ACT

Glossary & Topic Index

Every ACT topic covered on AnvayaPrep, A–Z — 543 topics.

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A

Absolute value Absolute value equations Absolute value inequalities Acid base data ACT conflicting viewpoints strategy ACT coordinate traps ACT data representation strategy ACT integration traps ACT probability traps ACT punctuation trap answers ACT Reading evidence strategy ACT reading pacing ACT reading section strategy ACT research summaries strategy ACT science elimination strategy ACT science pacing ACT statistics traps ACT structure traps ACT trigonometry traps ACT writing argument traps ACT writing revision strategy ACT writing scoring domains ACT writing time management Active voice Adding supporting details Addressing multiple perspectives Adverb clauses Affect versus effect Agreement between viewpoints Agreement with intervening phrases Algebraic expressions Alternate interior angles Amount versus number Amplitude Analogy Angle basics Angle of depression Angle of elevation Apostrophes for possession Apostrophes in contractions Application questions Appositive phrases Approximation Arc length Area in the coordinate plane Area of a circle Area of polygons Area of quadrilaterals Area of triangles Argument depth Arithmetic sequences Assumptions in viewpoints Audience awareness Author attitude Author would agree questions Author's purpose Author's purpose Avoiding choppy sentences Avoiding rambling sentences Avoiding unsupported claims Avoiding vague language Axis labels Axis of symmetry

B

Best conclusion Best evidence Best introduction Between versus among Biology data Body paragraphs Box plots Broad inference questions

C

Causation Cause and effect Cause and effect relationships Cause and effect structure Central claim in humanities Central claim in natural science Central claim in social science Changing variables Character motivation Chemistry data Choosing a thesis Choosing contradicting evidence Choosing supporting evidence Chronological structure Circle diameter Circle radius Circles in coordinate plane Circumference Claim development Clarity Clause boundary decisions Coherence Coherence Cohesion Collective nouns Collinearity Colon after independent clause Colon before explanation Colon before lists Colon usage Combinations Combining like terms Combining short sentences Comma splices Comma usage Commas after introductory elements Commas between adjectives Commas in a series Commas with appositives Commas with nonessential clauses Comparative forms Compare and contrast structure Comparing data sets Comparing evidence Comparing explanations Comparing passage genres Comparing perspectives Comparing viewpoints Competing hypotheses Complement rule Complementary angles Complete sentence recognition Completing the square Complex numbers basics Complex sentences Compound inequalities Compound sentences Compound subject agreement Concession Conciseness Concision Conditional probability Confounding variables Congruent triangles Connecting evidence to thesis Connecting ideas across passage Constants Control group Control variables Coordinate geometry word problems Coordinate plane Coordination and subordination Correlation Correlation versus causation Corresponding angles Cosecant Cosine Cotangent Counterargument Counting principle

F

Fact versus opinion Factoring quadratics Factors Fewer versus less Figurative language Finding missing angles Finding missing sides Formal style Formal tone Fractions Frequency tables Frequently confused words Function notation Function of a paragraph Function of a sentence Fused sentences

G

Generalization questions Genetics data Geometric sequences Good versus well Grammar in writing Graph interpretation Graph of cosine Graph of sine Graphing inequalities Graphing lines Greatest common factor

H

Histograms Humanities passages Hyphenated modifiers Hypothesis

L

Law of cosines basics Law of sines basics Least common multiple Line equations Line of best fit Line reference strategy Linear equations Linear functions Linear inequalities Linear trends Literal comprehension Literal equations Literary narrative passages Logarithm basics Logical comparisons Logical flow Logical order Logical reasoning Logical sentence flow

N

Narrator perspective Narrator reliability Natural science passages No comma between subject and verb No comma between verb and object Nonessential clauses Nonlinear trends Noun clauses Number lines

O

Order of operations Ordered pairs Outliers Outliers in data Overlapping events Overly broad answer choices Overly narrow answer choices

P

Paired passage comparison Parabolas in coordinate plane Paragraph organization Paragraph placement Paragraph unity Parallel comparisons Parallel line equations Parallel lines Parallel lines and transversals Parallel lists Parallel structure Parallelograms Paraphrasing details Parentheses usage Parenthetical information Passage mapping Passage organization Passage summary Passive voice Pattern recognition Percent change in data Percent change in data Percents Perimeter in the coordinate plane Period Permutations Perpendicular line equations Perpendicular lines Physics data Planning the essay Plural possessives Point of view Point-slope form Points lines and planes Polygons Polynomial expressions Precision Precision Predicting experimental outcomes Predictions from viewpoints Primary purpose Prime numbers Probability basics Problem and solution structure Procedure Pronoun case Pronoun clarity Pronoun-antecedent agreement Proportional reasoning Proportions Prose fiction passages Punctuation and sentence meaning Punctuation with dates Punctuation with names Punctuation with titles Purpose of an experiment Pythagorean identity Pythagorean theorem

Q

Quadrants Quadratic equations Quadratic formula Quadrilaterals Question-first strategy Quotation punctuation

S

Sample size Scale interpretation Scatterplots Science passage mapping Scientific method Scientific notation Scientific reasoning Scientist viewpoints Secant Sector area Semicolon between independent clauses Semicolon usage Sentence combining Sentence emphasis Sentence fragments Sentence interruption Sentence placement Sentence separation Sentence variety Sentence variety Sequence of events Similar triangles Simplifying expressions Sine Singular possessives Skimming strategy Slope Slope formula Slope-intercept form Social science passages SOHCAHTOA Solving for a variable Special right triangles Specific evidence Specific word choice Squares Squinting modifiers Standard deviation basics Standard form of a line Strengthening a claim Structural shifts Student viewpoints Style consistency Subject and predicate completeness Subject-verb agreement Subordinate clauses Substitution method Superlative forms Supplementary angles Supporting an argument Supporting conclusions Supporting details Supporting reasons Symbolism Syntax Systems of equations Systems of inequalities Systems on graphs

U

Understanding the task Understanding the writing prompt Unit circle basics Unit conversions Unit rates Units and conversions Units in data

V

Validity Variables Verb form Verb mood Verb tense Verb tense consistency Vertex of a parabola Vertical angles

W

Weakening conclusions Weighted average Who versus whom Word choice Wordiness Words in context Writer's goal questions

X

Y