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SAT Question of the Day Explained – December 4, 2014 – Sentence Completions

Today’s SAT Question of the Day is a two-blank sentence completion question about William the Conqueror.

The success of the Norman Invasion depended on ——- logistical operation: in planning it, William the Conqueror wisely left no detail ——-.

What is this sentence about? Planning. It was a detailed operation that left no detail unplanned.  Sound silly? Perhaps when you write it out like this, but that is all you need to know in order to get the correct answer – and I even borrowed the words “detail” and  “planning” right from the provided sentence! Continue reading →

SAT Question of the Day Explained – October 5, 2014 – Sentence Completions

Today’s SAT Question of the Day is a two-blank sentence completion:

So that she would not be considered ——- in her actions, the department head made sure that the members of the advisory committee ——- her plans before she started to implement them.

Do any words come to mind for those blanks?  If not, think about what an advisory committee might do… Continue reading →

SAT Question of the Day Explained – September 2, 2014 – Sentence Completion

Today’s sentence completion:

“It was difficult to believe that the sophisticated piece of technology had ——- through the centuries from such ——- and rudimentary apparatus.”

For the first blank, let’s think about what the technology might have done through the centuries. Continue reading →

SAT Question of the Day Explained – March 9, 2014 – Sentence Completion

Today’s SAT question of the day is a sentence completion question about a film that polarized an audience. To polarize something is to drive it to opposing ends of the spectrum (like the north and south poles!), so this audience has been split down the middle regarding this film.

Here are our two poles: While many ——- the film for its artfully directed scenes, others ——- it for being inaccessible. Continue reading →

SAT Question of the Day Explained – January 26, 2014 – Sentence Completion, Two Blanks

David Livingstone

Today’s SAT question of the day is a two-blank question about explorer David Livingstone.

The first blank tells us that he has a certain kind of reputation – we just don’t know what it is yet, so we’ll have to keep reading.

The second blank helps us unpack the sentence: some revile him, while others…blank him.  Let’s see what revile means. Continue reading →

SAT Question of the Day Explained – January 20, 2014 – Sentence Completion

Now THAT is a lab rat!Today’s official SAT question of the day is a sentence completion about regulations on laboratory animals. We’ve got two blanks, so we have to make sure that our answer works for both blanks – but we also get twice as many chances if we need to eliminate some implausible answer choices.

For the first blank, we know that the policies used to be … something … but they are now mandatory.  For the second blank, we know that it’s something in relation to the policy that would cause labs to lose their grants. Continue reading →