English
The form of punctuation that separates words in a list or series
Commas
1/2bh
What is the area of a triangle?
The type of passage that appears first in the Reading section
Prose Fiction/Literary Narrative
The questions within each Science passage get progressively _______.
harder
Who vs Whom
For ______ does the bell toll?
For whom does the bell toll?
(the bell tolls for thee)
Who= he
Whom= him
The form of punctuation that separates two independent clauses.
semicolon (;) or period (.)
The Pythagorean theorem
a2 + b2 = c2
The time given to complete the Reading section
35 minutes
The number of milliliters in a liter
1000 mL= 1 L
Then vs than
The Science section is more stressful _____ the English section.
The Science section is more stressful than the English section.
Than- a comparison
Then- denotes what happens next
The word that is not a word (spelled)
its'
The middle value in a list
the MEDIAN
DAILY DOUBLE IF YOU SING THE "HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE" SONG!
The strategy for the Paired Passage
1) Read the first passage and answer the questions. 2) Look over the last questions that compare the two passages and eliminate answers. 3) Read the second passage and answer the remaining questions.
The variable an experimenter manipulates or changes
Independent Variable
Affect vs effect
Her story had a powerful _____ on me.
Her story had a powerful effect on me.
Effect- a result
Affect- to influence
In order to correctly use a colon (:) in a sentence, you must have _________ preceding it.
A complete sentence or independent clause.
xa/xb
xa-b
Names
Dates
Quotes
Transition Words
Things that surprise you
Italicized words
The three components of an atom and their charges
proton- positive charge
electron- negative charge
neutron- no charge
Alluded vs Eluded
The name of the boy _____ me
The name of the boy eluded me.
Elude- to avoid
Allude- to make an indirect reference
The first step to take for each English passage
Skim the passage
If A = 10B+C, what is log10A?
B+C
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Hyperbole
When a stationary object begins to move, its _____ energy is converted to ______ energy.
When a stationary object begins to move, its potential energy is converted to kinetic energy.
Altogether vs All Together
I'd like to be done with ACT Prep _______.
I'd like to be done with ACT Prep altogether.
Altogether- entirely, completely
All Together- all things with each other