Potpourri
What is Mulan?
This form of speed is used to describe a verb. For example: Lily sighed heavily as she got out of bed.
What is an adverb?
This is the general definition of the word dispel.
What is to separate; to go in different directions?
This is the solution for the following equation: 3x + 2 = 4x + 6
What is x = -4?
This book series starts off with a young boy living in a cupboard who gets receives mail from an owl.
What is Harry Potter?
Besides solid, liquid, and gas, this is considered the fourth state of matter.
What is plasma?
This verb form does not have a past, present, or future tense and can act as a noun. For example: She loves to eat ramen.
What is an infinitive?
This common SAT reading passage type involves analysis of two different passages.
What is comparison?
This is how much time is given for the calculator portion of the SAT math section.
What is 55 minutes?
This trilogy features a young girl who becomes a symbol of fire. The bow and arrow are her main weapons.
What is the Hunger Games?
This famous Russian composer is recognized for using a cannon in one of his pieces, Overture 1912.
Who is Tchaikovsky?
This form of punctuation best fits the space in the sentence: Mary only wanted one thing [ ] a job.
What is a colon?
This is the general definition of the word contentious.
What is something that is likely to cause an argument; constroversial?
This is the coordinates for the center of the circle with the following equation: (x-8)2 + (y-6)2 = 49
What is (8, 6)?
This author is famous for his retellings of myths from different cultures. So far, his young adult books have covered Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Norse mythology.
Who is Rick Riordan?
This American revolutionist was known as the third vice president of the United States and famously hated Alexander Hamilton.
Who is Aaron Burr?
An example of this is in the following sentence: Lena liked to cook eggs, bake pies, and clean rooms.
What is parallel structure?
Commonly seen in social studies passages in the Reading Section, this type of source comes from the main speaker or writer of the text.
What is primary source?
This is square-root form is equivalent to 93/4.
What is 3sqrt(3)?
This notorious vampire romance features a cover with a single red apple on it.
What is Twilight?
This art movement in the 1900s is famous for focus on how light affects time. Its most paints are characterized by small but visible brush strokes and modern subjects.
What is impressionism?
This is the gerund form of the phrase: to run.
What is running?
This is the use of replacing a word with another similar word to avoid repetition.
What is anaphora?
This is the answer to the following problem:
(18x3 + 9x2 -36x)/(9x2)
What is 2x + 1 - (4/x)?
Actually named Samuel Clemens, this 1900s author most famously wrote children's books. He was known for his witty humor and has an autobiography about being a boatsman.
Who is Mark Twain?