QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025\2026 EXAM GRADED
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Topic - ANSWER- the general subject of the the text
Main idea - ANSWER- the key message or thesis of the text
Key points - ANSWER- key points and their supporting details develop
the main idea
Summary - ANSWER- a brief restatement of the main idea and the most
important key points and details
Inference - ANSWER- a conclusion reached by critical thinking, reading
between the lines, applying logic to facts and evidence while
recognizing context clues
,Inference (explicit) - ANSWER- clearly stated
Inference (implied) - ANSWER- implied; not directly stated
Conclusion - ANSWER- a deduction made about an unstated outcome
based on prediction, details, evidence, and results
Descriptive - ANSWER- includes sensory details to create a clear
mental picture for the reader
Expository - ANSWER- informs, explains, or tells how to do something;
uses only facts and examples
Narrative - ANSWER- tells a story to entertain, inform, or challenge
Persuasive - ANSWER- includes facts and strong opinions to make the
reader feel, think, or behave a certain way
Bias - ANSWER- tendency toward a preconceived idea
Connotative meaning - ANSWER- the implied meaning of a word, with
assumptions or an emotional charge attached to it
Denotative meaning - ANSWER- the standard dictionary definition of a
word
,Rhetorical device - ANSWER- stylistic language used to have an
emotional or persuasive effect on the reader
Tone - ANSWER- the writer's attitude or emotions concerning the topic
Argument - ANSWER- a point the author believes
Compare and Contrast - ANSWER- to compare means to look for
similarities; to contrast means to look for differences
Prediction - ANSWER- a reader's guess of what could happen, based on
details found in the text
Primary source - ANSWER- a firsthand, unaltered document by the
original author or creator; includes novels, letters, original research
papers, datasets, paintings photographs
Secondary source - ANSWER- a document that analyzes, discusses, or
reproduces a primary source; includes textbooks and many other
nonfiction books, review articles, biographies
Tertiary source - ANSWER- a reference work that consolidates
information from primary and secondary sources; includes
encyclopedias, handbooks, study guides
, PEMDAS - ANSWER- parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division,
addition, and subtraction
Least common denominator - ANSWER- the smallest number into
which two or more denominators will divide evenly
Decimals - ANSWER- represent parts of a whole
Ratio - ANSWER- a comparison between the quantity of one item and
the quantity of another item
Mean - ANSWER- the average of a set of numbers
Median - ANSWER- the middle number
Mode - ANSWER- the number that appears most often in a set of
numbers
Range - ANSWER- measures the spread of a given set of numbers
Area - ANSWER- the amount of space within the boundary of the shape
Perimeter - ANSWER- the distance around the shape