CPSAT Steps

Direct Details / Implied Ideas:

Step 1:

Rephrase & memorize the question

Step 2:

Find the sentence in the evidence that answer Step 1

Step 3:

Pick the answer choice that directly matches the answer choice from Step 2

What do you do if the direct detail asks to look at an example, list or quotation?

Look at the prior sentence

Words in Context (Type A):

1. Circle the logical connector

2. Underline the target content

3. Pick choice that logically connects to target

Words in Context (Type B):

1. Eliminate the words that don’t fit in the context

2. Pick the answer that is most synonymous with the original word

Main Idea:

1. Read every sentence in the passage

2. Pick the choice that connects every sentence

Sentence Function:

1. Establish the main idea

2. Eliminate the false choices

3. Pick the choice that connects to the main idea

Fact Pools:

1. Underline the goal

2. Mark the relevant evidence

3. Select choice with the most overlap

Logical Completion:

1. Circle the logical connector

2. Underline the target content

3. Eliminate the irrelevant choices

Logical Support/Weakening:

1. Circle the claim

2. Eliminate the logically (in)consistent choices

3. Eliminate the irrelevant choices 

Data Interpretation:

1. Underline the goal

2. Eliminate false choices

3. Pick the choice that supports the goal

2 Passage:

1. Find the main idea of each paragraph

2. Compare and find their relationship

1A

Complete Sentence

1B

Subject - Verb Agreement

1C

Punctuation

2A

Subject - Verb agreement

2B

Pronouns

2C

Tense

3A

Dangling Modifiers

3B

Adjective Clause

3C

Appositive

4A

Parallel Structure

4B

Parallel Lists/Comparison

4C

Correlative Pairs