SAT Reading Fundamentals

Question 1

This type of question in the Reading section asks you to focus on how the writing influences the reader and asks you to analyze such things as:

Word Choice

Text Structure

Point of View

Purpose

Argumentation

Answer 1

Rhetoric Question

Question 2

This type of question in the Reading section asks you to focus on combining multiple sources of information and asks you to analyze:

Multiple texts

Quantitative information

Answer 2

Synthesis Questions

Question 3

These type of passages on the SAT typically discuss a theory, a discovery, or an experiment.

Answer 3

Science Passages