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Mastering PSAT Sentence Completions: The Code Unlocked

Crack the code to mastering PSAT sentence completions with signal words and challenging vocabulary structures. Improve your skills and avoid common traps with expert guidance. Learn to enhance your understanding and performance in PSAT exams.

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Mastering PSAT Sentence Completions: The Code Unlocked

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  1. CRACKING THE CODE “It’s ELEMENTARY!” Mastering PSATSentence Completions

  2. AND ALSO ADDITIONALLY SINCE MOREOVER AS WELL AS FURTHERMORE INDEED SYNONYM SENTENCESSIGNAL WORDS

  3. 1. Churchill urged an uncompromising and ______ attitude with Hitler, rather than the policy of appeasement advocated by Neville Chamberlain. __________ tough ____ • FLEXIBLE • RESOLUTE • DESPERATE • DOCILE • OBEDIENT ________

  4. 2. Outgoing and ________ by nature, Ursula became even more gregarious at the company party. friendly ____ ___________ • AFFABLE • RECULSIVE • SOLITARY • BELLIGERENT • DECEPTIVE

  5. Avoid cliché & idiom BAIT!

  6. Black and … Up and … Rock and… Each and … Peanut butter and… WHITE! DOWN! ROLL! EVERY! JELLY! Free Associate ETS knows what you EXPECT…So they DO the UNEXPECTED!!!

  7. IMMODESTY RECONCILIATION EMANCIPATION CONVENTION MODERNISM IDIOM:flying in the face of convention (popular opinion) EASY: 3. Flying in the face of _________, the writer George Sand shocked her contemporaries by taking lovers and by wearing men’s clothes.

  8. confuse…cogent persuade…incontrovertible dupe…spurious educate…devious enthrall…substantiated IDIOMS: …Incontrovertible evidence …A preponderance of evidence HARD: 4. Like a charlatan, Harry tried to _________ the audience with ________ evidence. _____ trick tricky Sucker Bait!

  9. MATH TACTICSfor Critical Reading: Verbal Values + PLUS - MINUS 0 NEUTRAL o

  10. 5. The critic liked nothing about the movie; she called the plot ____ and the acting _____. ______________________ (-) (-) • DREARY…INSPIRING • TRITE…DAZZLING • EXHILARATING…ENTHRALLING • STIRRING…UNPROFESSIONAL • TEDIOUS…AMATEURISH (-,-) -,+ -,+ +,+ +,- -,-

  11. 6. No one is neutral about Pres. Bush; he inspires either uncritical _____ from his supporters or profound _____ from his opponents. (+) • ADULATION…OPPROBRIUM • ENTHUSIASM…EXUBERANCE • APATHY…REVULSION • CONDEMNATION…VENERATION • DISGUST…AVERSION (-) (+,-) +,- +,+ -,- -,+ -,-

  12. 7. In temperament they were radically different: the older man was quietand ____;the younger was _______ and uninhibited. shy • RESERVED…RAUCOUS • ALOOF…RESTRAINED • HARSH…RESTLESS • TACITURN…LACONIC • AGITATED…NOISY wild (+,-) +,- -,+ -,- -,- -,-

  13. 8. Although the novel was bold and _____, the movie disappointed many viewers who thought it was _________and bland.. (+) • OBSOLETE…CAPTIVATING • DISTINCTIVE…UNIQUE • ROUTINE…MUNDANE • INNOVATIVE…CONVENTIONAL • INSIPID…SCINTILLATING (0 or -) (+, 0 /-) -,+ +,+ 0,+/- +/0,- -/0,+

  14. Complex SENTENCE structure Challenging VOCABULARY + = TOUGH NUTS! (Level 5)

  15. SENTENCE COMPLETIONS1 2 3 – 4 5 6 – 7 8 9EASY…MEDIUM…HARD • COGENT…PERFUNCTORY • PUISSANT…POIGNANT • TRACTABLE…AIMABLE • HEGEMONIC…MERCURIAL • MUNDANE…TRENCHANT

  16. The phenomenon is called viral _____ because the presence of one kind of virus seems to inhibit infection by any other. The phenomenon is called viral _____ because the presence of one kind of virus seems to inhibit infection by any other. • PROLIFERATION • MUTATION • INTERFERENCE • EPIDEMIC • COOPERATION What's going on?

  17. What happens to J.A.S. on Level 5 questions

  18. without reason An apparently gratuitous gesture, whether it is spiteful or solicitous, arouses suspicion, while a gesture recognized to be ____________ gives no reason for surprise. ______ ___________ • WARRANTED • DUBIOUS • AFFECTED • BENEVOLENT • RANCOROUS with cause; justified Complex vocabulary & sentence structure

  19. The novelist brings out the _______________ of human beings time and time again by __________________their lives to the permanence of the vast landscape. permanence/impermanence __________ comparing/contrasting • ABSURDITY…RELATING • TRANSIENCE…LIKENING • EVANESCENCE…CONTRASTING • COMPLEXITY…COMPARING • UNIQUENESS…OPPOSING ______

  20. Ruskin’s vitriolic attack was the climax of the _____ he heaped upon paintings that today seem amazingly _______ (-) • CRITICISM…UNPOPULAR • RIDICULE…INOFFENSIVE • PRAISE…AMATEURISH • INDIFFERENCE…SCANDALOUS • ACCLAIM…CREDITABLE (0 or +) (-, 0 /+) -,- -,0 +,- 0/-,- +,+

  21. The history of science is replete with examples of bold new theories that were _____ when they first appeared but were subsequently ____ by future researchers. • CORROBORATED…VERIFIED • ASSAILED…DERIDED • BOYCOTTED…REPUDIATED • VILIFIED…SUBSTANTIATED • LAUDED…REVERED (-, +) or (+,-) +,+ -,- -,- -,+ +,+

  22. Like a true iconoclast, Ann was a/an _____ who _____ conventional styles of management. _______ ________ • NONCONFORMIST…SPURNED • MISCREANT…EMBRACED • AN AESTHETE..ENCOURAGED • A LOAFER…ENFORCED • DISSENTER…ADVOCATED KEY ?: Synonyms or antonyms?

  23. Always know where you are! MIDDLE = MEDIUM difficulty

  24. EASY QUESTIONS Have EASY ANSWERS! Rule #2: Rule #1: HARD QUESTIONS Have HARD ANSWERS!

  25. Pace Yourself! Remember:

  26. Do ALL S.C.'s!

  27. S.C.’s = easiest points on the PSAT, so… NAIL THEM ALL!

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