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The Magic of Main Idea: How to Find Main Idea and Why It Matters
For every single passage you read on the SSAT, you MUST find the main idea. It’s magic and just might change your life (and raise your score).
What Marvel's Eternals and Spider-Man Trailers Taught Me about Main Idea
In addition to giving us sneak previews of the multiversal chaos to come, Marvel’s Eternals and Spider-Man trailers can also teach us something surprising about…main idea. Many Marvel movie trailers use our go-to topic + so what formula. See for yourself!
Your Exceptional Taste in Music Can Help You Learn How to Identify Author’s Tone. Here’s How.
Are you a master at making playlists or queuing up the perfect song list on Spotify? An expert at finding the exact right song for the exact right vibe? Then you’re already amazing at author’s tone. You just don’t know it yet.
In this post, we’ll cover how to transfer your amazing insights on today’s hits to author’s tone questions on tests like the SSAT. Brace yourself - the breakup songs are coming.
