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Hodgepodge
100
TWO PART question: 1). Penalty for wrong answer on the SAT 2). Penalty for wrong answer on the ACT
What is 1). 1/4 of a point 2). Nothing!
100
intrepid
What is "fearless, adventurous"
100
Instead of reading, you should ____ through the passage to save time
What is "skim"
100
Disdain
What is "to regard with scorn"
100
What is the formula for sec (x)
What is "hypothenuse / opposite"
200
Name two types of questions you'll see following the reading passages
What is 1). Main Idea questions – Ask about the passage as a whole 2). Inference questions – Ask you to understand something that isn’t directly stated in the passage 3). Detail questions – Ask about specific parts of the passage 4). Vocab-in-Context questions – Ask about a word as it is used in the passage 5). Function questions – Ask about the purpose of a specific part of the passage
200
divergent
What is "variant, moving apart"
200
What is "word charge" and how do we use it?
What is "guessing whether a word is positive or negative and using that to help with sentence completion"
200
exemplary
What is "outstanding / excellent"
200
When do you use a semicolon?
What is "when you connect two related, complete sentences together"
300
Length of the ACT reading section
What is 35 minutes
300
ostentatious
What is "displaying wealth"
300
In sentence completion "electricity", what part of the sentence is the switch?
What is the conjunction?
300
jubilation
What is "joy, happiness"
300
What is the acronym of conjunctions & what does the acronym stand for?
What is "FANBOYS: For-And-Nor-But-Or-Yet-So"
400
What is the most common type of calculator students get in trouble for bringing?
What is a "TI-89"
400
evanescent
What is "short lived (as an image)"
400
If there is no obvious switch, this still causes a sentence to have a two-way flow
What is a "change over time"
400
superfluous
What is "more than enough"
400
A chip on your shoulder, the blues, and sick as a dog are all examples of this bad grammar practice
What is an idiom
500
What is the most important thing the night before the exam?
What is SLEEP
500
surreptitious
What is "secret, stealthy"
500
On the SAT, when should you guess vs leave it blank?
What is "if you can eliminate at least one answer, you should ALWAYS guess"
500
prosaic
What is "run of the mill"
500
What is the quadratic formula and when should you use it?
What is x = [-b +/- (bA^2 - 4ac)^(1/2)] / 2a and you use it to solve for x in a quadratic formula