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A- / An- - Without, not Ab- - Away (from) Ad- - To, towards Ante- - Before (chronologically) Anti- - against Com- - With Contra- / Counter- - Against, opposed De- - Down, away (from) Ex- - Out (of), upwards Extra- - Beyond, outside

Hyper- - More than normal Hypo- - Less than normal In- / Im- - Without, not Infra- - Below Intra- - Inside, within Non- - Lack of, negation of, absence of Ob- - Against, blocking, hiding Post- - After, following Pro- - In support of, towards, forward

Re- - Again, back Sub- - Lower, beneath, below Trans- - Across, into different conditions Ultra- - Beyond, an extreme version Hedge Phrases - Cover every possible outcome in a situation. Hedge Words - Likely, can, sometimes, often, almost, mostly, usually, generally, rarely, etc. Switchback words describe... - Shifts in thoughts Switchback words - In spite, regardless of, despite, etc. Overarching theme - Main idea

Salient point - Main idea Where can you find the salient point in an expository passage? - The first paragraph Where can you find the overarching theme is an argumentative / critical passage - The last paragraph main idea - Describes a statement that summarizes a passage What is the general tone of specific science passages? - Nonjudgmental General tone of critical essays in humanities? - Opinionated Extended reasoning questions answer is found through... - Inference Are direct quotes from paragraphs usually the correct answer or traps? - Traps What should you do if a question has no key words? - Find keys words in the answer; then skim the paragraph to find the answers

Paragraph focus - Read the first sentence of each paragraph to identify if the paragraph summarizes the topic in question. The main idea is usually spread across.. - All / most paragraphs Count how many _____ are affected by each answer choice to identify the main idea. - Paragraphs. A^n x A^m = - A^n + m (a^n)^m= - a^n x m (A x B) ^n = - A^n x B^n (A / B ) ^n = - A^n / B^n A^n / A^m = - a^n-m 5^1/4 x 5^3/4 = - 5

4s = - Perimeter of a square S^2= - Area of a square 2l + 2w = - Perimeter of a rectangle l x w = - Area of a rectangle Pi r ^2 = - Area of a circle 2(pi)r - circumference of a circle a^2+b^2=c^2 - Pythagorean Theorem A= 1/2 bh - Formula for finding area of a triangle A= ((a+b)/2) h - Area of a trapezoid

x^0 = - 1 X^ -1 = - 1/x X^a + x^b= - X^a +b x^a/x^b = - x^a-b x^a/x^b= - 1/ x^b-a (x^a)(y^a)= - (xy)^a (x/y)^a= - x^a/y^a (x^a)^b= - x^ab (a^1/2) ^2 = - a (a^1/2) (b^1/2)= - (ab)^1/

(a^1/2)/(b^1/2)= - (a/b)^1/ rate (r) x time (t) = - Distance Distance (D) / time (t) = - Rate (r) y=mx+b - slope intercept form M= (line) - slope Dispatch (D) / rate (r) = - Time (t) X,y (line) - Coordinates B= - y-intercept ( line touches the y-axis) if y=mx+b, what is the y-intercept? - 0

If a line increases from left to right, then the slope is - Positive Is a line decreases from left to right, then the slope is... - Negative Rise / Run = - Slope y2-y1/x2-x1 - slope formula total distance/total time - average speed (Final amount - original amount / original amount) x 100= - Percent change