Increase Your Score in 3 Minutes a Day: SAT Critical Reading - Softcover

McCutcheon, Randall; Schaffer, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071440410 ISBN 13: 9780071440417

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2004

Synopsis

This concise guide features key principles of critical reading as well as typical types of SAT reading passages, questions, and examples to help maximize scores.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"They say that reading is 'fundamental.' This book makes the mental part fun again. A MUST BUY for the SAT."
--Anne Meyers, student, Albuquerque Academy

"It's a miracle... Critical reading for the SAT made not only conquerable but downright fun."
--Eric Liu, educator and former White House speechwriter

Master Critical Reading for the SAT--FAST!

If SAT savvy is what you seek, this book is the resource you need. Learn the secrets, shortcuts, and strategies to succeed--with only minutes of effort a day.

Lively and straight-to-the-point, this study aid to the enhanced SAT Critical Reading section presents proven principles that promote effective reading; practical test strategies that are life-savers when you're under time restraints; and sample passages with insightful commentary on how to select the correct answers.

Use this step-by-step guide and you'll be on the fast track to:

• Knowing what to read and what to skip
• Learning how to "write between the lines" for quick review
• Understanding the questions by translating them into everyday language

Whether you follow the eight-week plan or you need the last-minute approach, let this book lead you to SAT success.

*SAT is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board, which was not involved in the production of this book.

About the Author:

Randall McCutcheon is a high school educator nationally recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for innovation in curriculum, with experience teaching English, speech, debate, and journalism. Jim Schaffer, a finalist for the Teacher-in-Space program, is chair of the English Department at Nebraska Wesleyan University, where he teaches English and journalism.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0071440410
• ISBN 13: 9780071440417
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144