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The sat critical reading section 45658 SAT2006[03](fin).qx 11/21/05 6:42 PM Page 57 – THE SAT CRITICAL READING SECTION – for the reading comprehension questions. Additionally, P art 2: Reading Is Critical learning to make sense of complex passages will make your college career even more successful. There are approximately 40 long-passage critical read- ing questions on the SAT. Each Critical Reading sec- Ready, Set, Read! tion contains at least one long passage, followed by If you are already skilled at quickly reading and under- questions about the passage. Passages are excerpted standing dense prose, good for you! If not, try this from writings in the fields of literature, humanities, approach. Feel free to adapt it and change it to suit your and social and natural sciences. There is no poetry. needs and temperament. There’s no one “right” way to Each passage is between 400 and 850 words in length, read. The right way to do all of these things is the way and there will be between 5 and 13 questions after that works for you; so as you practice, try variations on each one. the method to see what suits you. In one critical reading section of the exam, there Every reading comprehension passage has a short will be a set of two long passages. These two passages one- to three-sentence introduction. This introduc- will complement each other in some way. Most often, tion will provide you with some context for the passage they will present either supporting or opposing points as a whole, so read it first. Occasionally, there will be a of view. Some of the questions about these passages will question that requires knowledge of this introduction, require that you be able to analyze similarities and dif- so read it carefully. ferences between the two passages. Now you may want to skim the passage for its Many of the reading comprehension questions subject matter. With practice, you will find that topic are vocabulary-related. You can think of them as a vari- sentences and key adjectives will practically leap out ation on sentence completion questions, asking you and grab your attention. Be sure to keep your pencil to determine the meaning of a word or phrase in con- poised to write as you read. You will want to mark key text. Sometimes, the test-makers ask about fairly com- words and phrases as you see them. mon words that have multiple uses and ask you to Next, read the passage all the way through. As you choose the correct meaning or shade of meaning. Most finish each paragraph, determine its main idea. Then, ...