Critical Reading
How you identify an evidence question
Line numbers, "evidence"
The two functions for apostrophes are
to show possession and to form contractions
"Percent" means ____ by 100
divide by 100
True or False: You should eliminate an answer when you don't know what the word means.
False
Name 2 math strategies
Backsolving, picking numbers, calculator use/graphing, process of elimination
DON'T _____ BEFORE _____
DON’T read the answer choices BEFORE analyzing the passage and answering in your own words
The apostrophe goes after the "s" ie. girls' when
plural possessive
Distance or Work is equal to...
Rate x Time
Complete the expression "_____ their sorrows ___"
drowned their sorrows in
A number only divisible by 1 and itself
prime number
In an evidence pair, which question should you answer first?
Answer the evidence question first.
Identify the subject:
The stories that my grandmother tells about the Great Depression make me happy to be living in the modern era.
Set up an equation for "George has twice as many socks as Ted."
g = 2t
The difference between accept and except is
accept means to agree or receive; except means excluding.
define "slope"
change in y / change in x
True or False & EXPLAIN why or why not. It's best to go in order on the reading section.
False. Go in your personal best order of which passage types are easiest for you.
List the uses of its, it's, whose, who's, there, their, and they're
its = possessive
it's = it is
whose = possessive
who's = who is or who has
there = location
their = possessive
they're = they are
Set up an equation for "8 + 3x is 4 less than 6 - x"
8 + 3x = 6 - x - 4
The noun a pronoun refers to
the antecedent
In the equation for a line "y = mx + b," "b" represents
the y-intercept
You should do this for each question you answer
go back to the passage (for evidence)
Identify the subject of the following sentence:
The arrival of new technologies, such as underwater drones and autonomous submarines, has greatly fascinated scientists' effort to more comprehensively map the ocean floor.
the arrival
Set up an equation for "x percent of 50 is 20."
x/100 x 50 = 20
The strategy for diction questions in which you have to choose the appropriate word is to
block out the word, insert in your own word that makes sense in context, compare your word to answer choices
1 strategy for solving equations with fractions is to "clear" the denominator by multiplying each term by the LCD. What are the other 2 strategies?
Cross Multiplication and Taking the Reciprocal of Both Sides