English
Unnecessary repetition of words or ideas
What is redundancy?
beliefs or conclusions made without sufficient evidence
What are assumptions?
Restates the main ideas or pulls together key points and includes words/phrases like therefore and in other words
What is summarizing?
The best possible answer based on the passage
What is the right answer?
What is prose fiction?
A punctuation mark used to show possession or to form contractions
What is an apostrophe?
Restating a passage in your own words while maintaining its original meaning
What is paraphrasing?
Shows how two ideas are similar or alike and includes words like also and likewise
What is comparing?
Uses absolute or exaggerated language that overstates what the passage actually claims
What is an extreme answer?
Nonfiction texts that describe historical events, figures, or concepts
What is social science?
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb and often describes how, when, where, or to what extent
What is an adverb?
Combined with prior knowledge and observations to arrive at a logical conclusion
What are inferences?
Introduces specific details or illustrations to support a point and includes words/phrases like namely and in fact
What is giving examples?
Part of the answer is correct, but another part is inaccurate.
What is a half right answer?
A discussion of art, literature, philosophy, and cultural studies
What are humanities?
A word that connects a dependent clause to an independent clause, showing a relationship like cause, time, or contrast
What is a subordinating conjunction?
Refers to who is telling the story or perspective of the text
What is point of view?
Shows a reason or a result and includes words/phrases like accordingly and consequently
What is cause and effect?
The answer contradicts the information presented in the passage.
What is an opposite answer?
Cover topics in biology, chemistry, physics, and other scientific fields
What is natural science?
Using the same grammatical form for similar ideas in a sentence
What is parallelism?
The main argument or position in a piece of writing
What is the claim?
Indicates location or movement in space
What is showing place or direction?
The choice partially answers the question but misses a key detail.
What is the 2nd best choice?
The four multiple-choice sections of the ACT
English, Math, Reading, and Science