SAT Reading Lecture Review Flashcards

A set of vocabulary flashcards based on Erica Meltzer's guide to SAT Reading, focusing on rhetorical analysis, sentence structure, and passage mapping techniques.

Rhetorical Reading

The practice of reading to understand an author's primary argument and the functional role various pieces of information play in building that argument.

Linear Textual Explication

A literary analysis method that explains how a text's structure, diction, and syntax function rhetorically from start to finish to convey an idea.

Compression Nouns

Abstract nouns that summarize and consolidate a large amount of previously mentioned information into a single word or phrase.

Sentence Completions

A vocabulary question type where a word is omitted from a short passage and the reader must use context clues to identify the most logical fit.

Meaning in Context

A question type that tests the ability to recognize common words being used in their alternate or less frequent definitions.

Continuers

Transition words like 'furthermore' or 'moreover' that signal an idea is proceeding in the same direction it began.

Contradictors

Transition words like 'nevertheless' or 'however' that signal a shift in direction or the introduction of contrasting information.

The Former and The Latter

Terms used when two items are introduced; the first refers to the item mentioned first, and the second refers to the item mentioned second.

Main Point Formula

A conceptual equation defined as: Topic + 'So What?' = Main Point.

Topic

The primary person, thing, or idea that serves as the subject of a text, usually introduced in the first few sentences.

Old Idea vs. New Idea Template

A rhetorical structure where the text presents a traditionally accepted theory before shifting to a more recent or accurate discovery.

Qualify

To provide more information about a statement to make it less extreme or to specify the conditions under which it is true.

Substantiate

To provide specific evidence or support to prove a claim.

Anomaly

Something that is distinctive or unique and does not fit into a standard pattern; based on the prefix 'a-' meaning 'not'.

Fluid (Second Meaning)

Used as an adjective to describe something that is not rigid or is capable of changing shape.