SSAT Upper Level Reading · Lessons

SSAT Upper Level Reading lessons

8 sections · 15 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.
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SSAT Upper Level Reading

Practice 15 skills across this outline.

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Point of View and Bias
Author's Purpose and Point of View
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
8 categories
Author's Purpose and Point of View
13%
Inference and Implicit Meaning
13%
Text Structure and Organization
13%
Main Idea and Central Argument
13%
Vocabulary in Context
13%
Key Details and Evidence
13%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of ssat upper level reading — drill into a card to work its skills.

Author's Purpose and Point of View

2 core skills13% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Point of View and BiasRecommended
2
Author's PurposeAvailable

Inference and Implicit Meaning

2 core skills13% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Making InferencesAvailable
2
Drawing Text-Based ConclusionsAvailable

Text Structure and Organization

2 core skills13% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Author's Detail ChoicesAvailable
2
Text Organization PatternsAvailable

Main Idea and Central Argument

2 core skills13% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Best Summary SelectionAvailable
2
Central IdeaAvailable

Vocabulary in Context

2 core skills13% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Context Clue InferenceAvailable
2
Vocabulary in ContextAvailable

Key Details and Evidence

2 core skills13% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Explicit Detail RetrievalAvailable
2
Supporting EvidenceAvailable

Tone, Mood, and Attitude

2 core skills13% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Identifying MoodAvailable
2
Identifying ToneAvailable

Comparisons and Analogies in Text

1 core skills13% total weight
0/1 completed
1 skill to mastery
1
Interpreting Author's AnalogiesAvailable