Algebra
For 100 points: This is the term for a mathematical phrase that can contain ordinary numbers, variables, and operators.
What is an expression?
For 100 points: This is the term for a ratio that compares two quantities with different units, like miles per hour.
What is a rate?
For 100 points: The author's attitude toward the subject, often described with words like "critical" or "optimistic."
What is tone?
For 100 points: This type of word modifies a noun.
What is an adjective?
For 100 points: This is the most important rule for the SAT essay, if your test requires it.
What is to analyze the author's argument? (Acceptable: What is to not give your own opinion?)
For 200 points: This is the value of a variable that makes an equation true.
What is a solution?
For 200 points: If a problem says "x is inversely proportional to y," you would write this equation.
What is x = k/y? (or xy = k)
For 200 points: The central argument or message the author is trying to convey.
What is the central idea? (or, What is the thesis?)
For 200 points: This common error occurs when a pronoun does not clearly refer to a specific noun.
What is an ambiguous pronoun?
For 200 points: The answer to every reading question is supported by evidence found here.
What is the passage?
For 300 points: This is the name for the point where a line crosses the y-axis, often represented as (0, b).
What is the y-intercept?
For 300 points: This is the most important step to avoid careless errors on the math sections.
What is checking your work? (Acceptable: What is plugging your answer back in?)
For 300 points: The term for the evidence an author uses to support their claim.
What is a supporting detail? (or, What is textual evidence?)
For 300 points: This type of punctuation is used to join two independent clauses without a conjunction.
What is a semicolon?
For 300 points: On the No-Calculator math section, you can often find answers by using this technique instead of solving algebraically.
What is plugging in numbers?
For 400 points: This is the process of multiplying two binomials to get a trinomial, summarized by the acronym FOIL.
What is factoring? (or, What is expanding?)
For 400 points: On the calculator section, this is a crucial strategy for solving for a variable.
What is "plugging in the answers"? (Acceptable: What is backsolving?)
For 400 points: The rhetorical device where an author anticipates and addresses a counterargument.
What is a concession? (or, What is a rebuttal?)
For 400 points: The rule that states a pronoun must match its antecedent in number and gender.
What is pronoun-antecedent agreement?
For 400 points: This is the number of minutes you have per passage on the Reading section to maintain a good pace.
What is 13 minutes? (Acceptable: What is 12-13 minutes?)
For 500 points: This is the term for a function where the output value decreases as the input value increases over its entire domain.
What is a decreasing function?
For 500 points: This is the formula for the number of radians in a given number of degrees.
What is multiply by π/180? (or, What is degrees * π/180?)
For 500 points: This is the specific term for the sentence in a passage that expresses its central idea or thesis.
What is the topic sentence? (or, in some contexts: What is the thesis statement?)
For 500 points: This is the grammatical term for a modifying phrase that is incorrectly separated from the word it is intended to describe.
What is a dangling modifier?
For 500 points: This is the strategic answer to the question: "What should you do with your answer sheet in the final 5 minutes of any section?"
What is go back and check your work? (Acceptable: What is ensure you have no stray marks? or What is make sure every question has an answer?)