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, for instance: "Well, it's time for you to get to work. You'd better get this pedestrian stuff out of the way, pronto, so we can get to know each other better. Hey, I know the thing looks a little daunting, but I think the meanings are quite explicit." Certain words in that passage—for instance, pedestrian, daunting, and explicit—are set in boldface type. That is the students' signal to look up the word, understand what it means, and comprehend how it's being used in the sentence. Students who read all of Simon's commentaries and understand all boldface words are guaranteed to excel on the new SAT I Verbal. As Simon helps students expand their word power, he finds something to say about most topics that interest college kids—from girls and parties to coping with term papers and doing library research. A short quiz follows each episode. Here's a unique, refreshing approach to vocabulary building for high school students preparing for the all-important college entrance test.

Simon's Saga for the NEW SAT Verbal

Test Preparation

Geer Ed.M., Philip

College & High School

Barrons Educational Series

Expanding students' word power for higher SAT scores has just become more fun—and more effective! This brand new book uses cartoon-style illustrations that present visual puns, augmented with verbal mnemonics and sample sentences. All examples are designed to help students learn words and meanings, then retain them in their memories when the time comes to take that important college entrance exam. A total of 300 words frequently encountered on the SAT I are presented, each with its own illustration, definition, and set of memory aids. A review is presented at the end of every 12-word group with an amusing written passage to reinforce the words and meanings within a narrative context.

Picture These SAT Words!

Geer, Susan

College-bound students will find intensive test-taking practice for the all-important SAT in this brand-new book. Six full-length practice exams similar in length, structure, question type, and degree of difficulty to the actual SAT All questions answered and explained Includes self-appraisal information for scoring the SAT essay question Extra features include test-taking tips and strategies that will help students use this book to their best advantage in order to maximize their scores This book offers excellent SAT test preparation when used alone, and also makes a fine companion volume for test takers who purchase Barron's SAT with CD-ROM, 26th Edition (978-1-4380-7188-6).

Barron's 6 SAT Practice Tests

Wolf, Ph.D. Ira K.

This set of vocabulary-building flash cards present cartoon illustrations showing visual puns with sample sentences and verbal mnemonics with definitions given on the reverse side of each card. Words and definitions are those that have appeared most frequently on recent SAT college entrance exams. The cartoons and vocabulary have been adapted from Philip and Susan Geer's book Picture These SAT Words!, which is also available from Barron's.

Barron's Picture These SAT Words in a Flash

This set of vocabulary-building flash cards presents cartoon illustrations showing visual puns with sample sentences and verbal mnemonics with definitions given on the reverse side of each card. Words and definitions are those that have appeared most frequently on recent SAT college entrance exams. The cartoons and vocabulary have been adapted from Philip and Susan Geer’s book, Picture These SAT Words!, which is also available from Barron’s.

Picture These SAT Words in a Flash (Barron's SAT Prep)

Barrons Educational Services

Here is a highly effective and fun way for students to build their word power while they study in preparation for the SAT’s Critical Reading and Writing Skills sections. This learning tool is a set of flash cards—but flash cards with a difference! The front side of each card presents a humorous cartoon, a visual pun that relates to the headword at the card’s top. The pun supplies a clue to the word’s meaning, which is presented on the reverse side, with examples of the word used in sentences. For example, the headword hierarchy is printed above a cartoon showing Noah examining his work chart at his ark-building factory. His chart shows diagrams of higher arks at its top, medium-high arks in the center, at lower arks at its bottom. The caption reads: “A higher ark he built in the hierarchy of arks,” and the card’s reverse side gives students the meaning of hierarchy: “arrangement by rank or standing.” The boxed set contains a total of 200 vocabulary cards, each with its new word for test-takers to learn, its cartoon, and its pun.

Picture These SAT Words in a Flash

An extensive working vocabulary is a prerequisite for success on the Graduate Record Exam. This popular manual presents 800 college-graduate-level words with definitions that frequently appear on the exam. The book begins with a pre-test to help readers assess strenghts and weaknesses. Additional features include: 
<li>An overview of the Verbal Reasoning question types found on the GRE</li>
<li>Matching and sentence completion exercises for all word lists</li>
<li>An analysis of essential word roots</li>
<li>Suggested study plans, and much more... The book concludes with a post-test to assess progress. Answers are provided for all exercises and for all questions in the pre- and post-test.</li>

Essential Words for the GRE

Graduate School

Prospective graduate students preparing for the GRE will find intensive and carefully focused preparation for the exam's verbal reasoning section in this book. The author discusses the purposes and structure of the question types, providing more than 380 example questions with explanations that demonstrate how to arrive at correct answers. Test takers will also find:
<li>A diagnostic test that allows students to pinpoint their strengths and weaknesses</li>
<li>Extensive practice and review chapters that cover all three general question types: sentence equivalence, text completion, and reading comprehension</li>
<li>Two full-length practice tests with answers and explanations</li>
<li>A concise GRE Dictionary--a vocabulary list with definitions that all successful GRE test takers must master</li>

Barron's GRE Verbal Workbook

The CLEP, or College Level Examination Program, is a college-entrance test battery given to adults who return to the classroom after an absence of several years—perhaps after working at a full-time job or raising a family. This updated manual presents two full-length sample examinations in each of the following test areas: College Composition and College Composition Modular, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences–History. All sample exams are provided with answer keys, a scoring chart, and answer explanations. Subject reviews are also presented for all test topics.

CLEP (Barron's Test Prep)

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Simon's Saga for the NEW SAT Verbal

Picture These SAT Words!

Picture These SAT Words!

Barron's 6 SAT Practice Tests

Barron's Picture These SAT Words in a Flash

Picture These SAT Words in a Flash (Barron's SAT Prep)

Picture These SAT Words in a Flash

Essential Words for the GRE

Barron's GRE Verbal Workbook

CLEP (Barron's Test Prep)