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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
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Mode - ............ANSWER..........the number that appears most often in a
set of numbers
Topic - ............ANSWER..........the general subject of 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
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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
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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
Range - ............ANSWER..........measures the spread of a given set of
numbers