Verbal Review for Standardized Tests (Cliffs Test Prep) - Softcover

Corvino, William A.; Orton, Peter Z.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0822020343 ISBN 13: 9780822020349

Publisher: Cliff Notes, 1986

Synopsis

The CliffsTestPrep series offers full-length practice exams that simulate the real tests; proven test-taking strategies to increase your chances at doing well; and thorough review exercises to help fill in any knowledge gaps.

For anyone taking any standardized test — such as the SAT, ACT, or GRE — Cliffs Verbal Review for Standardized Tests is designed to review, refresh, and reintroduce essential grammar and verbal skills. Written by test preparation experts, this clear, concise, and easy-to-use guide gives insight into the types of questions you'll face on the exam, and it demonstrates how to avoid the common and costly errors that trap the unprepared. Inside, you'll find an extensive overview of these areas:

• Grammar and usage review
• English usage and sentence correction
• Timed essay writing
• Verbal ability -- antonyms, analogies, and sentence completion
• Reading comprehension
• Strategies for each question type
• Practice exercises with hundreds of questions and complete explanations

This guide's unique approach will not only review the essential basic skills, but also show you how to apply them effectively and specifically on standardized tests. As you work your way through this guide, you'll hone your knowledge of

• Parts of speech, adjectives and adverbs, linking verbs, and comparatives and superlatives
• Dangling modifiers, ambiguous pronouns, and double negatives
• Errors in diction, idiom, and style
• Punctuation — using commas, semi-colons, colons, apostrophes, and dashes
• Writing narrative, descriptive, analytical, and expository essays

With guidance from the CliffsTestPrep series, you'll feel at home in any standardized-test environment!

About this title

From the Back Cover

Cliffs Verbal Review for Standardized Tests "An Invaluable Guide for Test-Oriented Verbal Review" Verbal Review for Standardized Tests is designed specifically to Review, Refresh, and Reintroduce essential Grammar and Verbal Abilities skills. "Much More Than a Standard Grammar Review Book" This guide is clear, concise, and easy to use, and its focus by test preparation experts gives insight into the types of questions you'll face on your exam. "An Excellent and Extensive Overview" that includes a test-oriented:

• Grammar and Usage Review and strategies and to-the-point practice in:
• Usage and Sentence Correction
• Writing Timed Essays
• Verbal Ability: Antonyms Analolgies, and Sentence Completion
• Reading Comprehension

Our unique approach not only will review the basic skills but also will show you how to apply them effectively and specifically on standardized tests. If you're taking the GMAT, GRE, SAT, ACT, CBEST, NTE, LSAT, PPST, PSAT, State Teacher Test, or any other exam with a grammar or verbal skills section, this book was designed for you!

About the Author

William A. Covino, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of English at San Diego State University. Peter Z. Orton (B.A., Harvard; M. Ed., Princeton) is a test preparation lecturer and instructor for many California State Universities. Both authors have researched and developed test preparation programs for many universities, colleges, and law schools since 1979 and have authored numerous test preparation books used throughout the nation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cliff Notes
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0822020343
• ISBN 13: 9780822020349
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384