PSAT/NMSQT PSAT/NMSQT – PRELIMINARY SAT / NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP QUALIFYING TEST GUARANTEED PASS GRADED A+

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PSAT/NMSQT
PSAT/NMSQT – PRELIMINARY SAT
/ NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP
QUALIFYING TEST GUARANTEED
PASS GRADED A+

PSAT Reading strategies


Take your time


Read passages before answering questions


Focus on the overall meaning as you read




Literature
- ............ANSWER..........1st paragraph more carefully, then the rest
normally


Nonfiction
- ............ANSWER..........1st paragraph, first sentence, last paragraph
carefully

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Multiple passages
- ............ANSWER..........Pay attention to the overall relationship


Do not hesitate to skip and come back to questions




Cover the answers as you read the questions


Underline and circle key words as you read


Create your own general answer by considering the context


Do not hesitate to refer back to the passage


Answers are 100% correct or 100% wrong


Focus on meaning, not matching


Determine word definitions based on context clues


Four English passage types

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- ............ANSWER..........Careers, humanities, social science/history,
science


Coordination and Subordination


There was a big fire at our house, and we moved into a hotel while the
house was being fixed.
- ............ANSWER..........INCORRECT


There was a big fire at our house, so we moved into a hotel while the
house was being fixed
- ............ANSWER..........CORRECT


Logical Comparisons


The coach of the football team is stronger than the baseball team
- ............ANSWER..........INCORRECT


The coach of the football team is stronger than the coach of the baseball
team –
............ANSWER..........CORRECT


Modifier Placement and Clarity