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Bu I 5 - T NG Ôn Reading & Writing: SAT Marathon

This document provides a review of reading and writing skills tested on the SAT exam. It outlines the different question types for the reading section, including command of evidence, central ideas/details, inferences, words in context, text structure and cross-text connections. It also reviews writing skills such as use of transitions, rhetorical synthesis, form/structure/sense, and boundaries.

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Bu I 5 - T NG Ôn Reading & Writing: SAT Marathon

This document provides a review of reading and writing skills tested on the SAT exam. It outlines the different question types for the reading section, including command of evidence, central ideas/details, inferences, words in context, text structure and cross-text connections. It also reviews writing skills such as use of transitions, rhetorical synthesis, form/structure/sense, and boundaries.

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SAT Marathon

GĐ1: Buổi học chủ đề

Buổi 5 – Tổng ôn Reading & Writing


1. Reading Review
Reading Review
1. Command of Evidence (Textual):
- Types: Scientific, Literary
- Approach:
+ Identify Argument
+ Create Test Phrase (“Increased exposure to sunlight enhances plant
growth” => “Sunlight = enhanced plant growth”)
+ Test choices
- Top tips: Stay specific (eliminate broad choices), Be strict (look for the strongest
and most direct evidence)
Reading Review
2. Command of Evidence (Quantitative):
- Requirement: Graph or table for unfamiliar topic; complete sentences using data
- Approach:
+ Skim Graph
+ Read Paragraph
+ Validate Choices
+ Find Best Evidence
- Top tips: Use Finger/Cursor, Check Truth of Choices
Reading Review
3. Central Ideas and Details:
- Central Ideas: Identify the main idea that covers most information.
- Details: Answer specific questions using one sentence
- Approach:
+ Summarize Text
+ Determine Task
+ Revisit Text
+ Predict and Eliminate
- Top tips: Stay specific, Keep prediction short, Use Keywords as a Map (Follow
keywords for detail questions)
Reading Review
4. Inferences:
- Requirement:
+ Complete unfinished passages on unfamiliar topics
+ Focus on connecting information to form arguments
- Approach:
+ Bullet Points
+ Examine Argument
+ Explore Choices
+ Select Strengthening Choice
- Top tips: Stay Specific, Lean on Transitions, Let Punctuation Help
Reading Review
5. Words in Context:
- Requirement: Select the most precise word in a given context
- Approach:
+ Summarize Text
+ Identify Key Word/Idea
+ Focus on Connotation
+ Select Matching Word
- Top tips: Charge it (+/-), Avoid Unknowns
Reading Review
6. Text structure and purpose:
- Requirement: Select the most precise word in a given context
- Approach:
+ Summarize Text
+ Identify Key Word/Idea
+ Focus on Connotation
+ Select Matching Word
- Top tips: Charge it (+/-), Avoid Unknowns
Reading Review
7. Cross-Text Connections:
- Requirement: Compare authors' points of view in two short texts on the same subject
- Approach:
+ Summarize Texts
+ Determine Relationship
+ Test Choices
- Top tips: Look for positive/negative words, Stick to the text, Avoid choices beyond
explicit statements
2. Writing Review
Writing Review
1. Transitions:
- Requirement: Select the most logical transition word or phrase to connect ideas
- Categories: Agreement / disagreement, sequence / order, addition / exemplification,
and cause / effect
- Approach:
+ Summarize text
+ Identify Relationship
+ Select matching transition
- Top tips: Be flexible, Eliminate copycats (choices that are interchangeable, e.g. “also”
and “in addition”)
Writing Review
2. Rhetorical Synthesis:
- Requirement: Use information from a series of bulleted notes to achieve a specific
goal
- Approach:
+ Identify the goal
+ Test the choices
+ Select the matching choices
- Top tips: Simplify the goal, Be strict! (don’t choose “almost correct” choices), Ignore
the grammar
Writing Review
3. Form, Structure and Sense:
- Requirement: Complete a passage blank in a way that adheres to Standard English
conventions
- Categories: subject-verb agreement, pronoun-antecedent agreement, verb forms,
subject-modifier placement, plural and possessive nouns
- Approach:
+ Investigate the blank
+ Find the focus
+ Eliminate obvious errors
Writing Review
4. Boundaries:
- Requirement: Complete a passage blank in a way that adheres to Standard English
conventions
- Categories: linking clauses, formatting and punctuating supplements, and correct
punctuation
- Approach:
+ Investigate the blank
+ Find the focus
+ Eliminate obvious errors
3. Bonus questions

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