ISEE Full Study Guide

Complete Subject Review with 4 Full Practice Tests, realistic questions BOTH in the book and online PLUS online flashcards

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• Publisher: Smart Edition Media
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9781949147377
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Studienhilfen
• Subtopic: Studienführer

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Practice Tests

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• 2 Additional Practice Tests Online
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Smart Edition ISEE study guide reviews all subject areas tested on the exam and is designed to be a concise review for everything you will need to know. You will find that our study manual is not page after page of heavy text, rather we break up our content in many ways with images, illustrations, step by step breakdowns, charts, graphs, tables, and tips and tricks.

• Writing and Language
• Mathematics
• Reading
• Essay Writing

Chapter 1 Key Ideas and Details

Main Ideas, Topic Sentences, and Supporting Details

To read effectively, you need to know how to identify the most important information in a text. You must also understand how ideas within a text relate to one other.

Main Ideas

The central or most important idea in a text is the main idea. As a reader, you need to avoid confusing the main idea with less important details that may be interesting but not central to the author’s point.

The topic of a text is slightly different than the main idea. The topic is a word or phrase that describes roughly what a text is about. A main idea, in contrast, is a complete sentence that states the topic and explains what an author wants to say about it.

All types of texts can contain main ideas. Read the following informational paragraph and try to identify the main idea:

The immune system is the body’s defense mechanism. It fights off harmful bacteria, viruses, and substances that attack the body. To do this, it uses cells, tissues, and organs that work together to resist invasion.

The topic of this paragraph is the immune system. The main idea can be expressed in a sentence like this: “This paragraph defines and describes the immune system.” Ideas about organisms and substances that invade the body are not the central focus. The topic and main idea must always be directly related to every sentence in the text, as the immune system is here.

Read the persuasive paragraph below and consider the topic and main idea:

Football is not a healthy activity for kids. It causes head injuries that harm the ability to learn and achieve. It causes painful bodily injuries that can linger into adulthood. It teaches aggressive behavioral habits that make life harder for players after they have left the field.

The topic of this paragraph is youth football, and the main idea is that kids should not play the game. Note that if you are asked to state the main idea of a persuasive text, it is your job to be objective. This means you should describe the author’s opinion, not make an argument of your own in response.

Both of the example paragraphs above state their main idea explicitly. Some texts have an implicit, or suggested, main idea. In this case, you need to figure out the main idea using the details as clues.

For example

The following fictional paragraph has an implicit main idea:

Daisy parked her car and sat gripping the wheel, not getting out. A few steps to the door. A couple of knocks. She could give him the news in two words. She’d already decided what she was going to do, so it didn’t matter what he said, not really. Still, she couldn’t make her feet carry her to the door.

The main idea here is that Daisy feels reluctant to speak to someone. This point is not stated outright, but it is clear from the details of Daisy’s thoughts and actions.

Topic Sentences

Many paragraphs identify the topic and main idea in a single sentence. This is called a topic sentence, and it often appears at the beginning of a paragraph. However, a writer may choose to place a topic sentence anywhere in the text.

Some paragraphs contain an introductory sentence to grab the reader’s attention before clearly stating the topic. A paragraph may begin by asking a rhetorical question, presenting a striking idea, or showing why the topic is important. When authors use this strategy, the topic sentence usually comes second:

Have you ever wondered how your body fights off a nasty cold? It uses a complex defense mechanism called the immune system. The immune system fights off harmful bacteria, viruses, and substances that attack the body. To do this, it uses cells, tissues, and organs that work together to resist invasion.

Here, the first sentence grabs the attention, and the second, boldfaced topic sentence states the main idea. The remaining sentences provide further information, explaining what the immune system does and identifying its basic components.

Compare!

The informational paragraph above contains a question that grabs the attention at the beginning. The writer could convey the same information with a little less flair by omitting this device. The version you read in Section 1 does exactly this. (The topic sentence below is boldfaced.)

The immune system is the body’s defense mechanism. It fights off harmful bacteria, viruses, and substances that attack the body. To do this, it uses cells, tissues, and organs that work together to resist invasion.

