By Mihir Kale The SAT English Section is composed of two sections: Reading and Writing & Language. These have a combined total of 96 Questions: 52 in Reading and 44 in Writing. The Reading Section of the SAT is fairly difficult for many students. The Reading Section is made up of 4 distinct passages and a paired passage (two short essays sharing a question set). Each of these 5 “sections” has 10-11 questions each. There are three different kinds of texts: History, Literature, and Science. There will always be 1 Literature passage and a combination of Science and History passages. Reading passages are usually about certain topics:
History passages cover themes like abolition, suffrage, democracy, and paired passages that compare two opposing opinions on those themes. Science passages cover evolution, new research studies, or summaries of complex scientific discoveries. Paired passages for science usually build off of one another and look at different angles of the same topic. Literature passages are excerpts of major novels, such as Pride and Prejudice or Jane Eyre, and focus on deciphering complex language to determine themes and characterization. Reading questions are organized from most general to most specific, which means that you should always start by reading the whole passage first. The first few questions will almost always ask you to summarize the passage or identify themes that apply to the entire passage. Towards the latter half, questions will focus on paragraphs or even sentences. In the Reading section, it can be difficult to determine the correct answer because some complex questions can have multiple answers that seem “correct”. When presented with this problem you can:
Keep in mind that to be successful in anything, even the SAT it takes lots and lots of practice! Some useful sources include: Khan Academy, reading the newspaper, and using released practice exams. You can also schedule a session to work on the SAT here at Peer2Peer with one of our qualified tutors! The Peer2Blog team wishes you the best of luck with testing! Don't be nervous, you will do amazing!
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