PSAT English test 2

Construe

To interpret in a particular way

Comprehensive

Thorough and complete; covering all relevant subjects

Anthropology

The study and comparison of human cultures

Abstract

Existing as an idea but not as a tangible experience

Discerning

Showing a keen ability to distinguish subtle elements

Disseminate

To cast (something, usually information) widely, as seed is scattered

Erudite

Having or showing great learning or knowledge

Indoctrinate 

To teach someone to accept a set of beliefs uncritically 

Insular

Isolated from cultural and intellectual influences outside one’s own experience

Pedantic

Inclined to show off one’s learning or knowledge; acting like a know it all

Peruse

To read thoroughly and carefully

Revelation

Fact revealed in a surprising way

Grammer

Test on the digital psat/sat

Editing and revising

Two writing skills test on the psat are

Grammar rule

Every answer on the grammar portion is the direct result of a 

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grammar rules in English

Barons top ten grammar rules for the sat

Know the difference between complete sentences, run on sentences , and sentence fragments

Complete substance

Contains a subject and a verb 

Verb

The action of a sentence 

Subject

The noun that performs the action in the sentence 

Run on sentence 

Two sentences without punctuation or conjunctions between them

Sentence fragment

Missing either a subject or a verb 

Affect

To influence or change

Effect

A result or consequence of change 

Accept

To receive something

Except

To exclude something

True

On the psat vocabulary is tested in context only 

Vocab in sentence

Blank in a sentence and add a word- word in a sentence and define 

Edit and revise based on grammar rules

Blank in the reading

Reading comprehension questions

Main ideas vs details, authors purpose

Main/central idea

Dovers a majority of the details in the text, not new ideas, not one small or minor detail, not contradict information in the text

Detail questions

Usually answered from one particular sentence in text. Tip: be specific and use keywords for help. “According to the text”

Authors purpose questions

The purpose of the why behind the text, why the author write it, three main purposes

Three main purposes

To inform, to persuade, to entertain