Preface
New SAT Format and Test Dates
Countdown to the SAT
Acknowledgments
PART ONE: GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE NEW SAT
Introduction: Let’’s Look at the New SAT
What Is the SAT?
What is Score Choice?
What Is the Format of the New SAT?
The Reading Test
The Writing and Language Test
The Math Test
The Optional Essay
Winning Tactics for the SAT
PART TWO: PINPOINT YOUR TROUBLE SPOTS
A Diagnostic Test
Diagnostic Test
Answer Key
Score Analysis
Answers Explained
PART THREE: THE SAT READING TEST
1 The Evidence-Based Reading Test
Quick Overview
Testing Tactics
Practice Exercises
2 Build Your Vocabulary
The Master Word List
PART FOUR: THE SAT WRITING AND LANGUAGE TEST
The Evidence-Based Writing and Language Test
New SAT Writing and Language Test Overview
SAT Grammar Review
Quantitative Graph Analysis
1::5 SAT Writing Strategies
Putting It All Together
Practice Passages
4 SAT Essay
What Is the SAT Essay?
How Is the New SAT Essay Different from the Old SAT Essay?
How Is This Chapter Organized?
Sample Prompt
Sample Response
Reading Skill Building
Analysis Skill Building
Writing Skill Building
Ten Key Strategies for SAT Essay Writing Success
Putting It All Together
Sample Essays
Sample Essay Prompts with Sample Top-Scoring Responses
PART FIVE: THE SAT MATH TEST
Introduction to the Math Test
5 Math Strategies and Tactics
Testing Tactics
Practice Exercises
6 Reviewing Mathematics
Arithmetic
6-A Basic Arithmetic Concepts
6-B Fractions and Decimals
6-C Percents
6-D Ratios and Proportions
6-E Averages
Algebra
6-F Polynomials
6-G Solving Equations and Inequalities
6-H Word Problems
Geometry
6-I Lines and Angles
6-J Triangles
6-K Quadrilaterals and Other Polygons
6-L Circles
6-M Solid Geometry
6-N Coordinate Geometry
Data Analysis
6-0 Interpretation of Data
Miscellaneous Topics
6-P Counting and Probability
6-0 Sequences
6-R Functions and Their Graphs
6-S Trigonometry
6-T Imaginary and Complex Numbers
PART SIX: TEST YOURSELF
Model Test 1
Model Test 2
Model Test 3
Model Test 4
