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12 Practice <strong>Tests</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>SAT</strong><br />

896 Practice Test Ten Answers and Explanations<br />

4 Score Critique<br />

The essay is scored based on four basic criteria: Topic,<br />

Support, Organization, and Language. This author attempted<br />

with some success to fulfill <strong>the</strong> assignment, but several<br />

of <strong>the</strong> references to literature and to <strong>the</strong> author's own<br />

experience are undeveloped and confused. Although you<br />

can guess what <strong>the</strong> author meant, <strong>the</strong>re is not a clear<br />

explanation of why superheroes are interesting. In <strong>the</strong> final<br />

paragraph, <strong>the</strong> author begins to explain an example from his<br />

own life, but doesn't fully develop it with convincing details.<br />

The essay has a moderately strong beginning, but <strong>the</strong><br />

ending introduces new ideas ra<strong>the</strong>r than summing up <strong>the</strong><br />

main ideas, so <strong>the</strong> reader does not have a good sense of<br />

completion. The language and vocabulary in <strong>the</strong> essay could<br />

be improved. Phrases like and anyway distract <strong>the</strong> reader<br />

from meaning. In <strong>the</strong> second paragraph, <strong>the</strong> verb asks is in<br />

<strong>the</strong> wrong tense, and <strong>the</strong> use of <strong>the</strong>n is repetitive.<br />

Overall, <strong>the</strong> essay looks like <strong>the</strong> writer only began seriously<br />

thinking about <strong>the</strong> idea in <strong>the</strong> final paragraph. It would have<br />

been a better essay if <strong>the</strong> writer had spent a few minutes<br />

thinking and outlining ideas be<strong>for</strong>e beginning to write. Then<br />

one or two main ideas could have been better developed.<br />

2 Score Essay<br />

My neighbor did something different that nobody did be<strong>for</strong>e<br />

and it was <strong>the</strong> start of a new idea. He learned to be a cook<br />

at a restaurant but in <strong>the</strong> town where we lived, nobody<br />

cooked anything but regular American food. He was from<br />

India. They are from India so my neighbor got this new<br />

idea to cook Indian food. So <strong>the</strong> first thing he did was make<br />

some stuff at home and we are his neighbors. We got to<br />

eat lots of new kinds of food. Some of it was not so good<br />

and we didn't like it and so, he wouldn't make it no more.<br />

And my sister came home late that night because she had<br />

missed <strong>the</strong> bus.<br />

But some was good and <strong>the</strong>n, he started a catering<br />

business. He would go to people's houses and make <strong>the</strong>m<br />

<strong>the</strong> food. Everybody started to like it more and he got bigger<br />

and bigger and <strong>the</strong>n he had more money and he opened<br />

up a restaurant of his own.<br />

Our neighbor got a lot happier after he thought of his new<br />

idea and <strong>the</strong>n he wanted to move back to India <strong>for</strong> awhile<br />

so he could learn more, but his family didn't really want to<br />

go. His daughter is in my class and she is good at math.<br />

2 Score Critique<br />

The essay is scored based on four basic criteria: Topic,<br />

Support, Organization, and Language. In this essay, <strong>the</strong><br />

author addresses <strong>the</strong> general idea of using <strong>the</strong> imagination<br />

but does not present a point of view and tells a story that has<br />

very little logical organization. Many of <strong>the</strong> sentences are too<br />

long and have grammatical problems (he wouldn 't make it<br />

no more). The essay lacks a <strong>the</strong>sis statement and a closing<br />

summary and in general does not answer <strong>the</strong> assignment.<br />

The writer could use this story to write an acceptable essay, if<br />

each paragraph expressed ideas related to one ano<strong>the</strong>r and<br />

related to <strong>the</strong> comparative importance of imagination and<br />

fact.<br />

SECTION 2<br />

1. E<br />

Difficulty: Low<br />

Strategic Advice: Questions like this one ask you to<br />

interpret in<strong>for</strong>mation in a graph. First, make sure you know<br />

what quantities are plotted on each axis. Then, review <strong>the</strong><br />

question. This question asks you to find a percent increase,<br />

not simply an increase.<br />

Getting to <strong>the</strong> Answer:<br />

Actual change<br />

Ong1nal . amount 1<br />

2. D<br />

Difficulty: Low<br />

x 100% = 3.5 - 1 = 2.5 x 1 00% = 250%<br />

Strategic Advice: Don't jump ahead of yourself on<br />

questions like <strong>the</strong>se. Use ratios to analyze Jeweler A and<br />

Jeweler B separately. Then, compare <strong>the</strong> two.<br />

Getting to <strong>the</strong> Answer:<br />

Jeweler A<br />

r<br />

x 8 hour= 24<br />

Jeweler B<br />

r<br />

x 8 hour= 32<br />

32 -24 = 8

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