{"id":23203,"date":"2019-02-08T16:21:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T21:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/?p=23203"},"modified":"2026-01-09T20:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T20:18:14","slug":"whats-on-the-shsat-english-language-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/shsat\/whats-on-the-shsat-english-language-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#039;s on the SHSAT: English Language Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_table  avia-builder-el-first  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >SHSAT English Language Arts Overview<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\nThe SHSAT English Language Arts section is the first section on the test. It contains 57 questions and accounts for one-half of your total points on the <a title=\"shsat\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/study\/shsat\/what-is-the-shsat\/\">SHSAT<\/a>. The suggested time for the section is 90 minutes, or 1 hour and 30 minutes. The breakdown of the SHSAT English Language Arts section is as follows:<br \/>\n<div class='avia-data-table-wrap avia_responsive_table'><table  class='avia-table avia-data-table avia-table-1  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_heading  avia_pricing_default '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Table\" ><tbody><tr class='avia-heading-row'><th class=''>English Language Arts Sub-Section<\/th><th class=''>Sub-Section Breakdown<\/th><th class=''>Total Number of Questions<\/th><\/tr><tr class=''><td class=''>Revising\/Editing Stand-Alone Questions<\/td><td class=''>3\u20135 questions<\/td><td class=''>11 (combined with Revising\/Editing Passages)<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class=''>Revising\/Editing Passages<\/td><td class=''>1 passage with 6\u20138 questions<\/td><td class=''>11 (combined with Revising\/Editing Stand-Alone Questions)<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class=''>Reading Comprehension<\/td><td class=''>6 passages with 6\u201310 questions each<\/td><td class=''>46 questions<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><style type='text\/css'>.avia-table-1 td:nth-of-type(1):before { content: 'English Language Arts Sub-Section'; } .avia-table-1 td:nth-of-type(2):before { content: 'Sub-Section Breakdown'; } .avia-table-1 td:nth-of-type(3):before { content: 'Total Number of Questions'; } <\/style><br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_table  el_before_av_heading  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >The Question Types<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h4    avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_image  '><h4 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Revising\/Editing Stand-Alone Questions<\/h4><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\nThe beginning of the Revising\/Editing section will look like this:<br \/>\n<div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_heading  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img class='wp-image-0 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-0 avia_image' src=\"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-08-at-2.04.55-PM.png\" alt='' title=''   itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\nThe <a title=\"shsat\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/shsat\">SHSAT English Language Arts<\/a> sections include 3\u20135 Stand-Alone Questions. You will be asked to apply your knowledge of Sentence Structure and Formation; Punctuation; Usage; Knowledge of Language; Organization, Unity, and Cohesion; and Topic Development to answer questions.<br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h4    avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_image  '><h4 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Revising\/Editing Passages<\/h4><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\nThe beginning of the Revising\/Editing Part B section will look like this:<br \/>\n<div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_heading  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img class='wp-image-0 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-0 avia_image' src=\"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-08-at-2.06.28-PM.png\" alt='' title=''   itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_heading  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >How to Approach SHSAT English Language Arts<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\nTo do well on the SHSAT English Language Arts section, you need to be systematic in your approach. In other words, you need to know how you are going to deal with each question type and the section as a whole before you open the test booklet. You need to know your strengths and weaknesses. For example, if you find Revising\/Editing Passages questions easiest, you can jump directly to them and get some quick points. Or you can leave them in the middle to break up the section. It\u2019s up to you. You have to be aware of timing. Six Reading passages are a lot. You have to be aware of your time and plan it well. If you spend an hour making certain that all your Revising\/Editing Passages questions are correct, you\u2019re going to have a difficult time answering the rest of the questions in the remaining 30 minutes.<br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_heading  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >The Kaplan Methods for Revising\/Editing Text<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\nYou will use the Kaplan Methods for Revising\/Editing Text to boost your score on the SHSAT English Language Arts section. Be sure to use these methods for every Revising\/Editing question you encounter, whether practicing, completing your homework, working on a Practice Test, or taking the actual exam on Test Day.<br \/>\nThere are two Kaplan Methods for Revising\/Editing Text: the Kaplan Method for Revising\/Editing Paragraphs and the Kaplan Method for Revising\/Editing Passages and Sentences.<br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h4    avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_heading  '><h4 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >The Kaplan Method for Revising\/Editing Paragraphs<\/h4><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\nThe Kaplan Method for Revising\/Editing Paragraphs in the SHSAT English Language Arts section has two steps:<br \/>\n<strong>Step 1: Read the text and identify the issue<\/strong><br \/>\nEach Revising\/Editing Paragraph question will include four sentences. Read each sentence systematically, checking for errors.<br \/>\n<strong>Step 2: Select the sentence that should be revised<\/strong><br \/>\nOnly one of the four sentences will include an error. Select the sentence with the error and move right along to the next question.<br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h4    avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  '><h4 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >The Kaplan Method for Revising\/Editing Passages and Sentences<\/h4><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\nThe Kaplan Method for Revising\/Editing Passages and Sentences has three steps:<br \/>\n<strong>Step 1: Read the text and identify the issue<\/strong><br \/>\nRevising\/Editing Text questions test Sentence Structure and Formation; Usage; Knowledge of Language; Organization, Unity, and Cohesion; and Topic Development issues. Read until you have enough information to identify the issue.<br \/>\n<strong>Step 2: Eliminate answer choices that do not address the issue<\/strong><br \/>\nEliminating answer choices that do not address the issue increases your odds of getting the correct answer by removing obviously incorrect answer choices.<br \/>\n<strong>Step 3:\u00a0Select the choice that creates the most correct, concise, and relevant text<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Correct<\/em>,\u00a0<em>concise<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>relevant<\/em> means that the text will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sense when read with the correction<\/li>\n<li>Be as short as possible while retaining the information in the text<\/li>\n<li>Relate well to the main idea of the sentence, paragraph, or passage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Correct answers do NOT:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Change the intended meaning of the original sentence, paragraph, or passage<\/li>\n<li>Introduce new grammatical errors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SHSAT English Language Arts section is the first section on the test. 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