SAT Prep | Step 2

Step 2:
Because the Critical Reading SAT sections are fundamentally a vocabulary test, it must resort to principles and techniques necessary for testing your vocabulary. Therefore, certain dynamics like antonyms (word opposites) and synonyms (word similarities) become very useful in setting up a question or word problem. This idea can be taken one step further.

Another type of technique that utilizes the tension of opposites and the concurrence of similarities is word values. Word values begin with the recognition that most pivotal words in an SAT word problem can be...

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