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Skills Tested on the PSAT/NMSQT Sample PSAT/NMSQT Questions Scoring the PSAT/NMSQT

Prepare for the PSAT/NMSQT ® : A Step to the Future. Skills Tested on the PSAT/NMSQT Sample PSAT/NMSQT Questions Scoring the PSAT/NMSQT Test Preparation Strategies. Benefits of the PSAT/NMSQT. Preparation for the SAT® Scholarship and recognition opportunities (11 th grade)

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Skills Tested on the PSAT/NMSQT Sample PSAT/NMSQT Questions Scoring the PSAT/NMSQT

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  1. Prepare for the PSAT/NMSQT®: A Step to the Future • Skills Tested on the PSAT/NMSQT • Sample PSAT/NMSQT Questions • Scoring the PSAT/NMSQT • Test Preparation Strategies

  2. Benefits of the PSAT/NMSQT • Preparation for the SAT® • Scholarship and recognition opportunities (11th grade) • College and career planning tools • Admissions and financial aid information from colleges • Feedback on academic skills

  3. What Skills are tested on the PSAT/NMSQT? • The test assesses the academic skills that you’ve developed over the years, primarily through your course work. • These skills are considered essential for success in high school and college: • Critical Reading • Mathematics • Writing Skills

  4. Critical Reading Questions • 35 Passage-Based Reading Questions • (100- to 800-word passages) • You will have 25 minutes to complete the passage based section.

  5. LET’S TRY ONE…… It may look like I do not know how to begin my tale. Funny sight, the elderly gentlemen who comes lumbering by in a valiant dash for the bus, which he eventually overtakes but is afraid to board in motion and so, with a sheepish smile, drops back, still going at a trot. Is it that I dare not make the leap? It roars, gathers speed, will presently vanish irrevocably around the corner, the bus, the motorbus, the mighty motorbus that is my tale. Rather bulky imagery, this. I am still running.

  6. LET’S TRY ONE…… In context, the actions of the “elderly gentlemen” (line 2) are best understood as a sign that the narrator fears he will miss an appointment a reference to the narrator’s physical skills a symbol of the narrator’s social status a metaphor for the narrator’s literary struggles an allusion to the narrator’s artistic reputation

  7. And the answer is…… Choice (D)! Choice D is the correct response because the actions of the gentlemen are best understood as “a metaphor for the narrator’s literary struggles”. This question invites the reader to see the similarity

  8. A Tip….. 1. Don't skip introductions to passages. 2. Read each passage and any accompanying information carefully. Follow the author's reasoning and be aware of features such as assumptions, attitudes, and tone. 3. You may find it helpful to mark the passages as you are reading, but don't spend too much time making notes. 4. Read each question and all the answer choices carefully. 5. When a question asks you to compare an aspect of a pair of passages, don't be misled by choices that are correct for only one of the two passages. 6. Select the choice that best answers the question asked. Don't select a choice just because it is a true statement. 7. You may find it helpful to read the questions first to get an idea of what to look for. Or, you may prefer to read the passage and try to answer the questions.

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