I’m Not Familiar with the CLT’s Preferred Authors: Can I still Succeed on This Exam?

I’ve Never Read the CLT’s Authors. Can I Still Score Well? One of the first discoveries many students make when they begin preparing for the CLT is the exam’s author bank. If your education has consisted primarily of contemporary literature or standard public-school anthologies, the author bank can be jarring. Even students who consider themselves […]

How to Beat the CLT’s Verbal Reasoning Section

The CLT’s Verbal Reasoning section is designed to reward close reading rather than speed-reading. Students have 40 minutes to answer 40 questions, with each question tied to one of four reading passages presented. Every passage contains exactly 10 questions, and because the structure of the readings is quite specific, you’ll know what kinds of texts […]