OLSAT Level E flashcards
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- Antonym
- A word that means the opposite of another word. A correct antonym keeps the same part of speech as the prompt word, so a verb prompt needs a verb answer.
- Predict-then-match sentence completion
- Read the sentence, supply your own word for the blank, then choose the option closest in meaning to your prediction before checking grammar and tone.
- Contrast signal words
- Words such as although, but, however, yet, and despite that signal a reversal, so the idea after them means the opposite of what a reader expects.
- Cause-effect signal words
- Words such as because, since, so, therefore, and as a result that signal the second idea continues in the same direction as the first.
- Opener in sentence arrangement
- The sentence that introduces a full noun rather than a pronoun usually comes first, because pronouns such as it or they need a stated referent.
- Degree mismatch distractor
- An answer choice that points the right way but has the wrong intensity, such as warm offered as the opposite of hot; a true antonym matches degree.
- Blank position grammar clue
- The words around a blank fix its part of speech: a or an before it means a singular noun, and very before it means an adjective or adverb.
- Verbal analogy bridge sentence
- A short sentence linking the first pair, such as a puppy is a young dog, reused with the third word to test each answer choice.
- Analogy relation types
- Recurring links tested in verbal analogies: category to member, function, whole to part, worker to tool, cause to effect, degree, synonym, and antonym.
- Odd-one-out classification
- Identify the attribute shared by all but one item. The outlier fails on exactly one attribute, such as category, function, or a physical property.
- Logical selection elimination
- Treat every given statement as strictly true, then cross out any answer choice that contradicts a statement; the surviving choice is the answer.
- Some versus all
- Some means at least one and allows the possibility of all. Not all means at least one item is excluded. They are not opposites.
- If-then contrapositive rule
- If P then Q is disproved only by P together with not Q. It never allows inferring not Q from not P.
- Following directions tracking
- Carry out one operation at a time and write down each object's state after every step so no item is lost or double-counted.
- Picture classification attribute
- The shared property that unites all but one picture in a set, such as function, habitat, category, or material.
- Picture analogy transformation
- The change connecting the first pair, described in plain words, then applied in the same direction to the second pair.
- Reversed relation distractor
- An answer that uses the correct relationship backwards, for example part-to-whole when the model pair goes whole-to-part.
- Alternating picture series
- A series in which two rules take turns, so odd-numbered frames follow one pattern and even-numbered frames follow another.
- Rotation cycle of four
- A quarter-turn step repeats every four frames, so frame five matches frame one unless a second attribute also changes.
- Count series in pictures
- Recording how many objects appear in each frame, which reveals whether the rule adds a fixed number or repeats a short cycle.
- Symmetry line count
- The number of lines that divide a figure into two mirror-image halves; used to classify shapes and spot the outlier.
- Rotation versus reflection
- Rotation turns a figure and keeps its handedness; reflection flips it, so a detail facing left ends up facing right.
- Pattern completion edge matching
- Extend every line to the border and require the missing piece to match line position, angle, and shading along all four edges.
- Paper folding hole count
- Each fold doubles the layers of paper, so one punch produces two holes after one fold and four holes after two folds.
- Unfolding mirror order
- Unfold in the reverse order of folding, mirroring each hole across the most recent fold line at every step.
- Matrix row and column rule
- In a figure matrix, identify the attribute that changes across rows and the one that changes down columns; both must hold.
- Consecutive difference test
- Subtract each term from the term after it; a constant result means the series is arithmetic with that common difference.
- Second difference test
- When the first differences grow by a steady amount, the differences of those differences are constant, as in square-number series.
- Square number series
- 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, obtained by multiplying each whole number by itself; the differences are consecutive odd numbers.
- Fibonacci-style series
- A series where each term equals the sum of the two terms before it, as in 2, 3, 5, 8, 13.
- Rate total formula
- Total equals rate multiplied by the number of units; dividing the total by the rate recovers the count, and dividing by the count recovers the rate.
- Must-be versus could-be
- A must-be answer is forced by the given conditions, while a could-be answer needs only one arrangement that does not break any condition.