
Master the SSAT & ISEE
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Before You Begin
- How to Use This Book
- What to Study
- Special Study Features
- An Important Note for Eighth- and Ninth-Graders
- Parents' Guide to Private Secondary School
- You're Well on Your Way to Success
- Give Us Your Feedback
- Top 10 Strategies to Raise Your Score
- High School Entrance Exam Basics
- All About the Tests
- What Are the High School Entrance Exams?
- How Do I Find Out Which Exam I Must Take?
- If I Have a Choice of Exams, How Do I Choose?
- What Kinds of Questions Are Asked on High School Entrance Exams?
- How Are the Exams Structured?
- What Do the Answer Sheets Look Like?
- How Are the Exams Scored?
- SSAT Questions
- What Can You Expect on the Test?
- How Does the SSAT Measure Verbal Ability?
- How Does the SSAT Measure Quantitative Ability?
- How Does the SSAT Measure Reading Ability?
- What Is the Writing Sample?
- ISEE Questions
- What Can You Expect on the Test?
- How Does the ISEE Measure Verbal Ability?
- How Does the ISEE Measure Quantitative Ability?
- How Does the ISEE Measure Reading Comprehension?
- How Does the ISEE Measure Mathematics Achievement?
- What Is the Essay Question?
- Diagnosing Strengths and weaknesses
- Practice Test 1: Diagnostic Test
- Section 1: Synonyms (SSAT and ISEE)
- Section 2: Verbal Analogies (SSAT Only)
- Section 3: Sentence Completions (ISEE Only)
- Section 4: Reading Comprehension (SSAT and ISEE)
- Section 5: Quantitative Ability (SSAT and ISEE)
- Section 6: Quantitative Comparisons (ISEE Only)
- Answer Keys and Explanations
- Evaluating Your Score and Planning Your Study Time
- Vocabulary Review
- Word Arithmetic (SSAT and ISEE)
- Why Do They Test My Vocabulary?
- How Are Words Built?
- How Do Word Parts Work?
- List of Common Word Parts
- Word List
- Exercises: Word Arithmetic
- Answer Explanations
- Verbal Ability Review
- Synonyms (SSAT and ISEE)
- What Do Synonym Questions Look Like?
- How Do You Answer Synonym Questions?
- Test Yourself Quizzes
- Answer Keys
- Exercises: Synonyms
- Answer Key and Explanations
- Verbal Analogies (SSAT Only)
- What Makes a Verbal Analogy?
- What Do Verbal Analogy Questions Look Like?
- How Do You Solve Verbal Analogies?
- What Do Smart Test-Takers Know?
- Answer Keys
- Exercises: Mixed Relationships
- Answer Key and Explanations
- Sentence Completions (ISEE Only)
- What Makes a Sentence Completion?
- How Do You Answer Sentence Completion Questions?
- What Do Smart Test-Takers Know?
- Test Yourself Quizzes
- Answer Keys
- Exercises: Sentence Completions
- Answer Key and Explanations
- Reading Review
- Reading Comprehension (SSAT and ISEE)
- Why Is My Reading Ability Being Tested?
- What Kinds of Questions Will Be Asked?
- How Do You Answer Reading Comprehension Questions?
- What Do Smart Test-Takers Know?
- Test Yourself Quizzes
- Answer Keys
- Exercises: Main Idea
- Answer Key and Explanations
- Exercises: Details
- Answer Key and Explanations
- Exercises: Vocabulary
- Answer Key and Explanations
- Exercises: Inference
- Answer Key and Explanations
- Mathematics Review
- Mathematics (SSAT and ISEE)
- What Mathematics Must I Know?
- How Do I Estimate the Answer?
- When Must I Calculate?
- Test Yourself Quizzes
- Answer Keys
- Exercises: Mathematics
- Answer Key and Explanations
- Quantitative Ability (SSAT and ISEE)
- What Makes Multiple-Choice Math Easier?
- How Do You Solve Multiple-Choice Quantitative Ability Questions?
- What Do Smart Test-Takers Know?
- Test Yourself Quizzes
- Answer Keys
- Exercises: Quantitative Ability
- Answer Key and Explanations
- Quantitative Comparisons (ISEE Only)
- What Are These Strange-Looking Questions?
- How Do You Solve Quantitative Comparisons?
- What Do Smart Test-Takers Know?
- Test Yourself Quizzes
- Answer Keys
- Exercises: Quantitative Comparisons
- Answer Key and Explanations
- Writing Sample Review
- Writing Mechanics (SSAT and ISEE)
- What Are Writing Mechanics?
- What Are the Rules of Spelling?
- Spelling Demons
- What Are the Rules of Punctuation?
- What Are the Rules for Capitalization?
- What Are the Rules of Grammar?
- What Is Correct English Usage?
- How Can I Improve My Writing?
- Exercises: Spelling
- Answer Key and Explanations
- Exercises: Principles of Grammar
- Answer Explanations
- The Essay (SSAT and ISEE)
- What Is the Purpose of the Essay?
- How Do You Write an Essay Under Time Pressure?
- What Do Smart Test-Takers Know?
- Exercises: Essay Writing 1
- Exercises: Essay Writing 2
- Sample Responses 1
- Sample Responses 2
- Four Practice Tests
- Practice Test 2: SSAT (Upper Level)
- Part I: Writing Sample
- Part II: Multiple Choice
- Answer Keys and Explanations
- Score Yourself
- Practice Test 3: SSAT (Upper Level)
- Part I: Writing Sample
- Part II: Multiple Choice
- Answer Keys and Explanations
- Score Yourself
- Practice Test 4: ISEE (Upper Level)
- Section 1: Verbal Reasoning
- Section 2: Quantitative Reasoning
- Section 3: Reading Comprehension
- Section 4: Mathematics Achievement
- Section 5: Essay
- Answer Keys and Explanations
- Score Yourself
- Practice Test 5: ISEE (Upper Level)
- Section 1: Verbal Reasoning
- Section 2: Quantitative Reasoning
- Section 3: Reading Comprehension
- Section 4: Mathematics Achievement
- Section 5: Essay
- Answer Keys and Explanations
- Score Yourself
- Appendixes
- Appendix A: List of Synonyms
- Appendix B: Parents' Guide to Private Schools
- Why Choose an Independent School?
- Another Option: Independent Day Schools
- Why Boarding School: Reasons I Chose This Path and Why You Might, Too
- Why a Therapeutic or Special Needs School?
- Finding the Perfect Match
- Plan a Successful School Search
- Understanding the Admission Application Form
- About Admission Tests and the SSAT
- Paying for a Private Education
- Appendix C: Private Schools At-a-Glance
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