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PSAT Reading and Writing lessons

4 sections · 12 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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PSAT Reading and Writing

Practice 12 skills across this outline.

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Author's Main Point
Craft & Structure · Text Structure & Purpose
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
6 categories
Conventions of Standard English
25%
Expression of Ideas
25%
Craft & Structure · Text Structure & Purpose
16%
Information & Ideas · General Skills
15%
Information & Ideas · Command of Evidence
10%
Craft & Structure · General Skills
9%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of psat reading and writing — drill into a card to work its skills.

Craft & Structure · Text Structure & Purpose

2 core skills16% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Author's Main PointRecommended
Long-form
2
Function of a Word or PhraseAvailable
Long-form

Craft & Structure · General Skills

2 core skills9% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Two-Passage QuestionsAvailable
Long-form
2
Words In ContextAvailable
Long-form

Information & Ideas · General Skills

2 core skills15% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Central Ideas & DetailsAvailable
Long-form
2
InferencesAvailable
Long-form

Information & Ideas · Command of Evidence

2 core skills10% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Evidence in Tables & GraphsAvailable
Long-form
2
Evidence in TextAvailable
Long-form

Conventions of Standard English

2 core skills25% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
PunctuationAvailable
Long-form
2
GrammarAvailable
Long-form

Expression of Ideas

2 core skills25% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Synthesizing NotesAvailable
Long-form
2
TransitionsAvailable
Long-form