author: magoosh act
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new sat reading: the nonfiction passages
after the literature passage on the new sat, you’ll see two history/social studies passages and two science passages–typically alternated. these passages should be approached a little differently than the fiction passage. here’s what you need to know:
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new sat reading: words in context questions
the old sat tested a lot of difficult vocabulary. no more. now the focus is on “high-utility academic words and phrases” which basically means words that are used in multiple subjects and genres and words that have multiple meanings.
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the new sat reading literature passage
on every new sat exam, there’s one fiction passage from “u.s. or world literature” (yeah, that does basically mean anything in the world, as long as it’s written in english). the literature passage is the first passage in the reading section. let’s discuss!