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How to read an SAT passage, one line at a time

A real SAT-length passage, with someone pointing out the words the questions get built on. Nine steps, about two minutes. There is nothing here to answer.

The marks above are the ones worth making on test day. Bluebook hands you a highlighter and an annotation tool and never tells you what to put them on, so most students highlight whole sentences or nothing at all.

More on why this tool has no questions in it: The small words are the test.

Find out where your reading actually breaks.

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