Which types of questions require you to understand how the reading passage is set up and identify the main and supporting ideas?
Organization & Ideas
100
What types of questions are these:
"In line 8, what does the word "intricate" mean?"
"In line 32, the phrase "with an ephemeral flash of light" most nearly means?"
Meaning of words
100
If f(x) = x^3 + 3x +4
f(2) =
18
100
What is the absolute value of -1
1
100
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What types of questions require you to understand assumptions, suggestions, and implications in reading passages and draw informed conclusions?
Reasoning and Inferencing
200
What types of questions are these:
"In what tone does the author use in lines 36-39?"
"In line 18, the author is most likely trying to convey which of the following?"
Author's Craft
200
Let f(x) = x + 5
2f(x) =
2x+10
200
What is the absolute value of 103?
103
200
What are some features of your college application essay?
-Personal
-Unique
-SHOW, not tell
-well edited
-Honest, not fake
-Relates back to YOU
300
What types of questions require you to understand things such as plot, setting, and characterization?
Literary Elements
300
What types of questions are these:
"How would you describe Mrs. Dalloway in line 25?"
"What event caused the outcome in lines 64-66?"
Literary Elements
300
Let f(x) = x+5
3f(x) +1 =
3x+16
300
What is the absolute value of -4532943?
4532943
300
What is the deadline for UCs/CSUs?
When does the application open?
Opens: October 1.
Closes: November 30.
400
What types of questions test your use of vocabulary skills, context, roots, prefixes, and suffixed to determine how well you understand different words?
Meaning of Words
400
What types of questions are these:
"What can you infer about the "dilemma that is too profound to solve" (line 65)?"
"What does line 34 suggest about the narrator?"
Reasoning and Inferencing
400
Let f(x) = x+5
(f(x))^2 =
x^2 + 10x + 25
400
What are the two possible values of x if |x|=5?
-5, 5
400
How many essays do you need for UCs?
CSUs?
UCs - 2 personal statements adding up to 1000 words
CSUs - no essay
500
What types of questions require you to understand how authors use tone, style, and writing devices such as metaphor or symbolism?
Author's Craft
500
What types of questions are these:
What is the main idea of paragraph 3 (lines 54-78)?
How would you describe the relationship between paragraph 1 and 2?
Organization and Ideas
500
If f(x) = x^2
and g(x) = x+3
then g(f(x)) =
x^2 +3
500
Solve:
|x+1|=3
X=3,-13
500
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