McGraw-Hill's Top 50 Skills for a Top Score: SAT Critical Reading and Writing


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We want to help you succeed on the critical reading and writing portions of the SAT* "Lucky for you, modern-day seniors, Brian Leaf has written the SAT guide to end all SAT guides. He thoroughly demystifies the test and lays out the 50 skills you need to max out your score." -- Sora Song, Senior Editor, Time Magazine We've put all of our proven expertise into McGraw-Hill's Top 50 Skills for a Top Score. With this book, you'll master the essential skills identified by a prominent SAT instructor and add points to your score. You'll get focused instruction on these crucial skills, helpful exercises, pre- and posttests to check your weaknesses and progress, and two additional tests on the accompanying CD-ROM. With McGraw-Hill's Top Skills for a Top Score: SAT Critical Reading and Writing, we'll guide you step by step through your preparation and give you the tools you need to succeed. Inside you'll find: 50 essential skills with step-by-step sample exercises A pretest to identify your weaknesses and a posttest to track your progress Two additional tests on CD-ROM Strategies to help you answer every type of SAT critical reading or writing item




McGraw-Hill's Conquering SAT Critical Reading


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Get the edge you need on the reading sections of the SAT The SAT is coming up, and you need extra help to tackle the tough reading section. Revised and updated, McGraw-Hill's Conquering SAT Critical Reading, Second Edition, provides the most complete, in-depth review available for all of the reading comprehension questions on the SAT. Reading skills are explained and carefully demonstrated with numerous examples. You’ll get practice with intensive SAT-style drills and full-length sample test sections. A companion website offers additional SAT practice and test information. Specially created by a nationally known test-prep expert, this first-rate guide has everything you need to get ready for this difficult part of the SAT, and to help you achieve your best reading score ever. McGraw-Hill's Conquering SAT Critical Reading includes : 1 diagnostic exam and 4 practice SAT Critical Reading exams Complete coverage of all SAT reading comprehension problem types Extra help with SAT reading if you are having difficulties Link to more SAT practice online at companion website Topics include: All about Taking the SAT, Planning Your SAT Training Program, Diagnostic SAT Critical Reading Exam, Strategies for Sentence Completion Questions, Strategies for Critical Reading Comprehension Questions, SAT Critical Reading Practice Exam, SAT Critical Reading Practice Exam II, SAT Critical Reading Practice Exam III, SAT Critical Reading Practice Exam, Glossary, Build Your SAT Vocabulary




McGraw-Hill Education Top 50 Skills for a Top Score: SAT Reading, Writing & Language, Second Edition


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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. This updated go-to study guide provides the latest concepts, study strategies, and practice you need to dramatically raise your SAT Reading, Writing, and Language scores and reflects the latest test changes. McGraw-Hill: Top 50 Skills For A Top Score: SAT Reading, Writing & Language , Second Edition presents the heart of each of the 50 most important concepts in these subject areas. Within each topic, exercises help you build critical skills and illustrate how each concept is tested on the SAT. Written by a test-prep expert with years of experience with the SAT and ACT preparation, this easy-to-use book features: A pretest designed to identify your weaknesses in reading, writing & language areas the SAT traditionally focuses on Two-to-four page spreads with lessons that increase your knowledge in the 50 essential skills with step-by-step sample exercises A posttest designed to track the progress of each specific skill A full answer key with helpful explanations 2 extra tests online




McGraw-Hill Education Top 50 Skills for a Top Score: SAT Math, Second Edition


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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. This updated go-to study guide provides the latest concepts, study strategies, and practice you need to dramatically raise your SAT Math scores and reflects the latest test changes. McGraw-Hill: Top 50 Skills for a Top Score: SAT Math, Second Edition presents the heart of each of the 50 most important concepts in these subject areas. Within each topic, exercises help you build critical skills and illustrate how each concept is tested on the SAT. Written by a test-prep expert with years of experience with the SAT and ACT preparation, this easy-to-use book features: A pretest designed to identify your weaknesses in math areas the SAT traditionally focuses on Two-to-four page spreads with lessons that increase your knowledge in the 50 essential skills with step-by-step sample exercises A posttest designed to track the progress of each specific skill A full answer key with helpful explanations 2 extra tests online




