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