SAT and ACT Terms Flashcards
What is Vac
Variables in the Answer Choices
What are the steps for Vac
- Choose Variables
- Circle Variables
- Plug them into the Question
- Box the Answer
- Match the Answer to one of the Answer Choices
What do you do with VAC if more than one answer choice is correct?
Change your variables
What is the Red Flag for Transition Questions
Answer Choices differ by transitions
What is the difference between affect and effect?
Affect is a verb something you can do
Effect is the change as a result of
What is Trac
Translate and Calculate
What is the Red Flag for Trac
Word Problems
How do you find the Area of a rectangle
l x w
What is DAC
Draw and Calculate
DAC Red Flags
Description of a shape in the question
Chart or shape in the question
Biggest DAC takeaway
Pencil to paper
What are similar triangles
Similar triangles are Triangles that share the same angles
what is another way to write the cubed root of a^2
a^2/3
How to approach Big Idea questions?
Red Flag: Main Purpose, Overall relationship
Choose answer choice that relates to entire passage.
How to approach why is this here questions?
Red Flags; Function, author uses, Main purpose
Long Paragraph- Read TS and the Relevant lines, then ask you’re self why the author is asking this. Pretend you are writing this story
