SAT

Determining the meaning of words and phrases in context, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings. Covers vocabulary-in-context questions, word choice analysis, and how specific words shape meaning and tone.

Analyzing how authors structure texts and shape their purpose. Covers identifying main purpose, organizational patterns (chronological, cause-effect, compare-contrast), and how structure serves the author’s intent.

Connecting information and ideas across multiple texts. Covers comparing authors’ perspectives, identifying points of agreement and disagreement, and synthesizing information from paired passages.

Identifying central ideas and themes, summarizing, and locating supporting details. Covers main idea identification, explicit and implicit details, and distinguishing between central and supporting information.

Drawing logical inferences from texts. Covers making predictions, drawing conclusions from implicit information, and distinguishing reasonable inferences from unsupported speculation.

Identifying and analyzing textual and quantitative evidence. Covers locating evidence that supports a claim, evaluating the strength of evidence, and integrating information from text with data from tables and graphs.

Sentence boundaries and punctuation conventions. Covers end-of-sentence punctuation, internal punctuation (commas, colons, semicolons, dashes), sentence formation, and avoiding run-ons and fragments.

Grammatical form, sentence structure, and verb tense. Covers subject-verb agreement, pronoun agreement and case, verb tense and aspect, modifiers, and parallel structure.

Using transitions effectively to connect ideas. Covers conjunctive adverbs, transitional phrases, logical relationships (addition, contrast, cause-effect, sequence), and choosing appropriate transitions for context.

Synthesizing and revising text for rhetorical effectiveness. Covers accomplishing rhetorical goals, organizing information for clarity, adding/removing/revising content, and improving precision and concision.

Solving linear equations in one variable. Covers one-step and multi-step equations, equations with variables on both sides, equations with fractions and decimals, and identifying the number of solutions (one, none, infinite).

Linear equations in two variables and linear functions. Covers graphing linear equations, slope-intercept form, point-slope form, standard form, interpreting slope and intercepts, and modeling with linear functions.

Systems of linear equations. Covers solving by substitution and elimination, graphing systems, identifying the number of solutions, and modeling real-world situations with systems.

Linear inequalities in one and two variables. Covers solving and graphing one-variable inequalities, compound inequalities, two-variable inequalities, and systems of inequalities.

Nonlinear functions including quadratic, exponential, polynomial, and radical functions. Covers identifying function types, graphing, interpreting key features (intercepts, extrema, asymptotes), and function notation.

Solving nonlinear equations in one variable. Covers quadratic equations (factoring, quadratic formula, completing the square), equations with rational exponents and radicals, and polynomial equations.

Systems of equations where at least one equation is nonlinear. Covers solving linear-quadratic systems, quadratic-quadratic systems, and modeling with nonlinear systems.

Ratios, rates, proportions, and percentages. Covers unit rates, dimensional analysis, solving proportions, percent increase and decrease, percent error, and density problems.

Univariate data analysis. Covers mean, median, mode, range, interquartile range, standard deviation, variance, box plots, histograms, and the effect of outliers on measures of center.

Bivariate data analysis. Covers scatterplots, identifying correlation, line of best fit, interpreting slope and intercept in context, residuals, and the coefficient of determination (r-squared).

Probability and statistical inference. Covers basic probability, compound events, conditional probability, sampling methods, margin of error, and evaluating statistical claims from studies and surveys.

Area and volume of geometric figures. Covers area of triangles, rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, and circles; surface area and volume of prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones, and spheres.

Properties of lines, angles, and triangles. Covers angle relationships (parallel lines, transversals), triangle angle sum, Pythagorean theorem, similar and congruent triangles, and special right triangles.

Right triangle trigonometry. Covers sine, cosine, tangent, SOH-CAH-TOA, special right triangles (30-60-90, 45-45-90), and applications of right triangle trigonometry.

Properties of circles. Covers radius, diameter, circumference, arc length, sector area, central and inscribed angles, equations of circles, and tangent lines.