1. Main Idea Review
Read a short paragraph and identify the sentence that best summarizes the author’s main point.
2. Purpose Review
Which sentence best explains why an author includes a statistic in a paragraph?
3. Elimination Strategy Review
A question asks students to identify the author’s main claim. Which answer choice should likely be eliminated first:
- one introducing unrelated information,
- one partially supported by the passage,
- or one summarizing the author’s argument?
4. Meaning Analysis Review
Read a short SAT-style paragraph and determine which answer choice is best supported by the passage’s overall meaning.
Recommended Review Topics
Students may benefit from reviewing:
- Basic reading comprehension
- Identifying main ideas
- Tone and purpose in writing
- Eliminating clearly incorrect answer choices
- SAT multiple-choice structure
- Identifying supporting evidence
- Reading paragraph summaries