In each section, the test has planted sneaky traps to get you to pick the wrong answer choice. These are the tricks you need to watch out for
Math Section - Beware of those Cartesian graphs, they are not always on a scale of 1 to 1. The SAT may try to trick you by changing the scale of the axes. They can go up not by 1, but by 2 or even 10. So be careful with detail!
Reading Section - Our mind can absorb details more quickly than it can absorb abstract terms. Our natural bias is to pick the answer choice that has the most details.
Traps to Avoid - Going back to the passage, life’s quote “its really incredible to be swimming down a passage that no one ever been in before, to experience that thrill of discovery,” pops out immediately.
Right Choice - if you read the quote carefully, you will see that the correct answer choice is choice d). Yes, it is more vague and abstract, but it portrays the main idea of the quote better than any of the specifics in the other answer choices do.
Writing and Language Section - For short transition questions, looking one line up and one line down isn’t enough. A popular strategy students use when a question asks them to pick the word or phrase that best transitions from the previous sentence to the new one is to only read those two sentences.
Traps to Avoid - The College Board knows this strategy, and as a result, will plant trick answer choices that work with those two sentences, but not the main passage as a whole.
Right Choice - It’s important to zoom out and get a handle on the entire paragraph in order to pick the correct answer choice.
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