A-G & Advisory Essentials
While earning a grade of D awards credit toward an LAUSD diploma, California public universities (UC and CSU) require at least this letter grade in all A-G courses.
What is a C (or C or better)?
This punctuation mark is used to link two independent clauses without using a coordinating conjunction like and or but.
What is a semicolon?
The Greek root chron, found in words like chronological and synchronize, means this.
What is time?
Widely nicknamed the "powerhouse of the cell," this organelle generates most of the chemical energy needed for biochemical reactions.
What is the mitochondrion (or mitochondria)?
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind.
What is an echo?
Under Category B, every high school student must complete this total number of years of college-preparatory English to graduate.
What is 4 years?
In the sentence "The students quickly solved the riddle," the word "quickly" is this part of speech.
What is an adverb?
Words that sound identical when spoken but have different spellings and meanings (such as their, there, and they're) are known as these.
What are homophones?
In basic algebra, this term refers to a letter or symbol that stands in for an unknown numerical value.
What is a variable?
The more of these you take, the more you leave behind you.
What is a map?
This key academic planning term refers to a required preliminary course that a student must pass before advancing into a higher-level class.
What is a prerequisite?
This error happens when two complete sentences are improperly joined using only a comma without a conjunction.
What is a comma splice?
An intentional, dramatic exaggeration that is not meant to be understood literally—such as "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"—is called this.
What is hyperbole?
Along with the Euphrates, this major river formed the fertile valley that gave rise to ancient Mesopotamian civilization.
What is the Tigris River?
Forward I am heavy, but spelled completely backward I am "not."
What is a ton?