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This punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses without a conjunction.
What is a semicolon?
In the equation y = mx + b, this letter represents the slope of the line
What is m?
If a story is told by a narrator who is a character in the story and uses the pronoun "I," which point of view is being used?
What is "first person?"
This variable is the one that the scientist actively changes during an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
This is the highest possible composite score you can earn on the ACT.
What is 36?
What do you call an extreme exaggeration used for emphasis, such as "I've told you a million times"?
What is hyperbole?
This theorem, used for right triangles, states that a2+ b2 = c2
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
What do you call a sentence that consists of only one independent clause and no dependent clauses?
What is a simple sentence?
This type of passage features two or more scientists who disagree on a specific phenomenon.
What is Conflicting Viewpoints?
Unlike some older versions of the SAT, the ACT does not have this, meaning you should never leave a bubble blank.
What is a guessing penalty?
This common error occurs when two independent clauses are joined by only a comma without a coordinating conjunction like "and" or "but."
What is a comma splice?
For a set of numbers, this statistical value is found by subtracting the smallest value from the largest value.
What is the range?
If an answer choice is "mostly" right but contains one small factual error, you should do this.
What is eliminate it? (ACT answers must be 100% supported by the text).
In a data table, if one value increases while the other decreases, the relationship is described as this.
What is inversely proportional?
This is the total number of questions on the Math section.
What is 60?
These are used to set off non-essential information in the middle of a sentence; they come in pairs.
What are commas (or dashes/parentheses)?
In trigonometry, this ratio is defined as the "Opposite side over the Hypotenuse."
What is Sine (SOH)?
This term refers to the author’s attitude toward the subject matter.
What is tone?
This is the group in an experiment that does not receive the "treatment" and is used for comparison.
What is the control group?
This optional section is scored separately from 2 to 12 and does not affect your composite score.
What is the Writing (Essay) section?
Fix the sentence:
"The team of elite athletes run every morning,"
Extra points if you can also write what grammatical errors have occurred.
"The Team o f elite athletes runs every morning."
"What is a Subject-Verb Agreement error?" (Bonus: The subject is 'team,' which is singular, so the verb should be 'runs.')
This is the formula for the area of a circle.
What is pi r2?
On the Reading section, you have this many minutes to complete 40 questions.
What is 35 minutes?
True or False: You need advanced knowledge of Physics and Chemistry to succeed in the Science section
What is False? (It is primarily a test of data interpretation and logic).
: This is the "Golden Rule" of ACT timing: if a question is taking too long, you should do this.
What is guess, mark it, and move on?