McGraw-Hill's SAT Vocabulary Flashcards


Book Description

The 500 essential terms you need to know to master SAT vocabulary--all in one box! McGraw-Hill's SAT Vocabulary Flashcards is your edge in conquering the SAT. Expert author Mark Anestis has selected 500 key words that frequently appear on SAT exams to help you achieve up to a maximum 800 verbal score. The best part is you can use these flashcards wherever you are--at home, at the library, on the bus, anywhere! You can use these flashcards to memorize vocabulary--thanks to example sentences included with each term, or to quiz yourself to check your progress. However you use them, McGraw-Hill's SAT Vocabulary Flashcards will help you achieve your desired score.




McGraw-Hill's LSAT Logic Flashcards


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The 400 essential rules you need to know to master LAST Logic--all in one box! McGraw-Hill's LSAT Logic Flashcards is your edge in conquering the LSAT. Expert author Wendy Hanks has selected 400 key rules that frequently appear on LSAT exams to help you achieve up to a 180 maximum score. The best part is you can use these flashcards wherever you are--at home, at the library, on the bus, anywhere! You can use these flashcards to memorize rules--thanks to engaging explanations--or to quiz yourself to check your progress. However you use them, McGraw-Hill's LSAT Logic Flashcards will help you achieve your desired score.







McGraw-Hill's SAT, 2008 Edition book only


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We Want to Help You Succeed on the SAT We've put all of our proven expertise into McGraw-Hill's SAT to make sure you're ready for this difficult exam. With this book, you'll get essential skill-building techniques and strategies developed by a team of renowned test-prep tutors. Their innovative teaching methods and expert coaching will help you master every question type. You'll also get vital access to hundreds of practice problems, model SAT essays, 5 full-length practice tests, and all the facts about the current exam. With McGraw-Hill's SAT, we'll guide you step by step through your preparation program-and give you the tools you need to succeed. Inside you'll find: 5 full-length practice SATs 20 model essays to show you exactly what the graders are looking for Hundreds of sample questions with explanations Strategies to help you answer every type of SAT question Diagnostic techniques to help you create your most effective study plan Online help including practice SATs, test-taking tips, and more




Idiot Nation


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Every book tells a story . . . And the 70 titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth and quality that formed part of the original Penguin vision in 1935 and that continue to define our publishing today. Together, they tell one version of the unique story of Penguin Books. Multi-million selling author; award-winning filmmaker, performer, activist and scourge of political hypocrites everywhere, Michael Moore is nothing less than a global phenomenon. Stupid White Men - the book they tried to ban in the US - was published by Penguin in the UK in 2002 and has since sold well over 1.5 million copies. These hilarious and scorching extracts show exactly why Moore is the man that everyone has an opinion on.




Vocabulary Power Plus for the New SAT


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Beginning in 2005, the SAT is implementing major revisions, including: ? New reading sections? Analogies removed? Multiple-Choice Grammar and Usage Questions ? Modified Reading Questions.Vocabulary Power Plus for the New SAT addresses all of the revisions in the test without vocabulary studies.Students will benefit from:? Focused prefix, suffix, and root practice? Challenging inference exercises? Detailed critical reading exercises? New SAT-style writing and grammar exercisesRecommended for grade 10




McGraw-Hill Education Vocabulary Grades 3-5, Second Edition


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This engaging workbook will help your elementary school students build essential vocabulary skillsThis book will strengthen the vocabulary of your third, fourth, or fifth grader. It will strengthen their vocabulary and encourage them to use their new word skills to excel in their classwork and on standardized tests. The book’s lessons focus on a particular subject and include 10 or more vocabulary words related to that topic. Each vocabulary list includes definitions and example sentences. Fun, puzzle-format worksheets accompany each lesson and keep students motivated to learn. Here they can practice the vocabulary they find challenging, polish skills they’ve mastered, and develop their strengths. With this book to guide them, students will learn how to:•Apply vocabulary rules •Understand meaning and usage•Differentiate among synonyms, antonyms, homophones, prefixes, and suffixes•Conquer compound words and easily confused wordsVocabulary Grades 3-5 includes:•Vocabulary specific to the needs of students from grades 3-5•More than 500 essential vocabulary words •45 lessons, each featuring a special topic, a vocabulary list of at least 10 words with definitions and example sentences, followed by vocabulary-building worksheets. •An alphabetical word list at the end of the book makes looking up vocabulary easy•An answer key for easy correcting




Hot Words for the SAT


Book Description

Updated with more memory tips, expanded review exercises, and an alphabetical word index, the new edition of this popular vocabulary-building book presents and defines more than 365 words that frequently appear on SAT exams. The book is divided into 35 lessons, each lesson consisting of a word cluster. Each cluster contains words that have similar meanings or apply to similar circumstances. For instance, students encounter the words conciliate, mediate, and mitigate, and learn how they have different meanings that can sometimes be confused. A review exercise follows every five lessons with questions that closely reflect those found on the actual SAT.




400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL


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For students whose first language is not English and who wish to study at a university with an English-based curriculum, no admittance test is more important than the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). 400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL helps you score well by arming you with the most important English vocabulary words commonly found on this crucial exam. This timely guide also encompasses the recent changes made to the test, including the emphasis on conversation and spontaneous communication to mirror the interactive nature of the classroom. 400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL also includes: Activities such as paraphrasing, synonym and antonym exercises, and identifying prefixes and suffixes Strategies on how to incorporate new words into everyday vocabulary Chapters on identifying synonyms and paraphrasing sentences, roots, prefixes, and suffixes




SAT Vocabulary Flashcards Flip-o-matic


Book Description

A new, uniquely designed book of flashcards that makes it easy for students to learn 500 vocabulary words that appear frequently on the SAT. The front of each page features an SAT word that students need to know, the back offers its meaning and a sample sentence showing how the word is used.