English – Step 2: Sounds Good Is Not Enough

 

Key Takeaways

 

  • Maximum scores on the English section come from going beyond the status quo procedure of using your ear to see which option sounds the best
  • Your answer choice must be selected based on grammatical correctness and contextual relevance, not whether it sounds good or bad
  • The SAT knows that students will default to reading the answer choices into the passage, and there are questions designed to trick anyone using that strategy

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