Varsity Tutors SAT Book First Edition

1 SAT IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF THE COLLEGE BOARD, INC., WHICH NEITHER SPONSORS NOR ENDORSES THIS Edition650+Pages475+ PracticeQuestionsFullPractice Test MORE THAN PAGES 60075 LessonsMore ThanLessons, Strategies, and Diagnostic TestsS ATStudy Guide New SAT Study Guide LESSONS, STRATEGIES, AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTSSTUDY GUIDEVARSITY TUTORSSt. LouisVARSITY TUTORSSt. LouisEric ForsterEditor-in-ChiefLaura TorpManaging EditorLayoutLaura TorpStaff EditorsKara LevisProject ManagerData ManagerKara LevisAubtin SaediKalea SebestaArmen StromquistMelissa SweetermanJoseph RitchieAndrew OckertNew SAT Study Guide: Lessons, Strategies, and Diagnostic TestsCopyright 2019 by Live Learning Technologies LLCP ublished by Varsity Tutors LLC101 S. Hanley Rd, Suite 300St. Louis, MO : rights reserved.

2 The text of this publication, or any part thereof, may not be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher. This prohibition includes storage in a retrieval system or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act. ISBN-13: 978-1-944204-04-42019 EditionLIMIT OF LIABILITY/DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY: The publisher and the author make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this work and specifically disclaim all warranties, including without limitation warranties of fitness for a particular purpose. no warranty may be created or extended by sales or promotional materials.

3 The advice and strategies contained herein may not be suitable for every situation. this work is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional services. if professional assistance is required, the services of a competent, professional person should be sought. neither the publisher nor the author shall be liable for damages arising herefrom. Contact Us: (866) 383-6136 of ContentsHow to Use This Book 1 Introduction 2 The New SAT: New Content, New Format 3 Scoring 13 The Essay 18 Testing Tips 22 The SAT Reading Test 24 Review: SAT Reading 25 Review: Context, Connotation, Denotation, and Implication 26 Review.

4 Close Reading 32 Information and Ideas 38 Deciphering Statements and Implications 39 Applying Inferences to New Scenarios 45 Citing Textual Evidence 53 Identifying Main Ideas and Themes 59 Summarizing and Paraphrasing 64 Deciphering Words and Phrases in Context 69 Interpreting Relationships in Context 77 Cause and Effect 78 Comparing and Contrasting 83 Sequence 91 Rhetoric and Passage Construction 97 Stylistic Word Choice 98 Text Structure 108 Point of View 113 Purpose 119 Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning 124 Synthesis 131 Paired Passages 132 Quantitative Information 147 The SAT Writing and Language Test 159 Expression of Ideas 160 Content and Development 161 Modifying Proposition Statements 162 Improving Focus and Purpose 170 Quantitative Accuracy and Application 173 Organization and Structure 179 Logical Sequence 180 Introductions, Transitions.

5 And Conclusions 187 Effective Language Use 193 Word Choice 194 Concision 204 Tone and Style 209 Combining Sentences 216 Standard English Conventions 224 Sentence Structure 225 Complete and Incomplete Sentences 226 Coordination Between Clauses 234 Contact Us: (866) 383-6136 Structure 238 Modifier Placement 240 Verb Tense, Mood, and Voice 248 Conventions of Usage 258 Pronoun Choice 259 Homophones, Possessives, and Contractions 264 Agreement 273 Logical Comparison 280 Conventions of Punctuation 285 Ending Sentence Punctuation 286 Internal Sentence Punctuation 288 Possessive Nouns and Pronouns 295 Items in Series 298 Nonrestrictive and Parenthetical Punctuation 305 The SAT Math Test 313 Review: SAT Math 314 Review: Given Equations 315 Review: Properties of Algebra 338 Review.

