Strategies
What does POE stand for?
Process of Elimination
What does the answer choice "NO CHANGE" mean?
That the original underlined portion is correct/ better than the other 3 answer choices
What do the angles in a triangle always add up to?
180 degrees
180 degree rule!
What is the first thing you do when looking at science passage?
Work the graph/table - identify the trends, variables, units
How many perspectives are you given in the writing prompt?
3 perspectives
What does POOD stand for? How do you use POOD?
Personal Order of Difficulty
Choosing an order of passages/questions to answer easier ones first and leaving harder ones for last/never
Complete, Consistent, Clear, Concise
What is a BISECTED angle?
An angle that has been split into two EQUAL, smaller angles
Do you need to have science knowledge to do the science section?
Not really, only very basic science knowledge
How often is "NO CHANGE" the correct answer on the English section?
1/4 of the time, 25%, a quarter of the time
What do you do with a "later" passage or question?
Go back to it after "now" passages/questions to work on it
What are the topics/genres of the 4 reading sections?
Prose Fiction, Social Science, Humanities, Natural Science
What is an isosceles triangle?
Triangles that have 2 equal sides (congruent sides)
How many passages are on the science section?
6 or 7
What is the essay scored out of?
Scale of 1-12
What does LOTD stand for and why would you use it?
Letter Of The Day
Use LOTD when on a "never"/hard question and if you are running out of time and can't answer questions
What are ALL the types of STOP PUNCTUATION? (there are 6)
Period, Semicolon, Comma+ FANBOYS, question mark, exclamation mark
When/how do you use the Pythagorean Theorem?
In right triangles, if the length of 2 sides are given you can use it to find the third side
a2 + b2 = c2
What do "now"/easy passages look?
Small tables/graphs
More #s than words
easy to spot relationships/trends
short answers (like "increase/decrease"
A verb must agree with it's subject both in singularity and plurality
What is PACING?
Keep moving, answer ALL questions but don't waste time on hard, time consuming "NEVER" questions (use LOTD)
When and how do you use the vertical line test?
When you being tested on STOP punctuation. Determine whether you can two complete ideas by putting a vertical line where the punctuation is in the question or the answer choices.
What are all the topics in the Math section? (there are 6)
Pre-Algebra, Elementary Algebra, Intermediate algebra, plane geometry, coordinate geometry, trigonometry
What is the basic approach for the Science section?
Hint - 3 steps
1. work the figures
2. work the questions
3. work the answers
What are the common traps (types of wrong answers) in the reading section?
Words out of context
right answers, wrong question
Out of window/ not in passage