Simon's Saga for the NEW SAT Verbal - Softcover

Geer Ed.M., Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764122002 ISBN 13: 9780764122002

Publisher: Barrons Educational Series, 2002

Synopsis

Simon, who is the narrator of this book, lets test-takers know that he's a cool college dude who's ready to help everybody get an incredibly fantastic score when they take the new, revised verbal skills section of the SAT. Simon tells students that college time is party time, but first, kids need to do some serious work. That includes expanding their vocabulary so they'll be able to cope with college-level reading assignments. He tells them, for instance: "Well, it's time for you to get to work. You'd better get this pedestrian stuff out of the way, pronto, so we can get to know each other better. Hey, I know the thing looks a little daunting, but I think the meanings are quite explicit." Certain words in that passage—for instance, pedestrian, daunting, and explicit—are set in boldface type. That is the students' signal to look up the word, understand what it means, and comprehend how it's being used in the sentence. Students who read all of Simon's commentaries and understand all boldface words are guaranteed to excel on the new SAT I Verbal. As Simon helps students expand their word power, he finds something to say about most topics that interest college kids—from girls and parties to coping with term papers and doing library research. A short quiz follows each episode. Here's a unique, refreshing approach to vocabulary building for high school students preparing for the all-important college entrance test.

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From the Back Cover

While you?re building your word power, you?ll enjoy reading what Simon has to say about . . . making new friends on campus . . . girls . . . fun time . . . the campus flirt . . . doing library research . . . bull sessions with friends . . . writing term papers . . . invitation to a barbecue . . . girl talk . . . creative writing . . . and lots more.

Enter the world of Simon?s Saga?a place of adventure, knowledge, romance, ideas, fun, laughter, and 820 essential words for the SAT I.

About the Author

Philip Geer lives in Singapore where he directs Mentaurs, an educational consultancy that prepares students for the SAT, GRE, and other standardized tests. From 1978 until 2001 he taught English for the Singapore Ministry of Education at the junior college level.

About this edition

• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0764122002
• ISBN 13: 9780764122002
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464