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Index
Welcome to the 2400 Club
Who Is This Book For?
What Sets This Book Apart from the Rest?
What Exactly Is on the SAT?
2400 Club Icons
Get in the Game
2400 Club Test-Day Checklist
Part 1: The Critical Reading Sections
Chapter 1: Sentence-Level Reading
2400 Club Strategies:
B ring Your Word to the Blank
L ocate a Context Clue
A ssign a Positive (+) or Negative (–) Value to the Blank
N ever Do’s!
K eep Level-Headed
Say the Sentence to Yourself to Ensure That It Makes Sense
High Scorer’s Strategy Acronym
Practice Test Questions
Answers and Explanations
Chapter 2: Paragraph-Level Reading
2400 Club Strategies (the 4Ps of Paragraph Reading):
P araphrase as You Read
P redict the Answer
P are Down the Answer Choices
P ick the Best Answer
Practice Test Questions on Paragraphs
Answers and Explanations
Practice Test Questions on Paired Paragraphs
Answers and Explanations
Chapter 3: Long-Passage Reading
2400 Club Global Strategies:
Hunting and Gathering
Passage Evidence
Listening
Critical Reading Secret Formula
Read
React, using ABS
Interact
Visualize
2400 Club Strategies:
R ead Longer Passages Piece by Piece
Sip, Don’t Slurp
Skim, Don’t Skip
Be Savvy About Sidebars
The Italicized Blurb—Know the Author/Know the Topic
Outline Reading
E xtract the Main Idea from the Passage
A nswer Line-Reference and Sidebar Questions First
Words-in-Context Questions
D elve into Higher-Order Thinking Questions
Skipping Hard Questions Responsibly
I dentify the Author’s Mood and Tone as You Read
The Vocabulary of Tone
The Vocabulary of Mood
N arrow In on the Best Answer Choice
G lobal Questions Should Be Answered at the Very End
Remember Those Globals!!
Paired-Passage and Global Questions
Additional Strategies for Reading Long Passages
To Read or Not to Read the Questions First—That Is the Perennial Decision
No Line References, So Not a Global Question! What Now?
Critical Reading No-No’s
Debunking the Myth: Vocabulary Just Doesn’t Matter That Much Anymore to Rank on the (New) SAT
High Scorer’s Strategy Acronym
Practice Test Questions
Answers and Explanations
Very Hard Long Passages
Practice Test Questions
Answers and Explanations
Practice Test Questions/Paired Long Passages
Answers and Explanations
Chapter 4: 2400 Club Grand Mixture
Practice Test Questions
Answers and Explanations
Part 2: The Writing Sections
Chapter 5: Writing the 25-Minute Essay
2400 Club Comprehensive Strategies:
T ake a Side
H ave a Timing Plan
E ngage Your Reader
E dit, Using the 2400 Club Checklist
S upport Your Thesis with Examples
S entence and Vocabulary Variety
A ssess What You Have Written
Y our Voice
More 2400 Club Strategies:
Eliminate SMOG
High Scorer’s Strategy Acronym
Practice Assignments
Essay Scoring Guide
Sample Essays: 11–12 Range, 10–11 Range, and 8–9 Range
Chapter 6: English Grammar and Usage
2400 Club Grammar-Savvy TIPS:
T ake Care to Read the Original Versions of Sentences or Paragraphs Very Carefully
I dentify, First, All Verbs and Pronouns That Are Underlined
P ay Close Attention to the Nonunderlined Portions of Sentences and Paragraphs
S elect “No Error” Approximately 15–20 Percent of the Time
Hierarchy of Grammar Glitches
Verb Errors
Pronoun Errors
Faulty Idioms
Lack of Parallelism
Diction Errors
Misplaced Modifiers
Adjective Versus Adverb Errors
Plural–Singular Inconsistency
Redundancy and Wordiness (Relatives of Flabby Phrasing)
Faulty Comparisons
Run-ons (Comma Splices) and Fragments
Chapter 7: Improving Sentences
2400 Club Strategies: The 4Cs of Improving Sentences
C orrectness
C larity
C onciseness
C olloquialisms
Be Alert to Introductory Phrases
Be a Grammar Guru—Know Your Mantras
Follow Through
Practice Test Questions
Answers and Explanations
Chapter 8: Identifying Sentence Errors
The Overpreparation Method: Find the Error, Name the Error, Fix the Error
Warm-Up Exercises
Answers and Explanations
Practice Test Questions
Answers and Explanations
Chapter 9: Improving Paragraphs
You Become the Editor
Peer Editing
Your Job in a Nutshell
2400 Club Strategy : Read, Read, Reread
Practice Test Questions
Answers and Explanations
Chapter 10: 2400 Club Grand Mixture
Practice Test Questions
Answers and Explanations
Part 3: THE MATH SECTIONS
Chapter 11: Getting Started
Math on the SAT
Easy Versus Hard Questions
Grid-Ins
What Are They?
