Are You Ready for the SAT & ACT?: Building Critical Reading Skills for Rising High School Students

As parents know, the Redesigned SAT is looming on the horizon for rising high school students (those taking the exam in 2016 or beyond). The power of a single word and how it can vary in meaning depending on its surrounding context is a core skills-building component in Are You Ready for the SAT & ACT?, which directly addresses the layered analytical thinking that the Redesigned SAT requires.

With this book, The Princeton Review brings you a focused, strategic approach to improving crucial reading skills for both exams. With this book, you'll find:

A Strategic Approach to Sharpening Your Skills
• Zero in on specific wording to unlock hidden info
• Pinpoint the primary purpose of reading passages
• Discover the language of argument and its implications

Fun, Engaging Activities and Drills
• Identify the "puzzle pieces" that make up words
• Decpiher unfamiliar vocabulary with context clues
• Conquer difficult paragraphs by "trimming the fat"Ааа