:34
Legitimate
5:06
Contemporary
5:56
Lament
6:49
Duplicitous
8:09
Essential SAT Vocab: Part 9

12m 6s

Intro
0:00
Lesson Overview
0:15
Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary
0:41
Read!
0:47
Listen!
1:27
Talk!
1:45
Linguistics
2:06
Commemorate
3:17
Candid
4:02
Callous
5:30
Brevity
6:24
Benign
7:16
Connoisseur
8:18
Anachronism
9:01
Prestige
10:41
Vindictive
11:20
Essential SAT Vocab: Part 10

9m 30s

Intro
0:00
Lesson Overview
0:15
Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary
0:43
Read!
0:49
Listen!
1:37
Talk!
1:55
Naïve
2:08
Exemplify
3:03
Erratic
3:44
Forbear
4:16
Discern
5:25
Autonomy
5:54
Eradicate
6:37
Abstruse
7:05
Rhetoric
7:54
Substantiate
8:45
Section 2: Critical Reading
Sentence Completion Question Types

12m 29s

Intro
0:00
Lesson Overview
0:11
What Are Sentence Completion Questions?
0:40
Choose the Correct Word to Fill in a Blank
0:43
Tests Your Vocabulary and Your Ability to Reason
0:53
Sentence Completion Question Types
1:15
Vocabulary-In-Context
1:24
Logic-Based Questions
1:38
Vocabulary In Context
2:09
Example
2:16
Logic-Based Questions
2:54
Example
3:11
Sentence Completion Strategies
3:28
Pick a Word, Any Word
3:33
Example
4:02
Positives and Negatives
4:36
Example
5:03
Process of Elimination
5:24
Example
6:07
Sentence Completion Tips
7:41
Look for Clue Words
7:48
Look for the Relationship Between the Two Words and the Sequence of the Blanks
8:44
Never Eliminate a Choice Unless You Are Sure of Its Meaning
10:38
If You Can Only Eliminate One Answer Choice, Move On and Come Back To It Later
11:42
If You Can Eliminate Two Choices, Feel Free to Guess
11:54
Passage-Based Question Types

17m 46s

Intro
0:00
Lesson Overview
0:10
What Are Passage Based Questions?
0:55
Questions Related to Long, Short, or Paired Passages
0:58
May Ask You for Info Directly Related in the Passage or to Draw Conclusions or Make Predictions
1:12
Passage Types
1:32
Question Types
2:35
Literal Comprehension
2:38
Vocabulary-In-Context
2:50
Extended Reasoning
3:09
Literal Comprehension
3:24
Rely On Your Memory or Look Back at Passage
3:28
Watch Out for 'Reversal Words'
3:51
Example
3:57
Vocabulary In Context
4:52
Most of These Words Have Multiple meanings
5:00
Reread the Sentences to Which the Questions Refer
5:06
Example
5:20
Extended Reasoning
6:07
May Ask You to Determine the Main Idea or Author's Primary Purpose
6:11
Draw Conclusions Based on the Info Provided
6:43
Identify the Author's Tone or Attitude
7:18
Passage-Based Strategies
7:38
Take Notes
7:44
Read What's There… and What Isn't
8:34
Ask Questions
9:39
Read the Questions First
10:39
Key Words and Phrases
11:24
When You See: According to the Author
11:30
When You See: Best
11:42
When You See: Chiefly
12:09
When You See: Except
12:31
When You See: The Author Implies
12:54
When You See: Least
13:21
When You See: Mainly
13:33
When You See: Most
13:38
When You See: Only
13:47
When You See: Primarily
14:03
Passage-Based Tips
14:08
All the Answers Will Be In or Implied By the Passage
14:12
Watch Out for Descriptive Words and Phrases
14:29
Make Sure the Passage Supports Whichever Answer You Choose
15:40
Use Process of Elimination
15:45
If You Must Jump Around, Do So Within a Set of Questions
16:40
What to Read For the SAT

