SAT reading comp notes

spoiler words

words that intentionally make an answer wrong

the writers put them in to legally falsify an answer, even just one word can do this

information that is not mentioned for the passage can spoil it

Singular vs Plural and Possession

Dog- one dog

Dogs- two or more dogs

Dog’s- one dog owning something

Dogs’- two or more dogs owning something

Colons

there must be a complete sentence to the left of a colon

there can basically be anything after it

Punctuation rule

no commas before “of” and “to”

Transitions

when considering “additionally” imagine using first and then second

Semi-colons

can separate items that ALREADY have commas in a list

ex: I lived in Los Angeles, CA; Housten, TX; and Portland, Oregon.

Transitions that change flow

tend to cancel each other out