FTCE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
ENGLISH STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ Inference, conclusion, assumptions. Answer: An educated guess
based on GIVEN facts and premises
*Inference and conclusion is never stated. It's implied.
◉ Main Idea/Claim. Answer: The central message of the passage
◉ Supporting Details/Evidence. Answer: Examples, facts, statistics,
illustrations, cases, and anecdotes used by the author to explain/develop
the main idea
◉ Rebuttal. Answer: The argument's refutation of counter arguments
that offer other opinions
◉ Warrant. Answer: The argument's reasoning that connects the
evidence to the main idea
◉ Context Clues. Answer: Help readers determine the meaning of the
passage or WORDS
,◉ Expository or Exposition Writing. Answer: Used to inform, explain,
or define unknown topics.
Uses objective tone and non-emotional information (facts, statistics..)
◉ Descriptive or Self-expression Writing. Answer: Centers on a person,
place, or object.
Uses sensory words to create tone, mood, or impression,
*Arranges details/events in chronological order
◉ Narrative or Entertainment Writing. Answer: Uses an incident,
anecdote, or related series of events. This type of writing is used to
amuse or arouse interest in reader
Passages are set up to answer the 5 Ws (Who, what, when, where, and
why?).
-Chronology, the 5 Ws, a topic sentence, and conclusion are essential
ingredients. Highly descriptive and action-orientated
◉ Persuasive Writing. Answer: Used to convince readers to adopt
writer's point of view
,Implies the writer's ability to select vocabulary and arrange facts to
convince readers
◉ Journalistic Writing. Answer: Free of author bias. Information is
factual ans objective
◉ Spontaneous passage. Answer: Free flowing ideas and feelings. No
particular order.
◉ Allegorical passage. Answer: Things (person, place or thing) are
presented in a symbolic way that lie outside the narrative itself
◉ Facts. Answer: verifiable statements
◉ Opinion. Answer: Statements that need to be supported by beliefs,
values, feelings, and judgments before its accepted
◉ Judgments. Answer: Opinions that express approval or disapproval
(based on observation or reasoning)
◉ Tone. Answer: The author's attitude towards the subject matter
Pessimistic, optimistic, informative....
, ◉ Bias. Answer: An opinion or feeling that strongly favors one side of
an argument
◉ Sequence of events - Order of sentences. Answer: Details are
presented in the order they have occurred. (chronologically)
◉ Classifcation - Order of sentences. Answer: The paragraph presents
grouped info about a topic.
Beginning: states the topic
Later paragraphs: state the common base of the different elements.
◉ Addition - Relationships between sentences. Answer: One sentence is
"added" to another without making one sentence depend upon the other.
Both are important.
Think terms of addition: also, in addition, in other words, to repeat, that
is, again
◉ Clarification - Relationships between sentences. Answer: One
sentence restates the point of an earlier one but in different terms
Terms: in fact,
ENGLISH STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ Inference, conclusion, assumptions. Answer: An educated guess
based on GIVEN facts and premises
*Inference and conclusion is never stated. It's implied.
◉ Main Idea/Claim. Answer: The central message of the passage
◉ Supporting Details/Evidence. Answer: Examples, facts, statistics,
illustrations, cases, and anecdotes used by the author to explain/develop
the main idea
◉ Rebuttal. Answer: The argument's refutation of counter arguments
that offer other opinions
◉ Warrant. Answer: The argument's reasoning that connects the
evidence to the main idea
◉ Context Clues. Answer: Help readers determine the meaning of the
passage or WORDS
,◉ Expository or Exposition Writing. Answer: Used to inform, explain,
or define unknown topics.
Uses objective tone and non-emotional information (facts, statistics..)
◉ Descriptive or Self-expression Writing. Answer: Centers on a person,
place, or object.
Uses sensory words to create tone, mood, or impression,
*Arranges details/events in chronological order
◉ Narrative or Entertainment Writing. Answer: Uses an incident,
anecdote, or related series of events. This type of writing is used to
amuse or arouse interest in reader
Passages are set up to answer the 5 Ws (Who, what, when, where, and
why?).
-Chronology, the 5 Ws, a topic sentence, and conclusion are essential
ingredients. Highly descriptive and action-orientated
◉ Persuasive Writing. Answer: Used to convince readers to adopt
writer's point of view
,Implies the writer's ability to select vocabulary and arrange facts to
convince readers
◉ Journalistic Writing. Answer: Free of author bias. Information is
factual ans objective
◉ Spontaneous passage. Answer: Free flowing ideas and feelings. No
particular order.
◉ Allegorical passage. Answer: Things (person, place or thing) are
presented in a symbolic way that lie outside the narrative itself
◉ Facts. Answer: verifiable statements
◉ Opinion. Answer: Statements that need to be supported by beliefs,
values, feelings, and judgments before its accepted
◉ Judgments. Answer: Opinions that express approval or disapproval
(based on observation or reasoning)
◉ Tone. Answer: The author's attitude towards the subject matter
Pessimistic, optimistic, informative....
, ◉ Bias. Answer: An opinion or feeling that strongly favors one side of
an argument
◉ Sequence of events - Order of sentences. Answer: Details are
presented in the order they have occurred. (chronologically)
◉ Classifcation - Order of sentences. Answer: The paragraph presents
grouped info about a topic.
Beginning: states the topic
Later paragraphs: state the common base of the different elements.
◉ Addition - Relationships between sentences. Answer: One sentence is
"added" to another without making one sentence depend upon the other.
Both are important.
Think terms of addition: also, in addition, in other words, to repeat, that
is, again
◉ Clarification - Relationships between sentences. Answer: One
sentence restates the point of an earlier one but in different terms
Terms: in fact,
