2024 PSAT Student Guide Writing Sections
Craft and Structure:
Measures the comprehension, vocabulary, analysis, synthesis, and reasoning skills and knowledge needed to understand and use high-utility words and phrases in context, evaluate texts rhetorically, and make connections between topically related texts\
Words in Context; Text Structure and Purpose; Cross-Text Connections
13–15 questions
Information and Ideas:
Measures comprehension, analysis, and reasoning skills and knowledge and the ability to locate, interpret, evaluate, and integrate information and ideas from texts and informational graphics (tables, bar graphs, and line graphs)
Central Ideas and Details; Command of Evidence (Textual, Quantitative); Inferences
12-14 questions
Standard English Conventions:
Measures the ability to edit texts to conform to core conventions of Standard English sentence structure, usage, and punctuation
Boundaries; Form, Structure, and Sense
11-15 questions
Expression of Ideas:
Measures the ability to revise texts to improve the effectiveness of written expression and to meet specific rhetorical goals
Rhetorical Synthesis; Transitions
8-12 questions
taken from the College Board 2024 PSAT/NMSQT Student Guide
Craft and Structure:
Measures the comprehension, vocabulary, analysis, synthesis, and reasoning skills and knowledge needed to understand and use high-utility words and phrases in context, evaluate texts rhetorically, and make connections between topically related texts\
Words in Context; Text Structure and Purpose; Cross-Text Connections
13–15 questions
Information and Ideas:
Measures comprehension, analysis, and reasoning skills and knowledge and the ability to locate, interpret, evaluate, and integrate information and ideas from texts and informational graphics (tables, bar graphs, and line graphs)
Central Ideas and Details; Command of Evidence (Textual, Quantitative); Inferences
12-14 questions
Standard English Conventions:
Measures the ability to edit texts to conform to core conventions of Standard English sentence structure, usage, and punctuation
Boundaries; Form, Structure, and Sense
11-15 questions
Expression of Ideas:
Measures the ability to revise texts to improve the effectiveness of written expression and to meet specific rhetorical goals
Rhetorical Synthesis; Transitions
8-12 questions
taken from the College Board 2024 PSAT/NMSQT Student Guide