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September 24, 2016

SAT Reading Tips: Parts of Speech in Sentence Completion Questions

The five answer choices following a Sentence Completion question stem always share the same part of speech. This rule is important to remember in the event you come across a question like the following:

Posted by Vicki Wood / SAT Prep / Grammar, Practice Prep, Reading Leave a Comment

August 13, 2016

SAT Writing: The Top 3 Grammatical Errors

The multiple choice portion of the Writing section contains three types of questions that test about two dozen types of common grammatical errors, such as pronoun reference, conjunction choice, and verb tense. But which errors are tested the most often? In the ten tests of The Official SAT Study Guide, there are a total of […]

Posted by Vicki Wood / SAT Prep / English, Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing Leave a Comment

August 4, 2016

Don’t be a Thesaurus Theodore in Your College Application Essays!

Writing the college application essay can be a pretty intimidating experience. The topics given are often broad (and sometimes not very interesting) and, if they don’t give you a topic, then it can be downright terrifying to write. You want to sound smart, and you also want to sound academically appealing. The problem with all […]

Posted by PowerScore Test Preparation / College Admissions / College Applications, English, Grammar, Writing Leave a Comment

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