Digital SAT Question Types
By the Cheetah Prep team
The digital SAT reuses a fairly small set of question types. Once you can name the type in front of you, you know the method that solves it. Here are the ones you will see.
Reading and Writing Types
On the verbal side you will meet vocabulary in context, where a blank needs the word that fits the passage's logic; central ideas and details; command of evidence, including questions that hand you a small graph; inferences that must follow from the text; and text structure and purpose. On the grammar side there are sentence boundary and punctuation questions, verb and pronoun agreement, modifiers, and transitions.
Two writing types are worth naming because they look intimidating and are not. Transitions ask which connecting word fits the logic between two sentences. Rhetorical synthesis gives you a short list of notes and a stated goal, and asks which sentence meets that goal using the notes. Both reward a calm read of what is actually being asked.
Math Types
Math questions come in two formats, multiple choice and grid ins, layered over the four content areas. The skills repeat: solving and interpreting linear and quadratic equations, working with functions and their graphs, handling ratios and percentages, reading data from tables and charts, and applying a handful of geometry and trigonometry facts. The format changes, but the underlying moves are a short list you can drill.
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Digital SAT Question Types: Frequently Asked Questions
- What kinds of questions are on the digital SAT?
- Reading and Writing has vocabulary, central ideas, evidence, inference, structure, grammar, transitions, and rhetorical synthesis. Math has multiple choice and grid-in questions across algebra, advanced math, data, and geometry.
- What is a rhetorical synthesis question?
- A writing question that gives you bullet-point notes and a goal, then asks which sentence best accomplishes that goal using the notes. It is common and very learnable.
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