This entirely new book takes it title from an earlier Barron's vocabulary builder and SAT test preparation book. Author Linda Carnevale presents hundreds of new words especially focused to prepare students to do their best in the all-important verbal skills section of the SAT I. "Tough" words that often confuse students, but which appear most frequently on the SAT I are presented with definitions, sample sentences, and explanations of word origins. This book's highly original approach to vocabulary building takes the form of a series of clusters—words grouped together that have similar meanings. Short Words in Context quizzes appear throughout the book, and closely reflect questions as they appear on the actual SAT I.
A native Long Islander, very happily married, and mother of three loveable sons, Linda Carnevale has been writing college preparatory books for BARRON'S Educational Series Publishers since 2000. Titles include HOT WORDS for the SAT and SAT2400: Aiming for the Perfect Score. A distinguished alumna of Columbia University's Teacher College where she earned a Master of Arts in English Education with an emphasis in nonfiction writing, Carnevale (a sought after SAT and ACT verbal coach) presents two Websites that specialize in college admissions support: www.SelectTutorsPrep.com ~ New York's Premier Academic Matchmaking Service ~ and www.CollegeEssayDoctors.com.
Mrs. Carnevale has been a tenured teacher of English at Cold Spring Harbor High School, a nationally-ranked TOP 100 Gold Medal School. Among her dozens of local and national published credits are Long Island Quarterly literary journal, Conde Naste's BRIDE'S Magazine, Modern Bride magazine, and - most recently - PAUMANOK: Poems & Pictures of Long Island (Hardcover Anthology, 2010).
