Are You Ready for the SAT & ACT?
Word Play
Parts of Speech
Functions of Words
Fill in the Blanks
Description Conniption
Bring It All Together!
The Verb/Noun Shuffle
Transforming Words
Context Cartoons
The Pieces of the Puzzles
Putting Together the Puzzle
Expand It!
Words in Context
Find the Definition
Write the Definition
Match the Definition
Connotation versus Denotation
Create the Mood
ANSWERS
Purpose and Point of View
Purposes of Sentences
The Purposes of Sentences in Paragraphs
Are You Ready for the SAT and ACT?
Purposes of Paragraphs
Recycled Purposes
Purposes of Paragraphs Within Passages
SAT Questions and the Purposes of Paragraphs
Shorter Is Better
Finding the Primary Purpose of SAT and ACT Reading Passages
Drill 1
Drill 2
Drill 3
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
Purpose and Point of View
MAKING SENSE OF HARD PASSAGES
Drill: Trim the Fat
Answers and Explanations: Trim the Fat
BUT WHAT DOES THAT WORD MEAN?
Drill: Difficult Vocabulary
Answers and Explanations: Difficult Vocabulary
WHAT ABOUT THE DETAILS?
Drill: Add the Details
Answers and Explanations: Add the Details
DEALING WITH PARAGRAPHS
Drill: Paragraphs
Answers and Explanations: Paragraphs
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
Drill: Putting It All Together
Answers and Explanations: Putting It All Together
Power of the “Word”
SENTENCES
I See Where This Is Going: Transitions
Transitions Practice
The Ad-Men: Adjectives and Adverbs
A Note on Styles of Discourse
So Intense: Synonyms and Changes in Degree
PARAGRAPHS
A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That: Topic Sentences and Transitions
What Are You Trying to Say?: Arguments and Evidence
PASSAGES
ANSWERS