6 Approaching Word Problems 342 Introductory Algebra 353 Absolute Value 354 Linear Equations and Inequalities 356 Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities 365 Properties of Linear Graphs 372 Advanced Algebra 377 Simplifying, Expanding, and Rewriting Polynomial Expressions 378 Quadratic Functions and Equations 387 Exponential Expressions, Functions, Equations and Radicals 394 Rational Equations and Expressions 405 Systems of Equations 411 Function Notation 415 Graphing Algebraic Functions 418 Graphing Circles 429 Complex Equations in Context 432 Analytics and Problem Solving 441 Introductory Statistics 442 Modeling Data: Equations, Graphs, Scatter Plots, and Tables 451 Conversions: Units, Ratios, Proportions, and Percentage 458 Probability 466 Additional Topics and Geometry 475 Geometry 476 Lines and Angles 477 Length and Midpoint 478 Angles, Parallel Lines, and Perpendicular Lines 484 Triangles, Circles.

7 And Polygons 495 Defining Polygons 496 Introduction to Right Triangles 503 Congruent Figures and Similar Figures 509 Quadrilaterals 513 Circles 518 Three-Dimensional Geometry 528 Contact Us: (866) 383-6136 and Radians 542 Trigonometric Operations 543 Degrees, Radians, and the Unit Circle 548 Trigonometric Identities 553 Other Concepts 554 Complex Numbers 555 The New SAT Essay 557 SAT Essay: Reading 560 SAT Essay: Analysis 562 SAT Essay: Writing 564 Sample Prompt and Essay Response 565 Full-Length SAT Practice Test 568 Reading Test 569 Writing and Language Test 586 Math Test - No Calculator 606 Math Test - Calculator 613 Essay Section 624 Answer Key: Reading Test 626 Answer Key: Writing and Language Test 638 Answer Key: Math Test - No Calculator 649 Answer Key: Math Test - Calculator 654 Scoring Your Full-Length SAT Practice Test 665 Contact Us: (866) 383-6136 1 Table of ContentsHow to Use This BookWelcome to Varsity Tutors 2016 New SAT Study Guide: Lessons, Strategies, and Diagnostic Tests.

8 We hope that you ll find the lessons contained herein useful for improving your scores on the new SAT, which can help you get into the college or university of your choice. While you will find some advice for test-taking in this book, its primary focus is skills-based. In other words, if you can learn how to do the math or how to read passages effectively, just to name two specific examples, you ll do better on the test. Being able to apply your skills in a timely fashion is the main consideration in approaching the SAT as a test, but the skills you learn and use are broadly applicable, and will help you succeed in college. What that means for you is that we re not trying to sell you on a proprietary method or some made-up approach. This book is designed to teach you the skills you don t know and remind you of the skills you have, but may have is an e-book, and the version of this book you are reading is a PDF, which is a feature-rich format.

9 It may be available in other e-formats, like as an iBook or on Kindle, so be sure to check for availability on your preferred device. In this book, you will find things that are familiar to you from other books, both of the physical and the electronic variety, but you may come across some features you haven t seen before. We re striving to push the electronic format in ways that are useful to you, our reader, while maintaining a recognizable and clean First thing you might notice is that this book is heavily linked to itself. If you browse the Table of Contents, you ll see that its entries serve as active links that can get you to other parts of this book quickly and accurately. These links are not always perfectly obvious, so you should always try hovering your mouse over anything that might interest you, in order to see if you can click on have formatted links in a blue italicized font.

10 Try clicking the following link: This is an example of a link. This link takes you back to the Table of you go through this book, another thing you may notice are various blue boxes that prompt you to see the solutions to problems or give you a walkthrough of a reading passage. When you hover over these boxes, you ll see more text or graphics appear on the page in front of you. If you click on these buttons, you will make the text or graphics persistent, so you can scroll around the page as you will. If you want the text or graphics to disappear again, just click the answers are displayed with an x [X] next to them, so that you can immediately comprehend that they are answers to be avoided. Correct answers will appear with an arrow [] next to them. It s a big book, and there s a lot to cover: explore and have fun.