FAST Test Prep 2025/2026 Exam
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Theme - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The message that the author is trying to send
about the topic of the story
Character Development - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The way a character changes
over the course of the text
Key Scene - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The main topic within a certain work of art,
textual or otherwise
Cause and Effect - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cause and effect is a text structure in
which the events are organized around causes and effects. A cause is an
event or action that makes something happen. An effect is what happens
, as a result of the cause. Signal words such as because, so, and as a result
indicate cause-effect relationships.
Claim - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A statement of fact or of an idea that the author is
arguing within an informational text. Usually followed by supporting
evidence.
Central Idea - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The main topic of an informational text.
Author's Purpose - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The reason why an author wrote a
particular text or what they are trying to accomplish by writing it.
Fallacious Reasoning - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Incorrect arguments due to flaws in
logic that could be intentional or accidental.
Repetition - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔When an author uses the same word or phrase
more than once, usually for emphasis.
parallelism/parallel structure - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔When an author uses the
same sentence structure is a series of sentences to connect those ideas
together.
Metaphor - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔When an author compares two unrelated thing
for dramatic effect or for the purpose of description.
Questions and Answers | A+ Score
Assured
Theme - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The message that the author is trying to send
about the topic of the story
Character Development - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The way a character changes
over the course of the text
Key Scene - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The main topic within a certain work of art,
textual or otherwise
Cause and Effect - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cause and effect is a text structure in
which the events are organized around causes and effects. A cause is an
event or action that makes something happen. An effect is what happens
, as a result of the cause. Signal words such as because, so, and as a result
indicate cause-effect relationships.
Claim - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A statement of fact or of an idea that the author is
arguing within an informational text. Usually followed by supporting
evidence.
Central Idea - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The main topic of an informational text.
Author's Purpose - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The reason why an author wrote a
particular text or what they are trying to accomplish by writing it.
Fallacious Reasoning - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Incorrect arguments due to flaws in
logic that could be intentional or accidental.
Repetition - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔When an author uses the same word or phrase
more than once, usually for emphasis.
parallelism/parallel structure - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔When an author uses the
same sentence structure is a series of sentences to connect those ideas
together.
Metaphor - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔When an author compares two unrelated thing
for dramatic effect or for the purpose of description.