Critical Reading and Writing


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Critical Reading and Writing: A Bedford Spotlight Rhetoric helps students with key writing skills. It provides advice on how to read thoughtfully and analytically, with instruction on active reading and note-taking, plus help with analyzing visual and multimodal texts. It also takes students through the writing process, explaining important concepts such as purpose, invention, rhetorical thinking, prewriting, thesis development, and organization, providing support when they need it most. Advice on using sources, revising, and editing will help them enrich, re-see, edit, and format their papers.




The Strangeness of Beauty


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After several years in the U.S. a Japanese woman returns to Japan, taking along a niece raised in the U.S. The novel describes their adjustment to Japanese culture, different for each generation.




McGraw-Hill's Top 50 Skills for a Top Score: SAT Math


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We want to help you succeed on the math portion of the SAT* "What a surprise, what a relief! An SAT guide that actually meets you where you are, talks to you with wit and compassion, and clears away the panic of test taking." -- Rebecca Pepper Sinkler, former Editor, The New York Times Book Review We've put all of our proven expertise into McGraw-Hill's Top 50 Skills for a Top Score. With this book, you'll master the essential skills identified by a prominent SAT instructor and add points to your score. You'll get focused instruction on these crucial skills, helpful exercises, pre- and posttests to check your weaknesses and progress, and two additional tests on the accompanying CD-ROM. With McGraw-Hill's Top Skills for a Top Score: SAT Math, we'll guide you step by step through your preparation and give you the tools you need to succeed. Inside you'll find: 50 essential skills with step-by-step sample exercises A pretest to identify your weaknesses and a posttest to track your progress Two additional tests on CD-ROM Strategies to help you answer every type of SAT math item




McGraw-Hill's Top 50 Skills for a Top Score: SAT Math, Second Edition


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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. This updated go-to study guide provides the latest concepts, study strategies, and practice you need to dramatically raise your SAT Math scores and reflects the latest test changes. McGraw-Hill: Top 50 SAT Math Skills for a Top Score, 2 edition presents the heart of each of the 50 most important concepts in these subject areas. Within each topic, exercises help you build critical skills and illustrate how each concept is tested on the SAT. Written by a test-prep expert with years of experience with the SAT and ACT preparation, this easy-to-use book features: A pretest designed to identify your weaknesses in math areas the SAT traditionally focuses on Two-to-four page spreads with lessons that increase your knowledge in the 50 essential skills with step-by-step sample exercises A posttest designed to track the progress of each specific skill A full answer key with helpful explanations 2 extra tests online




SAT For Dummies


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SAT For Dummies, Premier 8th Edition with CD, features include: Five full-length print practice tests (1 more than prior edition) plus 2 additional unique tests on the CD, all with detailed answers and explanations Review of foundational concepts for every section, from identifying root words and using commas correctly to solving math word problems and using the quadratic formula Complete explanations of every question type Practice problems for each of the test's 10 sections




McGraw-Hill Education SAT 2018 Cross-Platform Prep Course


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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Dramatically raise your SAT score with this cross-platform prep course filled with practice tests, powerful analytics, test-taking tips, and more! Includes 8 full-length practice tests, 4 in the book + 4 interactive tests online or the app Planning to take the SAT? We’ve put all our proven expertise into McGraw-Hill 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 professional SAT instructors who have helped thousands of students just like you to succeed on this important test. You’ll get online help, 4 full-length practice tests in the book and 4 more interactive tests online and/or on the app, hundreds of practice problems, time-saving techniques for each question type, and all the essential facts about the current exam. With McGraw-Hill SAT, we’ll guide you step-by-step through your preparation program – and give you the tools you need to succeed! Features Include: Unique cross-platform format you can access anytime, anywhere 8 practice tests, 4 in the book + 4 interactive tests online for exam readiness Personalized study plan with daily goals Powerful analytics to chart your progress Flashcards, games, and more study tools Social discussion for extra support