內容簡介
內容簡介 Barron’s Hot Words for the SAT is helpful for college-bound students and defines more than 365 words that appear most frequently on SAT exams. This edition includes additional lessons providing vocabulary specific to the SAT Reading and SAT Writing and Language tests.Each lesson in Hot Words for the SAT focuses on a thematic word cluster—words having similar meanings or words that apply to similar circumstances, which helps makes it easier to learn distinctions in usage and connotation. Also included are phonetic pronunciation keys for each word, memory tips, review exercises following every five lessons, and an alphabetical word index.College-bound students who successfully complete the book's exercises and master these words will expand their lifelong vocabulary, enrich their essay writing, facilitate their reading, and improve their chances for acceptance at the colleges of their choice.
作者介紹
作者介紹 A native Long Islander, very happily married, and mother of three loveable sons, Linda Carnevale has been writing college preparatory books for BARRON'S Educational Series Publishers since 2000. Titles include HOT WORDS for the SAT, SAT 1600: Aiming for the Perfect Score, and ACT English, Reading and Writing Workbook. A distinguished alumna of Columbia University's Teacher College where she earned a Master of Arts in English Education with an emphasis in nonfiction writing, Carnevale (a sought after SAT and ACT verbal coach) directs a full-service, all-subjects tutoring company: www.SelectTutorsPrep.com, New York's Premier Academic Matchmaking Service, specializing in college and graduate school admissions exams.Mrs. Carnevale has been a tenured teacher of English at Cold Spring Harbor High School, a nationally-ranked TOP 100 Gold Medal School. Among her dozens of local and national published credits are Long Island Quarterly literary journal, Conde Naste's BRIDE'S Magazine, Modern Bride magazine, and most recently, PAUMANOK: Poems & Pictures of Long Island (Hardcover Anthology, 2010).