Simon's Saga For The New SAT Verbal

Simon, who is the narrator of this book, lets test-takers know that he's a cool college dude who's ready to help everybody get an incredibly fantastic score when they take the new, revised verbal skills section of the SAT. Simon tells students that college time is party time, but first, kids need to do some serious work. That includes expanding their vocabulary so they'll be able to cope with college-level reading assignments. He tells them that it's time to get to work and suggests they get the basic stuff out of the way quickly so they can get to know each other better. The book emphasizes understanding boldface words like pedestrian, daunting, and explicit, which are cues for students to look up and understand these words. The approach combines vocabulary expansion with insights into topics of interest to college students and includes quizzes to reinforce learning. A refreshing method for high school students preparing for college entrance exams.