37m 42s

Intro
0:00
Lesson Overview
0:08
Why Read?
0:57
Best Way to Build You Vocabulary
1:01
Practice Understanding What the Authors Are Saying 'Between the Lines'
1:12
How to Choose Books
2:42
Choose Books in Areas That Interest You
2:55
Choose Books That Challenge You
3:10
The Rule of Three
4:27
If a Work Is Short, Give It Three Pages to Pique Your Interest
4:57
If a Work Is Long, Give it Three Chapters to Pique Your Interest
5:09
Great Books for Every Interest
5:32
Ask Yourself What Are Your Favorite Things to Watch & Do?
5:51
Asking a Librarian for Great Books
6:24
Mystery
6:49
Adventure
10:14
Fantasy
12:55
Science Fiction
17:13
Humor
21:10
Romance
23:09
Realistic Fiction
24:12
A Great Place to Start
25:12
Nation - Terry Pratchett
25:21
If You Can't / Won't Read
27:19
Listen to Audio books
27:31
Watch Live Performances
27:53
Shakespeare Performed BY People Who Love Shakespeare
28:48
The Dirty Secret of Reading
29:31
Comic Books!
29:38
The Unwritten - Mike Carey
33:59
Section 3: Sample Tests
Answer Guide: Section 3 (Critical Reading)

16m 11s

Intro
0:00
Lesson Overview
0:13
Sentence Completions
1:04
Question 1
1:06
Question 2
1:55
Question 3
2:17
Question 4
3:05
Question 5
3:40
Passage-Based Questions
4:12
Question 6
4:13
Question 7
5:03
Question 8
5:54
Question 9
6:26
Question 10
6:49
Question 11
7:26
Question 12
7:47
Question 13
8:34
Question 14
9:05
Question 15
9:43
Question 16
10:26
Question 17
11:17
Question 18
12:08
Question 19
12:36
Question 20
13:21
Question 21
13:54
Question 22
14:21
Question 23
14:43
Question 24
15:16
Answer Guide: Section 7 (Critical Reading)

14m 43s

Intro
0:00
Lesson Overview
0:10
Sentence Completions
0:54
Question 1
0:55
Question 2
1:45
Question 3
2:01
Question 4
2:33
Question 5
3:11
Passage-Based Questions
3:37
Question 6
3:38
Question 7
3:55
Question 8
4:27
Question 9
4:58
Question 10
5:33
Question 11
6:09
Question 12
6:30
Question 13
6:59
Question 14
7:38
Question 15
8:25
Question 16
8:52
Question 17
9:31
Question 18
9:59
Question 19
10:30
Question 20
11:01
Question 21
11:46
Question 22
12:21
Question 23
13:09
Question 24
13:47
Answer Guide: Section 9 (Critical Reading)

10m 45s

Intro
0:00
Lesson Overview
0:11
Sentence Completions
0:57
Question 1
0:58
Question 2
1:35
Question 3
2:07
Question 4
2:56
Question 5
3:08
Question 6
3:31
Passage-Based Questions
3:46
Question 7
3:47
Question 8
4:34
Question 9
5:07
Question 10
5:33
Question 11
5:50
Question 12
6:23
Question 13
6:50
Question 14
7:11
Question 15
7:42
Question 16
8:28
Question 17
8:54
Question 18
9:17
Question 19
9:50
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Answer Guide: Section 7 (Critical Reading)

