SAT Reading Comprehension: Attitude Questions:

These questions require you to identify the attitude of an author towards something or someone in the SAT reading passage. Usually, that someone or something is the main idea. For example, if the main idea of the passage is "ninja jellyfish", then the SAT will ask you to identify the author's feeling about "ninja jellyfish".
Just like anything else in life, there are really only three possible attitudes: like, don't care, and dislike. SAT reading passages make your life more difficult by increasing the vocabulary used to describe these three basic attitudes.

The author's attitude towards ___ can best be described as
The author's attitude towards ___ is primarily one of
The author's tone towards ___ is

TIPS FOR AUTHOR'S ATTITUDE QUESTIONS:

TIP 1
Certain words, and their synonyms, are never correct:

1) Awe
Think of how you would feel if an angel descending down on a cloud in front of you, and you'll realize that you can instantly eliminate "awe". Because if you were truly feeling awe towards something, then you couldn't even think about it, let alone write a reading passage about it.

2) Indifference
If you really don't care about something, let's say about the average length of a dog's toe, then you will never think about it. And you certainly wouldn't take the time to write a passage about it.

3) Confusion
Huh? What? If you're truly confused by a topic, such as quantum mechanics, then you can't think clearly about it. If you can't think clearly about it, you can't write a reading passage about it.

TIP 2
Certain words, and their synonyms, are almost never correct:

1) Mocking
The idea of mocking includes two ideas that the SAT authors are rarely known for, fun and humor. (If you don't believe me, just ask yourself whether you'd like to hang out and party with them.) For this reason, "mocking" is incorrect about 99% of the time.

TIP 3
Words that are neutral in their attitude are most often the correct answer:

1) Pragmatic
Meaning practical, "pragmatic" is perhaps the most neutral word in the English language and often perfectly describes the tone adopted by the authors of SAT reading passages.

2) Appreciative

SAT Reading:Attitude Question

Lesson Includes:

—Overview of Reading Attitude Questions

—What do Attitude Questions Look Like?

—Tips for Author's Attitude Question

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