SAT Tip: Using Keywords To Answer Sentence Completion Questions
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This tip on improving your SAT score was provided by Vivian Kerr at Veritas Prep.
In sentence completion questions in the SAT reading sections, blank(s) will always have a relationship to the rest of the sentence. Identifying keywords—words, phrases, and punctuation that relate to the blank(s)—help test-takers understand this relationship. Some blanks will have a “defining” relationship, meaning the blank will be defined by the rest of the sentence, so you’ll look for a word to embody the description.