The most interesting - and welcome - features of the new 2016 verbal SAT:
- authentic reading material, the kind students typically read in the classroom (eg. a section of the Gettysburg Address).
- an emphasis on analysis by asking students factual and stylistic questions (eg. "How does Lincoln's argument progress?" "What techniques does he use to give emphasis to his speech?")
- vocabulary questions using words likely to have been met in students' studies (eg. "protagonist", "empirical")
- optional essay question analyzing a passage in which students demonstrate evidence-based skills (eg. an author's use of facts or examples).
RSS Feed
