Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
First, read the sentence, look for clues, and select the easier blank. Make a prediction for that blank and eliminate any answer choices that do not fit your prediction. Then look at the second blank, make a prediction, and compare it to the remaining answer choices.
Eduardo Galeano's novel consists of discrete vignettes, so the reader must supply the invisible ------ binding such apparently ------ parts.
This sentence would be likely to turn up near the end of a sentence completion section because the uncommon words in the sentence make it more difficult. What is a vignette and how is it discrete? If you have no idea what these words mean, then this is almost like an extreme sport for context clues; since some words are already missing from the sentence, it is even harder than normal to figure out words that you don't know. Knowing your vocabulary is essential! If you encounter a sentence like this on the SAT, you have two options: try to figure out what the words mean, or try to restructure the sentence so you don't need them. You can rearrange this sentence fairly easily, as it happens. Remember that "so" is a coordinating conjunction (one of the FANBOYS), so it can separate two independent clauses. Each independent clause is able to stand on its own as a sentence. Let's try chopping this one up:
Eduardo Galeano's novel consists of discrete vignettes. The reader must supply the invisible ------ binding such apparently ------ parts.