  • The test is available here: https://satonlinecourse.collegeboard.org
  • Sentence Completions
    • Question 1: Which word pair means “hard / beat-up”?
      • Eliminate A and B; those first words don’t mean anything like “hard” or “difficult.”
      • Eliminate C and E; those second words don’t mean anything like “beat-up” or “in poor condition”.
      • D is promising; “strenuous” means “difficult” or “requiring exertion”, while “debilitated” means “injured” or “in poor shape”.
      • Answer: D
    • Question 2:Which word means “honored” or “given an award”?
      • Hey, look! Choice C is actually “honored”!
      • Answer: C
    • Question 3:Which word pair means “photographed / traveled”?
      • Eliminate D; the photographer’s work has nothing to do with domestication.
      • Eliminate B, C, and E; those second words don’t mean anything like “traveled”.
      • A meets both criteria.
      • Answer: A
    • Question 4:Which word pair means “icon”?
      • Eliminate A; there’s no mention of Grandma Moses’ originality.
      • B looks promising; “emblem” means “symbol.”
      • Eliminate C; a person cannot be a successor to a country.
      • Eliminate D and E; they’re both negative terms that are unlikely to be applied to a beloved painter.
      • Answer: B
    • Question 5:Which pair means “helpful/harmful”?
      • Eliminate Choices A, B, and D; none of those first words means “helpful”.
      • Eliminate E; “miraculous” does not mean “harmful”.
      • Answer: C
  • Passage-Based Questions
    • Question 6:Which word means “underdeveloped and lacking in sophistication”?
      • A good word here would be something like “simple”.
      • Hey, look! Choice C is “simplistic”!
      • Answer: C
    • Question 7:Which word pair means “talent/understanding”?
      • Eliminate A, C, and D; those first words don’t mean anything like “talent”.
      • While “penchant” means “habit” and “bent” means “inclination” (both good words), “evading” in Choice B means “avoiding”, and a good logician does not avoid complicated arguments.
      • Answer: E
    • Question 8:Which word means “large”?
      • “Voracious” means “hungry”; “disposable” means “able to be thrown away”; “redundant” means “pointless or surplus to requirements”; “superficial means “no more than surface deep”.
      • “Prodigious” means “very large or productive”.
      • Answer: E
    • Question 9:What do the words “seized” and “shook” accomplish?
      • What seizes and shakes things? A dog with a chew toy, perhaps.
      • Choice D, “intensity” describes the behavior of a dog with a chew toy.
      • Answer: D
    • Question 10:What does the public response suggest about Mencken’s writing?
      • If everyone read it, quoted it, and debated it, his writing must have been worthy of both reading and debate.
      • Choice A, “authoritative” goes well with reading, but not debate.
      • Choice B, “controversial” describes something that is hotly debated.
      • Choices C through E are off-topic.
      • Answer: B
    • Question 11:What is the purpose of the reference to beetles in lines 5-6?
      • The passage as a whole is about the importance of understanding an opponent’s point of view. The beetle analogy is an example of how not to do this.
      • Only Choice D is consistent with the main idea of the passage.
      • Answer: D
    • Question 12:What is the primary purpose of the passage?
      • Only Choices B and C have to do with the main idea we identified on Question 11.
      • B is the more specific and limited answer of the two; C requires the reader to infer, as there’s no direct appeal to understand others better.
      • Answer: B
    • Question 13:What do both authors believe about King’s “I Have A Dream” speech?
      • Both passages devote a lot of space to the speech and to people’s reactions to it. Most of those reactions are positive, and the speech is considered to have made a deep impression on all who read or hear it.
      • C expresses this thought with the phrase “profound impact”.
      • Answer: C
    • Question 14:How would Julian Bond’s portrait of the “complete Martin Luther King” look?
      • Bond lists many roles for King that go beyond the famous speech: antiwar activist, challenger of apartheid, etc.
      • Eliminate A; there is little mention of King’s influence outside the U.S.
      • Eliminate B and C; there is little mention of logical errors or of any of King’s contemporaries.
      • D is promising, as it mentions King’s later concerns.
      • Eliminate E; King’s private life is barely mentioned.
      • Answer: D