Look back at the football paragraph from Section 1. Which sentence is the topic sentence?

Sometimes writers wait until the end of a paragraph to reveal the main idea in a topic sentence. When you’re reading a paragraph that is organized this way, you may feel like you’re reading a bit of a puzzle. It’s not fully clear what the piece is about until you get to the end:

It causes head injuries that harm the ability to learn and achieve. It causes painful bodily injuries that can linger through the passage of years. It teaches aggressive behavioral habits that make life harder for players after they have left the field. Football is not a healthy activity for kids.

Note that the topic—football—is not actually named until the final, boldfaced topic sentence. This is a strong h...

Table of contents

• Introduction
• How to Use This Book
• Section I. Reading
• Chapter 1 Key Ideas and Details
• Main Ideas, Topic Sentences, and Supporting Details
• Summarizing Text and Using Text Features
• Understanding Primary Sources, Making Inferences, and Drawing Conclusions
• Practice Quiz 1
• Practice Quiz 2
• Chapter 2 Craft and Structure
• Formal and Informal Language
• Tone, Mood, and Transition Words
• The Author’s Purpose and Point of View
• Practice Quiz 1
• Practice Quiz 2
• Chapter 3 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
• Facts, Opinions, and Evaluating an Argument
• Evaluating and Integrating Data
• Types of Passages, Text Structures, Genre and Theme
• Practice Quiz 1
• Practice Quiz 2
• Section II. Writing and Language
• Chapter 4 Conventions of Standard English
• Spelling
• Capitalization
• Punctuation
• Practice Quiz 1
• Practice Quiz 2
• Chapter 5 Parts of Speech
• Nouns
• Pronouns
• Adjectives and Adverbs
• Conjunctions and Prepositions
• Verbs and Verb Tenses
• Practice Quiz 1
• Practice Quiz 2
• Chapter 6 Knowledge of Language
• Types of Sentences
• Types of Clauses
• Subject and Verb Agreement
• Modifiers
• Direct Objects and Indirect Objects
• Practice Quiz 1
• Practice Quiz 2
• Chapter 7 Vocabulary Acquisition
• Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes
• Context Clues and Multiple Meaning Words
• Synonyms, Antonyms, and Analogies
• Practice Quiz 1
• Practice Quiz 2
• Section III. Mathematics
• Chapter 8 Number and Quantity
• Basic Addition and Subtraction
• Basic Multiplication and Division
• Factors and Multiples
• Standards of Measure
• Practice Quiz 1
• Practice Quiz 2
• Chapter 9 Algebra
• Decimals and Fractions
• Multiplication and Division of Fractions
• Equations with One Variable
• Equations with Two Variables
• Solving Real-World Mathematical Problems
• Practice Quiz 1
• Practice Quiz 2
• Chapter 10 Functions
• Solving Quadratic Equations
• Polynomials
• Ratios, Proportions, and Percentages
• Powers, Exponents, Roots, and Radicals
• Practice Quiz 1
• Practice Quiz 2
• Chapter 11 Geometry
• Congruence
• Similarity, Right Triangles, and Trigonometry
• Circles
• Measurement and Dimension
• Practice Quiz 1
• Practice Quiz 2
• Chapter 12 Statistics and Probability
• Interpreting Graphics
• Statistical Measures
• Statistics & Probability: The Rules of Probability
• Interpreting Categorical and Quantitative Data
• Practice Quiz 1
• Practice Quiz 2
• Section IV. Essay Writing
• Chapter 13 Essay Writing
• The Writing Section
• The Writing Process
• Essay Revisions and Transitions
• Active and Passive Voice
• Section V. Full-Length Practice Exams
• ISEE Practice Exam 1
• Section I. Verbal Reasoning
• Section II. Quantitative Reasoning
• Section III. Reading
• Section IV. Mathematics Achievement
• Answer Key with Explanatory Answers
• ISEE Practice Exam 2
• Section I. Verbal Reasoning
• Section II. Quantitative Reasoning
• Section I. Reading
• Section IV. Mathematics Achievement
• Answer Key with Explanatory Answers