Preface

New SAT Format and Test Dates

Countdown to the SAT

Acknowledgments

PART ONE: GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE NEW SAT

Introduction: Let's Look at the New SAT

　What Is the SAT?

　What is Score Choice?

　What Is the Format of the New SAT?

　The Reading Test

　The Writing and Language Test

　The Math Test

　The Optional Essay

　Winning Tactics for the SAT

PART TWO: PINPOINT YOUR TROUBLE SPOTS

A Diagnostic Test

　Diagnostic Test

　Answer Key

　Score Analysis

　Answers Explained

PART THREE: THE SAT READING TEST

1 The Evidence-Based Reading Test

　Quick Overview

　Testing Tactics

　Practice Exercises

2　Build Your Vocabulary

　The Master Word List

　PART FOUR: THE SAT WRITING AND LANGUAGE TEST

　The Evidence-Based Writing and Language Test

　New SAT Writing and Language Test Overview

　SAT Grammar Review

　Quantitative Graph Analysis

　1::5 SAT Writing Strategies

　Putting It All Together

　Practice Passages

4　SAT Essay

　What Is the SAT Essay?

　How Is the New SAT Essay Different from the Old SAT Essay?

　How Is This Chapter Organized?

　Sample Prompt

　Sample Response

　Reading Skill Building

　Analysis Skill Building

　Writing Skill Building

　Ten Key Strategies for SAT Essay Writing Success

　Putting It All Together

　Sample Essays

　Sample Essay Prompts with Sample Top-Scoring Responses

　PART FIVE: THE SAT MATH TEST

　Introduction to the Math Test

5　Math Strategies and Tactics

　Testing Tactics

　Practice Exercises

6　Reviewing Mathematics

　Arithmetic

　6-A　Basic Arithmetic Concepts

　6-B　Fractions and Decimals

　6-C　Percents

　6-D　Ratios and Proportions

　6-E　Averages

　Algebra

　6-F　Polynomials

　6-G　Solving Equations and Inequalities

　6-H　Word Problems

　Geometry

　6-I　Lines and Angles

　6-J　Triangles

　6-K　Quadrilaterals and Other Polygons

　6-L　Circles

　6-M　Solid Geometry

　6-N　Coordinate Geometry

　Data Analysis

　6-0　Interpretation of Data

　Miscellaneous Topics

　6-P　Counting and Probability

　6-0　Sequences

　6-R　Functions and Their Graphs

　6-S　Trigonometry

　6-T　Imaginary and Complex Numbers

PART SIX: TEST YOURSELF

Model Test 1

Model Test 2

Model Test 3

Model Test 4