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Every page covers one tested skill: the method for that question type, what the wrong answers are built to look like, and real practice questions with worked explanations.

Reading, writing and math (SAT, PSAT and ACT)

Expression of Ideas 110 questions

Transition questions

How to answer SAT and ACT transition questions by sorting every transition into three jobs, with real practice questions and worked explanations.

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Craft and Structure 113 questions

Words in context

Vocabulary in context questions on the SAT and ACT reward reading the sentence, not memorising word lists. The method, the traps, and real practice questions.

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Standard English Conventions 99 questions

Sentence boundaries

Sentence boundary questions are the most tested punctuation rule on the SAT. How to spot a comma splice in seconds, the legal ways to join two sentences, and real practice.

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Expression of Ideas 94 questions

Rhetorical synthesis

Rhetorical synthesis questions give you bullet points and a goal. How to answer them by reading the goal first, the four standard wrong answers, and real practice.

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Information and Ideas 56 questions

Command of evidence

Command of evidence questions ask which quotation supports a claim. How to test each option against the exact claim, the standard traps, and real practice questions.

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Information and Ideas 65 questions

Inference questions

Inference questions ask you to complete a text with the most logical conclusion. How to stay inside what the passage supports, the overreach trap, and real practice.

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Algebra 43 questions

Linear functions

Linear function questions are the most common algebra type on the SAT. What slope and intercept mean in context, how to build an equation from a table, and real practice.

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ACT Science

ACT Science 156 questions

Data representation

Data representation is the fastest scoring on ACT Science. How to read axes and units first, handle trends and interpolation, plus real practice questions.

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ACT Science 181 questions

Research summaries

Research summaries describe two or three experiments. How to find the manipulated variable, what a control is for, and how to combine experiments, with real practice.

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ACT Science 95 questions

Conflicting viewpoints

Conflicting viewpoints passages present competing explanations. How to separate the shared observation from each claim, answer strengthen and weaken questions, and avoid four recycled traps.

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