PERT READING QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Main idea - Answers - overall theme or point
Implied main idea - Answers - the purpose and overall thesis- but is not clearly stated by
author. it's hinted at by the supporting details and arguments
Supporting details - Answers - provide evidence to support main ideas- they all have to
point back to the main idea
Author's purpose - Answers - the reason behind the author's writing-
types of author's purpose - Answers - informational, persuasive, entertainment
Inference - Answers - an idea assumed based on available knowledge or evidence
Bias - Answers - when the author fails to consider the possibility of any other outcome
or idea except for the one they provided (you only see their side, not neutral)
Facts are used to ______________ - Answers - support ideas
Opinions are used to ___________ - Answers - influence the audience
Reasoning - Answers - describes the manner in which an author lays out their
information and arguments (may involve facts to support ideas or appeal to emotion)
Rhetoric - Answers - the delivery of reasoning
3 types of delivery - Answers - logos, ethos and pathos
Logos - Answers - reasoning using logic (appeal to reason)- facts most commonly used
to support
Ethos - Answers - reasoning using an appeal to ethics (morality and wrong doing)- the
language is focused on similarities between author and audience
Pathos - Answers - reasoning using an appeal to emotion, most commonly found in
persuasive essays- the language is emotional charged
Parallel structure in a list - Answers - using the same word form in each part of the list-
ex; "Martha likes to cook, to conduct science experiments and to fish"
ANSWERS
Main idea - Answers - overall theme or point
Implied main idea - Answers - the purpose and overall thesis- but is not clearly stated by
author. it's hinted at by the supporting details and arguments
Supporting details - Answers - provide evidence to support main ideas- they all have to
point back to the main idea
Author's purpose - Answers - the reason behind the author's writing-
types of author's purpose - Answers - informational, persuasive, entertainment
Inference - Answers - an idea assumed based on available knowledge or evidence
Bias - Answers - when the author fails to consider the possibility of any other outcome
or idea except for the one they provided (you only see their side, not neutral)
Facts are used to ______________ - Answers - support ideas
Opinions are used to ___________ - Answers - influence the audience
Reasoning - Answers - describes the manner in which an author lays out their
information and arguments (may involve facts to support ideas or appeal to emotion)
Rhetoric - Answers - the delivery of reasoning
3 types of delivery - Answers - logos, ethos and pathos
Logos - Answers - reasoning using logic (appeal to reason)- facts most commonly used
to support
Ethos - Answers - reasoning using an appeal to ethics (morality and wrong doing)- the
language is focused on similarities between author and audience
Pathos - Answers - reasoning using an appeal to emotion, most commonly found in
persuasive essays- the language is emotional charged
Parallel structure in a list - Answers - using the same word form in each part of the list-
ex; "Martha likes to cook, to conduct science experiments and to fish"
