SAT Prep of the Day

So I saw a blog yesterday that had one new prep question for the LSAT everyday and he would explain the answer thoroughly and what not so I thought to myself, why not do something similar for the SAT?!? I'll start with this and depending on how helpful it is and the feedback I get, I'll keep going or I'll just let it go....

Word of the Day:
VOLUBLE --- speaking much and easily, talkative; glib (another SAT word itself).
"He was a voluble speaker, always ready to talk."

Question of the Day:
Today's question is from the WRITING section... There are five ways to phrase the underlined part of the sentence. Select the choice that produces the best sentence...

Rote learning, the process of memorizing by repetition, is how many young children learn the alphabet or the multiplication tables.

A) is how
B) is used for when
C) this is how
D) the way
E) which is used when

So here it is important to notice the different parts of grammar. "Rote learning" is the subject of the sentence. DON'T get thrown off by "the process of memorizing by reptition"... that part of the sentence is just explaining what rote learning is. However, after that you want to start with a VERB that links with the subject. Thus you can eliminate C, D, and E.

That leaves choice A and B. B is just too wordy and does not even make sense. You rarely say "is used for when"... if anything you would say "X is used when"... but here the correct answer is A (the original choice of words).

In general, whenever you see words set off by commas, you should read the sentence without that and try to correct it. So here you want to find the words that will connect "rote learning" with "many young children learn..."

If you have any questions or any comments please post them so that others can benefit and please give me feedback!!!