Questions and Answers Graded A+
Topic - Correct answer-the general subject of the the text
Main idea - Correct answer-the key message or thesis of the text
Key points - Correct answer-key points and their supporting details develop the
main idea
Summary - Correct answer-a brief restatement of the main idea and the most
important key points and details
Inference - Correct answer-a conclusion reached by critical thinking, reading
between the lines, applying logic to facts and evidence while recognizing context
clues
Inference (explicit) - Correct answer-clearly stated
Inference (implied) - Correct answer-implied; not directly stated
Conclusion - Correct answer-a deduction made about an unstated outcome based
on prediction, details, evidence, and results
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,Descriptive - Correct answer-includes sensory details to create a clear mental
picture for the reader
Expository - Correct answer-informs, explains, or tells how to do something; uses
only facts and examples
Narrative - Correct answer-tells a story to entertain, inform, or challenge
Persuasive - Correct answer-includes facts and strong opinions to make the reader
feel, think, or behave a certain way
Bias - Correct answer-tendency toward a preconceived idea
Connotative meaning - Correct answer-the implied meaning of a word, with
assumptions or an emotional charge attached to it
Denotative meaning - Correct answer-the standard dictionary definition of a word
Rhetorical device - Correct answer-stylistic language used to have an emotional or
persuasive effect on the reader
Tone - Correct answer-the writer's attitude or emotions concerning the topic
Argument - Correct answer-a point the author believes
Compare and Contrast - Correct answer-to compare means to look for similarities;
to contrast means to look for differences
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,Prediction - Correct answer-a reader's guess of what could happen, based on details
found in the text
Primary source - Correct answer-a firsthand, unaltered document by the original
author or creator; includes novels, letters, original research papers, datasets,
paintings photographs
Secondary source - Correct answer-a document that analyzes, discusses, or
reproduces a primary source; includes textbooks and many other nonfiction books,
review articles, biographies
Tertiary source - Correct answer-a reference work that consolidates information
from primary and secondary sources; includes encyclopedias, handbooks, study
guides
PEMDAS - Correct answer-parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division,
addition, and subtraction
Least common denominator - Correct answer-the smallest number into which two
or more denominators will divide evenly
Decimals - Correct answer-represent parts of a whole
Ratio - Correct answer-a comparison between the quantity of one item and the
quantity of another item
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, Mean - Correct answer-the average of a set of numbers
Median - Correct answer-the middle number
Mode - Correct answer-the number that appears most often in a set of numbers
Range - Correct answer-measures the spread of a given set of numbers
Area - Correct answer-the amount of space within the boundary of the shape
Perimeter - Correct answer-the distance around the shape
Volume - Correct answer-the amount of space the object occupies or can hold, as
measured in cubic units
Pythagorean theorem - Correct answer-applies to right triangles; a^2 + b^2 = c^2
Acute angles - Correct answer-angles <90 degrees
Hypotenuse - Correct answer-the side opposite the right angle
Straight angle - Correct answer-180 degree angle
Celsius to Fahrenheit - Correct answer-(C x 1.8) + 32
Fahrenheit to Celsius - Correct answer-(F - 32) / 1.8
Independent variable - Correct answer-can be manipulated
Dependent variable - Correct answer-the variable that is a possible effect
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