"The SAT Writing and Language Test requires you to think and operate like an editor. On the ‘Expression of Ideas’ portion of this subtest, you must be able to read efficiently, find mistakes and select the best corrections. On focus questions, one subsection of ‘Expression of Ideas,’ the student has to decide whether to add, delete, retain or revise excerpts from the text.
Focus questions can be challenging for students because they involve more than understanding the questions and answer choices. Principally, they test students’ reading comprehension skills and their ability to deduce the author’s intent. It is for this reason that, to excel on focus questions, student must first train themselves to become better readers. A smart reader is one who locates main ideas and summarizes while he or she reads." …