What the Answers Cannot Be
Gridding-in Rules
Question Difficulty
Scoring
Final Tip
Tips for the SAT Math Sections
Question Difficulty
Guessing
The Test Booklet
Your Answer Sheet
Calculators
How to Use the Graphing Calculator
Some Final Tips
Chapter 12: Strategies for Solving SAT Math Problems
Pick a Number
Plug-In
The Graphing Calculator
Identifying a Graph
Intersection of Two Graphs
Transformations
Inequalities
Some Additional Tips
Geometry
Simultaneous Equations
Shaded Areas
Sets
Chapter 13: Topics in Arithmetic
Sets
Sets of Numbers
Consecutive Integers
Factors and Multiples
Prime Numbers
Rational Numbers
Sets and Elements
Union and Intersection
Squares and Square Roots
Ratio, Proportion, Percents
Percent Increase and Decrease
Counting and Probability
Counting
Permutations and Combinations
Probability
Events
Probability of an Event
Mutually Exclusive Events
Independent Events
Sequences and Series
Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences and Series
Sequences Involving Exponential Growth
Practice Test Questions
Answers and Explanations
Chapter 14: Topics in Algebra
Exponents
Scientific Notation
Monomials
Polynomials
Factoring
Rational Expressions
Absolute Value
Direct and Indirect Variation
Rate Problems
Solving Equations and Inequalities
Linear Equations and Inequalities
Quadratic Equations and Inequalities
Equations with Radicals
Equations with x 2
Exponential Equations
Equations with Rational Expressions
Inequalities with Rational Expressions
Equations and Inequalities with Absolute Value
Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities
Functions
Definition
Function Notation
Domain and Range
The Linear Function
The Quadratic Function
Transformations
Functions as Models
Unfamiliar Definitions of Functions
Practice Test Questions
Answers and Explanations
Chapter 15: Topics in Geometry
Points, Lines, Angles
Parallel Lines
Triangles
Types of Triangles
Some Triangle Facts
Special Right Triangles
Trigonometric Ratios
Similar Triangles
Quadrilaterals and Polygons
Quadrilaterals
Angles in a Quadrilateral
Polygons
Areas and Perimeters
Area
Perimeter
Circles
Circumference and Area
Arc and Sector
Tangents
Inscribed Circles and Polygons
Solid Geometry
Prisms and Cylinders
Cones and Pyramids
Coordinate Geometry
Distance
Slope
Geometric Transformations
Symmetry
Geometric Probability
Practice Test Questions
Answers and Explanations
Chapter 16: Topics in Statistics
Averages
Arithmetic Mean
Median
Mode
Weighted Average
Data Interpretation
Tables (Matrices)
Graphs
Circle Graphs
Line Graphs
Bar Graphs
Pictographs
Scatterplots
Line of Best Fit
Tips For Solving Problems that Involve Statistical Graphs
Practice Test Questions
Answers and Explanations
Chapter 17: Word Problems
Why the Fuss?
How to Approach a Word Problem
Problem Types
Translating English into Math
Some Additional Tips
Practice Test Questions
Answers and Explanations
Chapter 18: 2400 Club Grand Mixture
Practice Test Questions
Answers and Explanations
Appendix: Upper-Level Vocabulary Building
2400 Club Vocabulary Immersion
Four-Letter-Word List for Club Members
Upper-Level Word Lists for Club Members
Exercise: Choose the Correct Synonym
Useful Math Formulas
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