Posted 2021-07-11
from dictionary.com:
EXTANT. -adj Occurring or existing in act or fact: actual, existent. Having existence or life: alive, around, existent, existing, living.
Brian’s visual trick / sentence:
extANT ANT, elephANT
EXtant EX = EXCLAIMED, EXISTENCE
(visual trick: imagine the defiant look on the ANT’s face as it proudly EXCLAIMS its EXISTENCE to a far larger animal.)
“I may be small, but I still EXIST!” EXCLAIMED the ANT to the eleph... Keep Reading
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Posted 2021-07-11
from dictionary.com:
DEPRAVITY -noun Moral corruption or degradation. A depraved act or condition.
Brian’s visual trick / sentence:
DEPRAvity “DEPRA” = DEBRA
DEPRAVITY rhymes with: CAVITY
DEBRA’S CAVITY or even better: DEBRA’S PAINFUL CAVITY
(visual trick: imagine the crazed, ravenous look on DEBRA’s face as she eagerly stuffs candy into her mouth!)
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DEBRA’S PAINFUL CAVITY was the result of ... Keep Reading
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Posted 2021-07-11
from dictionary.com:
DERIDE verb (used with object), rid ed, rid ing. to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
Brian’s visual trick / sentence: PIMP DE RIDE, DEREK DERIDES THE RIDES
DE-ride “DE” = THE
de-RIDE
PIMP DE RIDE
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Eventually, Xzibit “Pimped THE RIDE,” but first he and his customizer pals DERIDED the beat-up car’s owner for its being so old and busted.
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Posted 2021-07-11
from dictionary.com:
PROSAIC adjective 1. commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind. 2. of or having the character or form of prose rather than poetry.
Brian’s visual trick / sentence : MS. ROSE’S PROSE or ROSA’S MOSAIC
pROS-aic “ROS” = ROSE
PROS-aic “PROS” = PROSE
p-ROSA-ic
Prosaic Rhymes with: MOSAIC
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My English Teacher, Mrs. ROSE, told us that she prefers poetry... Keep Reading
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Posted 2021-07-11
from dictionary.com:
DILATORY –adjective 1. tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy. 2. intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision: a dilatory strategy
Brian’s visual trick / sentence:
(DILA-tory) “DILA” = DELAY
(di-LATOR-y) “LATOR” = LATER
Sentence: A DILATORY person DELAYS things until LATER.... Keep Reading
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Posted 2021-07-11
Please correct the following sentence:
1) “I like both tea and coffee, but I drink more tea than coffee.”
Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? Here’s the correct version:
2) “I like both tea and coffee, but I drink more tea than I drink coffee.”
or, even better:
3) “I like both tea and coffee, but I drink more tea than I do coffee.”
This is what I call a COMPARISON problem. If you prefer, you can think of it as ... Keep Reading
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Posted 2021-07-11
As an experienced SAT tutor, I find that most of my students these days are students who already have very GOOD scores on the SAT, but are looking for GREAT scores.
One of the problems that I encounter frequently with these naturally gifted students is that they like to do everything in their head because it requires less manual labor (in other words, they don't have to lift that oh-so-heavy pencil of theirs). I call them “spotless test takers&... Keep Reading
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Posted 2021-07-11
Please correct the following sentence:
“Mr. Jones read a story to his son until he feel asleep.”
should read:
“Mr. Jones read a story to his son until his son fell asleep.”
Why is this? Since there are two “he“s in this sentence, it unclear to whom you are referring. The specific term for this is that you are dealing with an “ambiguous pronoun.” While it seems obvious that Mr. Jones is not the one who falls asleep, you n... Keep Reading
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Posted 2021-07-11
Attached is a free downloadable PDF which includes 17 additional pages of my personal SAT notes for high school students. All explanations correspond to questions from the Official Guide to the SAT.
These notes are a good resource for students, parents, or other SAT tutors who are looking to strengthen the quality of their instruction.
Soon we will include audio explanations as well, but for now, paper and pen will have to do!
-Brian
BRM_SATnotes_July31Aug1.pdf... Keep Reading
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Posted 2022-09-26
In the fall of 2007, Francis Parker High School in San Diego administered a practice SAT exam for their juniors. This test was created by the Princeton Review, a large and well-known test prep company.
Around the same time, Parker juniors took the official PSAT, which was administered by the College Board, the company that makes the SAT. Recently, the Parker counselors handed back the results from both tests. The results were laughable: many students' scores on the Princeton Review SAT we... Keep Reading
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