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The SAT Strategy Guide outlines key strategies for the Reading & Writing and Math modules, focusing on understanding literal meaning, analyzing structure, improving clarity, and applying grammar rules. It emphasizes effective approaches such as skimming, testing tone, isolating variables, and using key formulas. Additionally, it provides general strategies for time management, guessing, and answer review to optimize test performance.

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SAT Strategy Guide

The SAT Strategy Guide outlines key strategies for the Reading & Writing and Math modules, focusing on understanding literal meaning, analyzing structure, improving clarity, and applying grammar rules. It emphasizes effective approaches such as skimming, testing tone, isolating variables, and using key formulas. Additionally, it provides general strategies for time management, guessing, and answer review to optimize test performance.

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SAT Strategy Guide

Reading & Writing Modules

- Information & Ideas

Goal: Understand literal meaning, infer, interpret.


Strategy: Use keywords to locate evidence. Infer based only on text. Determine author's purpose.
Approach: Skim, read Q, find match, eliminate by evidence.

- Craft & Structure

Goal: Analyze word choice, tone, structure.


Strategy: Plug in words, assess context & flow.
Approach: Read full sentence, test tone/meaning fit.

- Expression of Ideas

Goal: Improve clarity and effectiveness.


Strategy: Choose concise, logical transitions/order.
Approach: Match sentence purpose and flow.

- Standard English Conventions

Goal: Grammar, punctuation, syntax.


Strategy: Apply rules: subject-verb agreement, tense, punctuation.
Approach: Simplify sentence to test correctness.

Math Modules

- Algebra

Goal: Solve linear systems, manipulate equations.


Strategy: Use substitution/elimination. Watch for no/infinite solutions.
Approach: Isolate variables, check solution.

- Advanced Math

Goal: Higher-level expressions: quadratics, exponentials, functions.


Strategy: Know formulas, transformations, test values.
Approach: Apply rules, graph logic when needed.

- Problem Solving & Data Analysis

Goal: Handle ratios, percentages, and data sets.


Strategy: Translate clearly, apply percent formulas.
Approach: Label units, read graphs carefully.
SAT Strategy Guide
- Geometry & Trigonometry

Goal: Use spatial reasoning and formulas.


Strategy: Memorize key formulas, apply SOHCAHTOA.
Approach: Draw diagrams, plug in values.

General Strategy

- Time Management

Don't dwell - move on and come back.


Prioritize easy points.

- Guessing

No penalty. Always eliminate and guess.

- Answer Review

Check math steps. Re-read line for reading questions.

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