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Vocabulary
Sentence Structure
Writing Styles
SAT/ACT
Mystery
100
Something irreverent or profane.

Harbor

Blasphemous 

Excessive 

What is Blasphemous?

100

Her mom returned later that evening and she cooked dinner for the family.

Which sentence describes the use of clauses in the sentence?

  1. The sentence contains one dependent clause.
  2. The sentence contains one independent clause.
  3. The sentence contains one independent clause and one dependent clause.
  4. The sentence contains two independent clauses separated by a coordinating conjunction.

What is two independent clauses?

100

What is this form of citation (Brown et al, 2020, p.23)

What is APA?

100

This standardized test, administered by the College Board, includes sections on Reading, Writing & Language, and Math.

What is the SAT?

100

How many minutes did you have for your opening prompts this camp?

What is 15 min?

200

precursor, sign of something to come

Harbinger 

Embellishment 

Pentient

What is Harbinger?

200

“What the hammer? what the chain?

In what furnace was thy brain?

What the anvil? what dread grasp

Dare its deadly terrors clasp?” 

How does parallel structure help this excerpt from a poem by William Blake?

  1. It adds rhythm.
  2. It adds imagery.
  3. It adds rhyme.
  4. It adds reason.

What is it adds rhythm?

200

Frank, H. (2011). Wolves, Dogs, Rearing and Reinforcement: Complex Interactions Underlying Species Differences in Training and Problem-Solving Performance. Behavior Genetics, 41(6), 830-839. is an example of which kind of format?

What is APA?
200

The ACT includes this optional section, which the SAT removed in 2021.

What is the essay?

200

Which two tests were emphasized during this camp?

What are ACT and SAT?

300

customs or manners

Shares 

Mores

Salients 

What are mores?

300

In preparation for her run, Alicia                             , applied sunscreen, and increased the volume on her iPod.

  1. tightened her shoelaces
  2. was tightening her shoelaces
  3. did tighten her shoelaces

What is tightened her shoelaces?

300

APA means

American Psychological Association 

300

This is the highest possible composite score you can earn on the ACT.

What is a 36?

300

My ________ explains the main message of my writing.

What is my thesis?

400

Swollen; bombastic; distended.

Unheralded 

Verity 

Turgid 

What is turgid?

400

We looked everywhere for the car keys—under the sofa cushions,                                    , and on the counters and tabletops. All along, Andrew had them in the front pocket of his jeans!

  1. our search included the trash can
  2. searching for them in the trash can
  3. in the trash can

What is in the trash can?

400

Frank, H. "Wolves, Dogs, Rearing and Reinforcement: Complex Interactions Underlying Species Differences in Training and Problem-Solving Performance." Behavior Genetics 41.6 (2011): 830-39. Print. Which style is this?

What is MLA?

400

On the SAT Math section, using this type of calculator is allowed and sometimes encouraged.

What is a graphing calculator?

400

What is the name of our workshop?

Reading and Writing, why should I care? How can I get better?

500

intellectual; scholar; philosopher.

Perusal 

Savant 

Maladroit 

What is a savant? 

500

Which part of the sentence is a participial phrase?

The plates, brought from Denmark by my grandmother, are on display in the dining room.

  1. the plates
  2. are on dispaly
  3. brought from Denmark
  4. in the dining room

What is brought from Denmark?

500

Frank, H. 2011. "Wolves, Dogs, Rearing and Reinforcement: Complex Interactions Underlying Species Differences in Training and Problem-Solving Performance."  Behavior Genetics 41 (6):830-839. What kind of style is this? How would this be cited in writing? 

What is Chicago? What is (Frank 2011)

500

This key difference in the Reading sections of the SAT and ACT makes time management more challenging on the ACT.

What is the ACT has more questions and less time per passage?

500

How many times can you take the SAT over?

Unlimited.