Mr. Braun's SHSAT Jeopardy - Round 1

Grammar Rules!

100

“I saw a movie, it was bad” contains this type of error

comma splice

200

“She walk” contains this type of error

subject-verb agreement

300

“Spending too much money, Fred’s salary wasn’t enough” contains this type of error

dangling (or misplaced) modifier

400

“She went hiking, to ski, and swimming” has this type of error

parallelism

500

These are phrases that can be removed from a sentence and it will still make sense

non-essential clauses

Punctuation Problems

100

These are used with FANBOYS to correct a run-on

COMMAS

200

These require two complete clauses on either side

SEMI-COLONS

300

This requires a complete sentence before its use and is sometimes used to introduce a list, an example, an explanation, or a long quote

COLONS

400

Name two of the three punctuation marks that can never be mixed or matched

DASHES, COMMAS, and PARANTHESES

500

This is used to indicate possession or form contractions

APOSTROPHE

Read, Read, Read

100

The reading section has this many passages

SIX

200

This is the first step of the Kaplan Reading Comprehension strategy

1. "Read actively"

300

This is the second step of the Kaplan Reading Comprehension strategy

2. Examine the question stem

400

This is the third and final step of the Kaplan reading comprehension strategy

3. Predict and answer

500

An attitude ?(such as humorous, concerned, or sad) that a writer chooses to show to readers using specific words and phrases is called what?

TONE

Question Types

100

"How does the diagram provide additional support for the topic presented in the passage?"

Infographic

200

"With which statement would the author of the passage most likely agree?"

Inference

300

"Which statement best describes the central idea of the passage?"

Global

400

"How does the conversation in paragraphs 1 - 5 contribute to the development of the excerpt?"

Function

500

"Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that baseball pitches prior to the 1870s moved differently than the curveball?"

Detail

*Mood*

100

I wrote an essay on the baseball game that I had seen that afternoon. "Had seen" is in what tense?

PAST PERFECT

200

Since the beginning of the summer, I have studied daily. "Have studied" is in what tense?

PRESENT PERFECT

300

Words like "Above, under, behind, next to, near, etc." are what part of speech?

Prepositions

400

Use this strategy for annotating reading passages

Road-mapping (or, mini-main ideas)

500

Kaplan recommends choosing answer choices that are these 3 things

"concise, precise, and consistent"