SAT Critical Reading - Sentence Completion: The SAT critical reading section includes 19 sentence-completion questions. The sentence-completion questions in the SAT Critical Reading section are designed to measure the extent of vocabulary development and the individual's ability to use vocabulary to form logical sentences.

Each question in this section presents the exam-taker with a sentence that is missing one or two key words. The individual has to choose the word or words that make the meaning of the sentence clear from the available choices. For example, a question may include the sentence "His words __ me like a dagger" and the individual will have to identify the word that logically completes the sentence. The choices for completing the sentence in this example might include:

1.Quaffed
2.Dribbled
3.Pierced
4.Deflected
5.Placated

The correct answer would be (C), as the sentence describes how the individual's words harmed the speaker of the sentence. "Pierced" is the only word that fits the meaning of the sentence. (A) is incorrect because quaff means "to drink," (B) is incorrect because dribble means "to drip or ooze," (C) is incorrect because deflect means "to bounce back," and (E) is incorrect because placate means "to soothe or calm."

The sentence completion questions included on the exam will usually be more difficult than this example, but the structure of the question requires the application of vocabulary skills in choosing the correct answer.