What is an Academic Source?
If you’re ever written a paper for high school or college, you’ve probably been told that you need to use academic sources. However, what qualifies a source as “academic”? Today we’re going to shed some […]
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If you’re ever written a paper for high school or college, you’ve probably been told that you need to use academic sources. However, what qualifies a source as “academic”? Today we’re going to shed some […]
Last time we began talking about the process of using morphemes, the basic parts of words, to figure out the meaning of difficult SAT words. By breaking a word down into its root, prefix, and […]
One of the major criticisms of the SAT is its fondness for archaic vocabulary words that are rarely, if ever, used in everyday English. So prevalent is this criticism that the vocabulary-centered “Sentence Completion” section […]
Early in the blog we talked about the ways that the ACT chooses to categorize English section questions. Today we’re going take a different, more in depth approach to one of those categories: Rhetorical Skills. […]
As we’ve said before, there is no single best approach to the passage-based reading sections of the ACT and SAT. The “correct” strategy is the one that works best for you. That having been said, […]
As we’ve talked about before, the SAT is extremely repetitive. The College Board likes to test students on the same concepts over and over. The Writing section of the SAT is no exception. Here are […]
Today I want to discuss some of the quirks and peculiarities of the ACT and SAT reading comprehension sections. Many of these come from trying to craft a standardized test that is capable of objectively […]
Last time we covered strategies to help students find their footing as they begin to work on a research paper. This time we’ll offer some tips for organizing research materials and papers themselves. Remember, there […]
This short quiz is modeled after the “Identifying Sentence Errors” portion of the SAT Writing Exam. Nine of the sentences contain common grammar errors. One sentence contains no errors. Correct answers and explanations can be […]
In this post we’ll cover some strategies for preparing for the ACT and SAT and making the most effective use of the resources available. Whether you decide you need the help of a Learning Island […]