... and cut off from the
public. Sequestered emphasizes the separation
of the art from the public, so accessibility is
the key issue, not whether one kind of art is
better than the other (choice a), ... sentences list the most common forms
of public art. After reading the passage,
readers may be more aware of the public art
around them (choice b), but the emphasis of
the p...
... pleasure at the barest glimpse of Ramona’s face; the shepherds, the herds-
men, the maids, the babies, the dogs, the poultry, all loved the sight of Ramona; all loved her, except the
Señora. The Señora ... since then. They seldom
thought of the child. They knew she was in the Señora Moreno’s keeping, and that was enough. The affairs
of the generation just going out...
... practices
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least one sentence that sums up the main thrust of the
paragraph. It is most often either the first or the ... pleasure at the barest glimpse of Ramona’s face; the shepherds, the herds-
men, the maids, the babies, the dogs, the poultry, all loved the sight of Ramo...
... That
Sentence!
There will be approximately 19 sentence completion
questions on the SAT. You will find them in three of
the critical reading sections, and they make up a little
less than 40% of your total Critical ... pleasure at the barest glimpse of Ramona’s face; the shepherds, the herds-
men, the maids, the babies, the dogs, the poultry, all loved the sight of Ram...
... them now and spend the time between
now and the SAT turning them into strengths than it
is to pretend they don’t exist. It can be hard to focus on
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This sentence has three units, two complete and
one incomplete. The first two ... and phrases. These are the words that most
help you decode the sentence. Think of them as clues
to a mystery. Among the most useful of these are the
words that enable you t...
... but the
rebuffed his effort.
a. rhetoric
b. lunatic
c. mutant
d. defendant
e. electorate
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1. Although the ... mail her payment for the park-
ing ticket; thus, her was late.
a. extrication
b. palliation
c. remittance
d. precedent
e. dichotomy
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Part 2: Reading Is Critical
There are approximately 40 long-passage critical read-
ing questions on the SAT. Each Critical Reading sec-
tion contains at least one ... length,
and there will be between 5 and 13 questions after
each one.
In one critical reading section of the exam, there
will be a set of two long passages. Th...
... time to tackle the questions. On the SAT,
the questions are organized roughly in the same order
as the parts of the passage to which they refer. In other
words, the answer to the second question ... to the correct answer, but wrong in
some detail
■
are true, but do not answer the question
■
use language found in the text, but do not
answer the question correctly
THE...
... preponderated over every
other taste.
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(5)
(10)
(15)
(20)
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Questions 27–32 are based on the following ... feeling
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(5)
(10)
(15)
(20)
(25)
(30)
(35)
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Questions 21–26 are based o...