Grammar Police
The mysterious woman walked toward the car holding an umbrella.
What is a misplaced modifier? (move "holding an umbrella" to after "woman")
This is the acronym for "roadmapping" poetry passages
What is T. M. P. (Topic, Mood, Paraphrase)?
This wrong answer trap includes information that is not in the passage
What is out of scope?
The SHSAT stands for this
What is the Specialized High School Admissions Test?
There are this many reading comprehension passages on the SHSAT
What is six?
A key strategy for this question type is to look for a choice that summarizes the entire passage—not just a detail that’s mentioned once or discussed in a single paragraph
What is a global question?
Anytime that Jeff, who was unusually intelligent, sees a piano, he was able to play a song.
What is a verb tense error? (change "sees" to "saw")
This is the acronym for "roadmapping" fiction passages
What is C. O. T. S. (Character, Opinion, Tone/Theme, Summary)?
This wrong answer trap includes details that are directly from the passage but are unrelated to or do not answer the question
What is misused detail?
The "raw score" for the total test is out of this many points (...be careful!)
What is 94? (57 - 10 experimental = 47 each section)
You should spend no longer than this amount of time to read and roadmap a passage
What is five minutes?
For this question type, you should start by using paragraph references or specific phrasing to find the relevant section of the passage
What is a detail question?
In September 2016 the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened as part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum is already the Smithsonian’s third most popular site.
What is a run-on sentence (or comma splice)?
This is the acronym used to remember coordinating conjunctions that can be used with a comma to correct a run-on sentence
What is FANBOYS?
This wrong answer trap includes details from the passage that are altered to be partially incorrect
What is distortion?
Established in 2006, this is the newest specialized high school
What is Brooklyn Latin?
You should spend no more than this amount of time answering a reading comprehension question
For this question type, you should take note of any transition words to get context and understand the author's reasoning
What is a function question?
Her poor attitude about studying during senior year do not indicate that she enjoys being a student.
What is subject-verb agreement? (change "do" to "does")
This is the acronym for "roadmapping" non-fiction passages
What is W. W. H. (Who/What, Why, How)?
This wrong answer trap takes a stronger position (often more positive or more negative) than the passage takes
What is extreme?
This specialized high school has the most students
What is Brooklyn Tech?
This is the Kaplan 3-step reading comprehension strategy
What is 1. Read Actively, 2. Examine the Question Stem, and 3. Predict & Answer?
For this question type, evaluate the information in the question stem, identify units, labels, and titles, and circle the parts that relate to the question
What is an infographic question?
The king told his friend that his days were numbered.
What is ambiguous pronoun?
QHSSYC stands for this
What is Queens High School for the Sciences at York College?
This wrong answer trap has information that directly contradicts what is stated in the passage
What is opposite?
This was the first specialized high school to require an entrance exam
What is Stuyvesant High School?
What is "concise, precise, and relevant?"
For this question type, look for clues that show how the author connects relevant details within the passage
What is an inference question?