1. Reading Section
The New SAT

2. Components The New SAT has one Reading section.
Included: 5 passages and 52 questions
Time: 65 minutes (10-11 minutes per passage)
Score:

3. Types of Passages Genre: Literary or Informative Subjects:
US and World Literature (1 passage)
History and Social Studies (2 passages)
Science (2 passages)
Types: Single or Dual

4. Dual Passages
Will always be two informational passages related to the same topic.
Three Different Types:
Different opinions on the topic
Different information about the topic
One passage with a general view of the topic and one passage with a specific view

5. Informational Graphics
Will be included in two passages
Types:
Tables
Graphs
Charts

6. Types of Questions Information and Ideas/Summarizing:
“What did the author say?”
fetching information directly from the text, cause and effect, compare and contrast
Rhetoric:
“Why did the author say that?”
Word choice, text structure, point of view, purpose, arguments
Synthesis:
Tables, charts, graphs
**Paired Questions: General vs. Specific