Reading
King Henry VII- Expository
• The word infamous in the passage means – Notorious
Social Media- Persuasive
• It’s talking how now of days there’s a lot of news on the internet, which some are
true and some are fakes. People just share them depends on how they feel about it.
• It’s trying to get people to fact checking before just posting random information.
(By Tamika Y.)
UFO- Narrative
• It’s talking about aliens, and an old man that got lost. (READ THE PASSAGE, Is on
The GROUP :)
Greek Theater- Expository
The robbery passage (Dog and Humans are Best friend)- Persuasive
• When it asks how would you rename this passage answer is (Jewel Thief on the Lose)
Frida Kahlo- Expository/ Informative
• They will ask you to put her life in chronological order and the answer to that
question is: First, she got hit by a train; Next, she started drawing pictures of herself;
Then, she married Diego. (Credit to Tamika Young for this)
Casino Passage- Persuasive
• It’s trying to explain how is better to go to a Casino then buying a lottery ticket. Buying
a lottery ticket, you have a lowest change of winning than going to a Casino and
playing.
The Chili Recipe- Expository
• Read carefully the Recipe and the questions.
• One of the answers is to rinse the beans first.
Central Park Passage- Expository / Informative
• All I remember is that it’s a famous park in New York.
• The passage will ask you to put the sentences in chronological order. (By Tamika Y.)
Time Management-
Chimney Passage-
,Type of Passages:
• Expository: Something you find in an academic journal, a recipe, etc.
(Very technical) (Teach, Inform, or explain.)
• Technical: Is like following steps to complete something.
• Narrative: Telling a story and entertain
• Persuasive: Making you believe something or to do something.
• Descriptive: Give physical details or provide unique characteristics
Most know this:
• Author Purpose: His reason to write a specific topic.
• Theme: The subject to talk, a piece of writing, a person thoughts.
• Topic: that part of a sentence about which something is said.
(a conversation)
• Main Idea: Is usually in the first sentence, overall idea of the paragraph.
• Fact: Something that it can be prove is true.
• Opinion: A view or judgment.
• Bia: Against something or someone.
• Compare: two or more
• Inform: Give facts
• Entertain: Fiction
• Express: Feelings
• Stereotypes: A characteristics ascribed to groups of people involving
gender, race, origin, etc.
• Cause and Effect: The author describes a situation and then its effects.
• Compare and Contrast: The author explores the similarities and
differences between two or more things.
• Chronological: The author list events in the order in which they happened.
• Mood: Influences a reader emotional state in the piece.
• Tone: Describes the author’s attitude toward the topic.
To Respond to Questions, you Should know this:
• Almanac: A book that gives you important dates such tidal
waves, astronomical events, etc.
• Thesaurus: A dictionary that has definitions, synonyms and antonyms.
• Bibliography: A list of books, magazines, articles, etc.
• Biography: Story of someone written by someone else.
• Autobiography: Story of someone written by the same person.
• Atlas: A book of maps or charts.
, • Appendix: A section or table at the end of the book.
• Index: Reference in alphabetical order to where everything is in the book.
• Glossary: Alphabetical list of terms of words with definition.
The word Disseminate is in one the Passages and they ask you what does it
means: Answer will be (Spread of disperse)
• Metaphor: A figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which
a word or phrase ordinarily and primarily used of one thing is applied to
another. Example: Noah Has a heart of a lion
• Simile: A comparison of two different things using the words LIKE or
AS. Example: On her first day of school, Jane was as cool as a
cucumber.
• Forum: Online message board.
• Rhetorical: Used for effect not meaning.
• Memorandum: A written informal note usually used for business purposes.
• Sequential: Following SET of Orders. (First, Second, Third, Next, While,
Last, Before, After)
• Anecdote: A short story that illustrates a concept but isn’t the main idea.
Math Section:
Percentages (Very Important, Must Know):
Covert Decimal to Percent by: Multiplying by 100
Convert Percent to Decimal by: Divide by 100
Convert Decimal to a Fraction by:
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