The Boolean Grid Methodology

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Transition/Continuity

The Boolean Grid Methodology was first developed by Tom Mathew in 1998 in the State of Georgia. The first time the Boolean Grid was utilized was by a male student in Dunwoody, GA taking the SAT®.

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If you know how to play Tic Tac Toe, you know how to use the Boolean Grid.

While (+/-, -/+)

Here is a quick example.

Villains such as the dapper Robert E. Lee are often ___________, while real heroes such as Tecumseh Sherman are routinely __________.


  • v) beloved….vilified
  • w) hated….abhorred
  • x) ignored….forgotten
  • y) controversial….ignored
  • z) jovial….depressed

If you took our IVY Verbal Review course, you would see there is a transition word in this sentence. This word, while, signals that the sentence must be positive/negative or negative/positive.

Just based on this we can eliminate choices w, x and y. These choices have no transition.


If you know how to play Tic Tac Toe, you know how to use the Boolean Grid.

While (+/-, -/+)

Here is a quick example.

Villains such as the dapper Robert E. Lee are often ___________, while real heroes such as Tecumseh Sherman are routinely __________.


  • v) beloved….vilified
  • w) hated….abhorred
  • x) ignored….forgotten
  • y) controversial….ignored
  • z) jovial….depressed

Now you have to determine the flow, positive/negative or negative/positive. We have to identify the key words From each half. The key word in the first half is villains. The key word in the second half is heroes.

Choice z is not correct. The sentence is too creative. This leaves us with choice v.


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While (+/-, -/+)

Here is a quick example.

Villains such as the dapper Robert E. Lee are often ___________, while real heroes such as Tecumseh Sherman are routinely __________.


  • v) beloved….vilified
  • w) hated….abhorred
  • x) ignored….forgotten
  • y) controversial….ignored
  • z) jovial….depressed

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