English
Clear, concise, consistent, and correct.
The ACT rewards this.
What is Brevity?
See Questions #7 and #12
Question #16
What is K?
exponent rules
Feeling crunched for time? Try this strategy.
What is the 3-Passage Strategy?
Don't forget to bubble in C or H for the passage you skip.
Complete these types of Science passages first
What are the data passages?
The Essay prompt has 3 of these to choose from
What are Perspectives?
Question #1
What is A?
the best word choice to emphasize complexity is "intricately"
Question #17
What is B?
Rewrite the equation in slope-intercept form
4x = 7y +5
4x - 5 = 7y
7y = 4x -5
y = 4/7x -5/7
Circle key words, phrases, names, and dates.
Label important ideas.
Make connections.
These are all examples of this helpful skill.
What is annotating?
The majority of Science questions can be answered by analyzing these
What are visuals (charts, graphs, and tables)?
Spend the first 6-8 minutes of your total 40 minute writing time completing these 2 tasks
What is (1) understand the prompt and (2) choose your perspective/write your thesis?
Question #4
What is F?
a dependent clause is separated from an independent clause with a comma
This brilliant mathematician was Greek,
Explanations and answers he did seek,
So with all of his might,
He studied triangles (right),
And is now a famous math geek.
Name the Theorem and formula.
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
a2 + b2 = c2
This strategy isn't just a setting on your oven. You should always take 5-10 seconds to do this at the beginning of each passage.
What is "preheat the brain?"
Make sure to read the blurb at the top of each passage. It might reveal helpful information!
Question #27
What is C?
Substance N was in Dish 4 (Table 1). In Table 2, Dish 4 had the greatest number: 107.
Write your Essay in this form
What is the traditional 5 paragraph essay?
You can also write your essay with 3 paragraphs if you're more comfortable with this format.
Question #9
What is C?
the singular subject of the sentence (creator) must agree in number to the singular verb (is)
Don't turn your head away from the bag of RUSTy nails. Use this acronym to help boost your math score.
What is
Read the question
Understand clues in the question and answers
Select a strategy
keep track of Time?
Question #24
What is H?
lines 18-19
"he worked with the recording constraints of his era"
Question #29
What is B?
Matching the substances from Table 1 to Table 2, you can correctly reorder the substances from least to most potential: P (6), L (14), M (25), N (107)
Your body paragraph(s) should be full of these (name 3)
What are examples, personal stories, current events, history, statistics, and counterexamples?
For questions that ask you for the most logical placement of a sentence in a paragraph, complete these 2 steps
What is (1) circle the sentence then (2) look for links at the beginnings and ends of sentences to find the best fit?
Question #19
What is B?
Use the formula a2 + b2 = c2
Don't be fooled by the distractor!
Find the midpoint of the length 40, which is 20.
Question #21
What is C?
lines 34-48
"it wasn't in his nature to call attention to himself"
"the laid-back, affable Barry"
"He never played simply to show off."
Question #28
What is F?
Compare the Tables to make a logical conclusion OR skim the study to find evidence that Dishes 2-5 were spread with bacteria "mixed with 1 of the 4 mutagens." This rules out Dish 1.
Spend the last 2-3 minutes of your time doing this
What is editing?
Take a few minutes to read and look for careless errors, but don't spend too much time. You can get a perfect score without perfect spelling and grammar!