RICHIE’S SSAT® Upper Level · Volume 03
Reading
EVIDENCE-FIRST READING
Read. Locate. Prove. Eliminate.
- 12SKILL & GENRE UNITS · 328 ORIGINAL QUESTIONS · 720 PASSAGE-DERIVED VOCABULARY ENTRIES
- EXAM-STYLE PASSAGES — DICKENS · TWAIN · LONDON · AUSTEN · SHELLEY
- 20-QUESTION DIAGNOSTIC · 2 FULL-LENGTH 40-QUESTION READING TESTS
FOUR-PART EXPLANATION DNA
Book Companion · 2026 Edition · v1.0
“Evidence first, answer second.”
Read with a purpose. Answer with evidence.
Strong reading is not just fast reading. It is knowing which evidence answers the exact question. RICHIE’S SSAT Reading teaches six practical question families on exam-style passages — classic literature from Dickens, Twain, and London beside science, history, and the arts, in a test-like mix — and finishes with two full-length timed Reading tests.
Inside this book
- Evidence-first reading
- Read, locate, prove, and eliminate.
- Exam-style passages
- Dickens, Twain, London, Austen, Shelley, and more.
- Test-format questions
- Stems and answer choices written to real-section length.
- 6 families × 5 genres
- 12 units, 1 Diagnostic, and 2 full-length 40-question Reading tests.
- Four-part explanations
- Evidence, credited-answer reasoning, every distractor eliminated, and the likely student mistake.
- 720 passage-derived vocabulary entries
- Across 12 unit banks.
Word Lists & Tests
Book Companion
12 Units · 720 passage words · a Word List and two tests for every Unit
- 12 Word Lists
- 24 Word Tests
- 720 words
2026 Edition · v1.0
US Letter · prints on A4 with “Fit to page.”
Word List · page 1 of 2 Test Form A · page 1 of 2 Test Form B · page 1 of 4 Test Form B · page 2 of 4
| Unit | Word List | Test Form A | Test Form B | All three |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 01 · Main Idea & Author’s Purpose | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 02 · Supporting Detail & EXCEPT | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 03 · Inference | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 04 · Vocabulary in Context | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 05 · Function, Organization & Argument | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 06 · Tone, Style & Literary Devices | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 07 · Narrative Reading | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 08 · Poetry & Classic Language | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 09 · Science, Nature & Technical Explanation | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 10 · History, Social Studies & Public Documents | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 11 · Humanities, Arts & Biography | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 12 · Mixed Genre Reading Lab | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
PART 1 · SIX CORE QUESTION TYPES
Unit 01 · Main Idea & Author’s Purpose
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ONE SYSTEM. SIX VOLUMES. ONE COMPLETE UPPER LEVEL PATH.
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