Need some extra test help preparing for the critical reading portion of the SAT. Below are some books focused on the critical reading section of the SAT. These will drill you specifically with reading comprehension practice passages and questions, and are a good supplement to the general SAT preparation books listed on this site. Besides the various workbooks, there is also a 3-Minutes-A-Day SAT Reading prep book,which many students have found useful.
Book Description
Concentrating on the Critical Reading section of the newly structured SAT college entrance exam, this test-preparation workbook presents tips, questions, answers, and answer explanations for the section’s two main question types—sentence completion questions and reading comprehension questions—as well as extensive vocabulary review. Both the sentence completion and the reading comprehension exercises are organized according to level of difficulty and presented in three sections, labeled from A to C. Students who master Level C in both parts are well on the road to achieving a high Critical Reading score when they take the actual SAT. This new workbook replaces Barron's Verbal Workbook for the New SAT, 11th Edition.
Increase Your Score in 3 Minutes a Day: SAT Critical Reading
Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (June 25, 2004)
Book Description
This concise guide features key principles of critical reading as well as typical types of SAT reading passages, questions, and examples to help maximize scores.
From the Back Cover "They say that reading is 'fundamental.' This book makes the mental part fun again. A MUST BUY for the SAT."
--Anne Meyers, student, Albuquerque Academy
"It's a miracle... Critical reading for the SAT made not only conquerable but downright fun."
--Eric Liu, educator and former White House speechwriter