Reading Concepts
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Answer choices with extreme words like "always" and "never"should be...
What is...eliminated immediately.
Is 10 a digit?
What is the make up of the reading section?
What is... 5 passages focused on 4 topics: Literature, Social Studies, Natural Science (2), and Social Science.
Why are boundaries important personally, professionally, and all other areas of life?
How do we identify each question type? (DFIG)
What is... Detailed: gives a specific line reference
Follow-up: asks for the best evidence to support the previous line
Informational-Graphics: are accompanied by a chart, graph, or table
General: asks about the passage as a whole, often concerning tone, mood, or purpose
Break down subject-verb agreement
Subject-verb agreement basically means that if the subject is singular, the verb must also be singular. If the subject is plural, the must be plural. For example,
Is 1 a prime number?
How many questions are in the both math sections; How much time do you have to complete them?
What are the colors of the Olympic Rings?
DFIG
What is... a strategy to help us attack the questions in the reading in order from the simplest/least time consuming to the most time consuming. The acronym stands for Detailed, Follow-up, Informational-Graphic, and General.
How many questions are in the writing section; How much time do you have to complete them?
The GCF of 24 and 8 is....
How many questions are in the reading section; How much time do you have to complete them?
What is... 52 questions and 65 minutes
What arm is the Statue of Liberty's torch in?
List the fastest action plan to attack the reading section with.
Start with your strengths, by finding the passages that are most interesting to you.
Identify and complete the detailed questions with line references first.
Locate and of the follow up questions next. These are our 2 for 1 questions.
Compare the Infograph questions questions to the passage.
Save general questions for last, they ask for the main idea, tone and purpose of the passage as a whole.
What are the important rules for the Writing/Language Section?
1. Start with the grammar and punctuation questions, to move quicker.
2. Know the top 3 rules most tested: punctuation usage, subject-verb agreement, and verb tense.
3. Come back and the organization and style questions because they require more reading.
What are the four math strategies to help conquer the math sections?
1. Know your target numbers for each section.
2. Remember the rules to answering grid-ins.
3. Pick numbers to substitute for variables in the problems or answer choices.
4. Plug in answer choices starting with "B" and "C" because they are in the middle. This helps gauge whether the answer should be higher or lower.
What is the Now-Later-Never approach to answering questions?
NOW questions: do the easiest questions first
Come back to complete LATER questions, utilizing a strategy such as Process of Elimination.
In the last 5 minutes, for NEVER questions, use your Letter of the Day to leave no bubble behind.
What NBA team does Valerie Daniels-Carter own a portion of?
What is... the Milwaukee Bucks
She is the only single black woman to own part of the team. She is a graduate of Lincoln University and a multi-business owner.