PSAT Review PDF

PSAT REVIEW Vocab- Comprehensive- thorough and complete Discriminating- showing good taste or judgement Revelation- a fact revealed in a surprising way Vex-to make feel annoyed or frustrated Inept-unsklled or clumsy anachronism-something out of place in time, especially if something is outdated conf...

PSAT REVIEW Vocab- Comprehensive- thorough and complete Discriminating- showing good taste or judgement Revelation- a fact revealed in a surprising way Vex-to make feel annoyed or frustrated Inept-unsklled or clumsy anachronism-something out of place in time, especially if something is outdated confound- to cause someone to be confused or to confuse two elements as one perjure-telling a lie under oath allude- to hint at directly platitude-an overused proverb eloquent-articulate and well spoken loquacious- talkative stoic-enduring hardship without complaint impassive- unemotional or calm, unbiased equementity- unemotional or calm sedate- calm,to the point of being dull clemency-to edit out or repress objectional material mundane-dull and uninteresting censor-to edit out or repress objectional material capricious-prone to unpredictable behavior embellish-to make a story more interesting by fabricating entertaining details, decorate eradicate- to eliminate completely PSAT in general- Part 1 is reading or writing 2 modules 27 questions in 32 minutes each with a break in between The PSAT tests us on skills tha we use in school not stuff we learn Highest PSAT score is 1520 Highest SAT score is 1600 All multiple choice questions PSAT does not count for college admissions,SAT does The parts of a college application are ​ Grades from freshman through senior year ​ Resume what you did throughout school (inside and outside) ​ Essay ​ Letters of recommendation 2 from teachers and 1 from guidance ​ Standardized test scores Leave no questions unanswered The reading portion tests you on identifying relationships in readings, defining words in context, and finding the main idea To triage the test means to answer the questions you know first Vocab is tested in context The main purpose of a passage on the PSAT is to inform, to persuade, or to entertain. Grammar- Accept is a verb Except means to exclude or object Accept, A for agree Except- E for exclude Accept- invitation, gift, terms ] Effect- exclusion, condition, general rule Their- shows possession Ex- That is their opinion There- shows a place Ex- look over there They’re- shows what someone is doing Ex- They’re on a walk Affect- influence or make a change in something, usually a verb Effect- result of a change primarily a noun Affect-Action Effect- end result A run on sentence is two complete sentences without punctuation or conjugations between them To help remove repetitive and irrelevant wording A complete sentence has a subject and a verb to- showing motion or approaching reaching too- to add on or add emphasis two- the number ‘S shows possession Subject-Verb Agreement means that subjects and verbs must always agree in number The subject is never in a prepositional phrase The subject can come before or after the verb To remember conjunctions use FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) You can’t use both and as well as in the same sentence because they’re double negatives if you want to use as well as replace it with and Who’s is a contraction for who is Whose shows possession Here’s is a contraction for who is When using neither nor the verb must agree in number with the subject closest to it When using either or the verb must agree in number with the subject closest to it A pronoun agrees in number and gender with the noun it refers to The subject gets the subject pronoun The object gets the object pronoun There’s is a contraction that means there is Its shows possession It’s is a conjunction of it is An appositive is a part of a sentence between two commas that can be removed Good is always an adjective Well is always an adverb Who is referring to the subject Whom is referring to the object A semicolon separates two independent clauses not separated by conjunctions A semicolon replaces a comma + a conjuction A colon means “note what follows” PSAT Questions Words in context- there's a blank in a text and you have to choose a word to fill it or you have to define a word in a quote 2. Grammar - There’s a blank in a text and you have to revise/edit based on the rules of the English language Reading Comprehension questions: 3. Rhetorical Synthesis - There’s a list of bullets and you have to chose info from a list to accomplish a goal 4. Transitions - There’s a blank in the text and you have to a put a transition word to connect ideas 5. Main ideas and details - find a main idea from the details 6. Author's purpose - 2-part answer: inform, persuade, or entertain PLUS info from the passage 7. Command of Evidence Questions: Quantitative- use info from maps or charts to prove something Textual- a) use one of the choices to prove a hypothesis b) use one sentence from a piece of text to support the claim made 8. Inferences - give a logical ending to the text 9. Text Structure - choose the function of the underlined sentence in the text 10. Cross-Text Connections -compare two points of view on the same topic