Kaplan SAT Critical Reading Kaplan 4th Fourth Edition byKaplan Kaplan 8581094999996 Books
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This is a great book for High School Students.
Kaplan SAT Critical Reading Kaplan 4th Fourth Edition byKaplan Kaplan 8581094999996 Books
If you're looking for a book packed with exercises and practice problems, this (or Barron's book) IS IT!! It has 10 sets of 10 sentence completion questions, 8 sets of 10 Short reading questions, and 8 sets of 5-6 long/paired reading questions. It's very good for getting a lot of practice.However, -1 star for three reasons:
1) The book is too easy, compared to college board's problems. I usually get about 80% of reading questions, and 95% of sentence completion questions right. However, when I took a 2 practice reading sets and 1 sentence completion set, I got 94% and 100% respectively. I feel that there are two reasons why these questions are easier (reading comprehension in particular)
- First, the passages. They're SO much easier to understand than the obscure ones college board gives. I've never been confused yet as to what the author is saying.
- Second, the answer choices are more straightforward. Have this ever happened to you? You look at the question, think of an answer, and find that the answer you thought of is NOT in the answer choices. Well, that basically never happens in this book.
So, I'm warning you... Kaplan's question are easier than the actual SAT. It's a good practice, but don't get too haughty with your near-perfect scores!
2) The book doesn't give a good deal of strategies for dealing with different types of questions. It basically just throws you into a pool of questions and hopes that you find your way around. I understand that this is called a "Workbook", so maybe that's why...
3) A good portion of the book (about 1/5) is geared towards vocabulary. Now, I know that vocabulary is VERY VERY important for a good SAT score, but I feel like a workbook should be more focused on practice questions, which takes up the majority of the book. In my opinion, Kaplan should have a separate book focusing on vocabulary, covering more words, categorizing words by meaning, and giving exercises based on words learned. For SAT vocabulary, getting this book is NOT ENOUGH. I recommend SAT Vocabulary for Dummies by Suzee Vlk.
Overall, this book is definitely worth buying. Just be wary not to become overconfident after finishing this book!
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