Grammar Missteps
Powers of "i"
Nuts and Bolts
How to Read(ing Passage)
The Kitchen Sink
100
This is what you get when you forget either the subject, verb, or the object in your sentence.
What is a fragment.
100
This is the value of i to the second power.
What is -1.
100
This test section features 20 questions to be done in 25 minutes. The true test is doing all of the calculating in your head.
What is the no-calculator math section?
100
There will be precisely this many science passages (excluding social science) on the reading section.
What is two?
100
Like substitution, this is a method for solving systems of equation problems.
What is elimination?
200
The sentence "The boy kicks the ball." Features this type of generally preferred, un-passive verb voice.
What is active voice.
200
This is the value of i to the third power
What is -i?
200
This category of math sections features the "greatest hits" of Algebra such as absolute value, inequalities, and systems of equations.
What is the "Heart of Algebra" section of problems.
200
If you can master words with many definitions such as "set" and "draft", you will do well with this specific type of reading section question.
What is the word-in-context question?
200
When dealing with inequalities, this is what you must do when multiplying or dividing by negative numbers.
What is flip the sign?
300
This grammar mistake appears when one likens Picasso's paintings to Dali, not to Dali's paintings.
What is an illogical/ unlike comparison?
300
This is the value of i to the 5th power.
What is i
300
With 65 minutes to complete five passages, the reading section suggests that you should spend on average this amount of time per passage.
What is thirteen minutes.
300
Potential authors of this type of passage include: John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
What are Founding Document Passages?
300
The domain of the function 6/(x+4)=3/(x-2) is this.
What is all real numbers except -4 and 2?
400
This mistake appears when a word phrase is placed in such a way so that it refers to or describes the wrong thing such as in the sentence "Seasoned with spices, sam's mouth burned when he took a bite of the curry."
What is a misplaced modifier?
400
This is the value of i to the 20th power.
What is 1.
400
This test section features questions related to ideas of either "conventions" or "expression."
What is the writing section?
400
This is the term for the process by which the author gives the reader new information about the characters.
What is characterization?
400
This is the term for a line that intersect two parallel lines.
What is a transversal?
500
One way to connect independent clauses is to join them with a comma and one of these.
What is a coordinating conjunction?
500
This is the value of i to the fifty fifth power.
What is -i?
500
Fractions and decimals are a-ok for your free response answers, but these are not.
What are mixed numbers?
500
Specific to the reading section, these questions come in pairs and ask you to point to a specific set of lines to back up your answer.
What are command of evidence questions?
500
When one tries to connect independent clauses with only a comma and not a conjunction, the result is this.
What is a comma splice?