    • Question 15:How would the author of Passage 2 react to lines 7-11 of Passage 1?
      • Those lines express an idea mentioned in both passages.
      • Only Choice E, “complete agreement”, mentions any kind of real agreement at all.
      • Answer: E
    • Question 16:What does the word “suffered” mean in context?
      • Because it is a speech doing the “suffering”, not a human being, most of the meanings of the word having to do with human feelings can be eliminated..
      • Eliminate B, D, and E; these are all things that humans do and inanimate objects cannot do.
      • Eliminate C; it’s off-topic.
      • Answer: A
    • Question 17:What is the purpose of lines 31-34?
      • The lines in question are a list of things that don’t happen anymore, in part because of and in reaction to King’s work.
      • Only Choice D suggests what this list does–give a series of examples to support the author’s point.
      • All of the other choices are off-topic.
      • Answer: D
    • Question 18:Why does the author mention the “sermon” in line 35?
      • The “sermon” is called “Ingratitude,” which King calls a particularly great sin. It comes in the middle of a discussion of how people should, and do, show gratitude for King’s work.
      • Choice E, which mentions an “obligation” to King, is very close to the idea of gratitude. No other answer is remotely close to this idea.
      • Answer: E
    • Question 19:How would the author of Passage 2 characterize the description of Martin Luther King Day in Passage 1?
      • The author of Passage 2 focuses on how King’s legacy has been oversimplified, with the complex or troubling parts glossed over.
      • Choice D, “simplistic” is a good term for how this author would view a typical MLK Day celebration.
      • Answer: D
    • Question 20:What transition occurs in lines 57-58?
      • The passage begins by describing King’s ideas; after this transition, the passage talks about how people understand and apply those ideas (or, rather, how they fail to do so).
      • A is consistent with this notion.
      • Eliminate B; the author never challenges King’s beliefs.
      • Eliminate C; there is little mention of King’s intellectual predecessors.
      • Eliminate D; King’s weaknesses are never enumerated.
      • Eliminate E; no one is attacked.
      • Answer: A
    • Question 21:What is the effect of lines 76-79?
      • Eliminate A; neither author denies King’s importance.
      • Eliminate C; the author of Passage 2 doesn’t challenge the author of Passage 1 all that much.
      • Eliminate D; nothing in here is funny.
      • Eliminate E; the author of Passage 1 does not embrace this perspective.
      • Answer: B
    • Question 22:What does the author of Passage 1 do that the author of Passage 2 doesn’t?
      • The only difference that stands out is that the author of Passage 1 cites Julian Bond’s criticism of the treatment of the speech–and disagrees with it.
      • Only Choice A reflects this.
      • Eliminate B through D; these choices are approaches that both passages take.
      • Eliminate E; neither passage assumes the reader is unfamiliar with King’s ideas.
      • Answer: A
    • Question 23:Why would the author of Passage 2 say we commemorate “Martin Luther King the dreamer”?
      • Look at lines 76-82. The author states that the “dreamer” is easier to accept than more controversial sides of King. That means the “dreamer” portrayal is seen as gentler and less offensive.
      • Only Choice C, “reassuring”, describes a gentle and inoffensive option.
      • Answer: C
    • Question 24:What is the relationship between the two passages?
      • Eliminate A; Passage 1 doesn’t really express political goals.
      • Eliminate C and D; Passage 2 neither romanticizes anybody nor focuses on the history of Martin Luther King Day.
      • Eliminate E; Passage 1 does not denounce King.
      • Answer: B
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Answer Guide: Section 7 (Critical Reading)

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  • Lesson Overview 0:10
  • Sentence Completions 0:54
    • Question 1
    • Question 2
    • Question 3
    • Question 4
    • Question 5
  • Passage-Based Questions 3:37
    • Question 6
    • Question 7
    • Question 8
    • Question 9
    • Question 10
    • Question 11
    • Question 12
    • Question 13
    • Question 14
    • Question 15
    • Question 16
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    • Question 18
    • Question 19
    • Question 20
    • Question 21
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