Techniques
The name for our technique to use when one does not feel they can confidently answer a question.
What is Letter of The Day? (LOTD)
The Pythagorean Theorem, the formula for finding the third length of a triangle.
What is A2 + B2 = C2
True or false, In a science passage, focus on the charts, graphs and tables first, don't worry about the text at first.
What is true?
True or False, it's important to remember that "No Change" is sometimes the right answer.
True
True or False, you should always read each passage with great attention to detail, and be very thorough.
False, you should skim the passage quickly, and pick up only the main idea, not the details.
The technique of choosing the order of passages and questions that best suits your personal ability.
What is Personal Order of Difficulty? (POOD)
The formula for the area of a triangle.
What is 1/2 x base x height?
What you should do when you see answers that obviously conflict with the information in a graph.
What is POE? What is cross them off?
A complete thought that has a subject and a verb.
What is a complete sentence?
One of the answer choices in this question contains something that is silly, rude or offensive. What does that tell you?
It is incorrect
When you don't know the answer to a question, so you cross off answers that are obviously wrong, in order to narrow it down to 1 or 2 answer choices.
What is Process of Elimination? (POE)
This technique is used when there are variables in the answer choices, and you decide to plug in a number of your choosing to see if matches an answer.
What is "Plugging In"?
What does it mean when you see two answer choices to a question that are complete opposites?
One of them is probably the correct answer to the question.
The three C's, that make a sentence the strongest answer choice.
BONUS 500 Points!: Define each one
Consistent: Everything in the sentence agrees (subject + verbs, tense, etc.)
Clear: The sentence makes sense.
Concise: The sentence is short and not redundant. Bonus 200 points: What does redundant mean?
A common trap answer, it has some key words from the passage, but they don't agree with what was in the passage.
What is WOC, Words Out of Context?
Sorting questions into three different difficulty categories, in order to most efficiently make use of your test time
What are Now, Later, Never?
When there are numbers in the answer choices, plug in the answer choices, (starting from the middle) so see which one is actually correct?
What is PITA? Plugging in the Answers.
What it's called when you see a consistent pattern in the data.
What is a trend?
The category of punctuation that only includes commas, or sometimes none at all.
What is Go punctuation?
A common trap answer, this answer choice states something supported by the passage, but it doesn't answer the current question being asked.
What is Right Answer, Wrong Question?
The handy and helpful resource that any CP student can access online, if they want to review for the ACT but don't have their textbook with them.
What is Princeton Review Online Portal?
Translate into a math expression: two less than twice one third of the sum of 4 and 8.
(((4+8)/3)x2)-2
When the data outcomes can be predicted by a mathematical equation, and you can predict future data with this.
What is a relationship?
This is used to link two complete ideas.
What is Stop Punctuation (. ? ! : FANBOYS)
In the reading test you should always work questions this way.
What is Work Backwards? Start with the answer choices, and then go back to the passage.