SAT · College Board · Digital & Adaptive

Reading & Writing
Complete Topic List

All Reading & Writing topics for the digital SAT, organised according to the College Board framework.

📖 54 questions 64 minutes 🎯 200–800 score range
📖 Information & Ideas
01
Central Ideas & Details R&W
Main idea, supporting details, summarising passages
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02
Inferences R&W
Drawing logical conclusions from implicit information
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03
Command of Evidence – Textual R&W
Finding evidence in the text to support or weaken a claim
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04
Command of Evidence – Quantitative R&W
Connecting tables, graphs, or statistics to the passage
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✒️ Craft & Structure
05
Words in Context R&W
Inferring word meaning, tone, and nuance from context
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06
Text Structure & Purpose R&W
Paragraph organisation, author's purpose and rhetorical strategy
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07
Cross-Text Connections R&W
Relationships and viewpoint comparisons between two texts
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💡 Expression of Ideas
08
Rhetorical Synthesis R&W
Writing effective sentences using notes or sources
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09
Transitions R&W
Logical connectors and transition words between ideas
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📝 Standard English Conventions
10
Boundaries R&W
Sentence boundaries, punctuation (commas, semicolons), run-ons
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Form, Structure & Sense R&W
Subject-verb agreement, pronoun-antecedent, verb tense, modifiers
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