PACT Essential Academic Skills : 701
(Reading) UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Context Clues - Correct Answer- words or phrases that help a reader understand meaning
Semantic Clue - Correct Answer- Type of Context clue
Associated with a words meaning and can be found in the same s...
Context Clues - Correct Answer- words or phrases that help a reader understand meaning
Semantic Clue - Correct Answer- Type of Context clue
Associated with a words meaning and can be found in the same sentence or surrounding
sentence.
Syntactic Clue - Correct Answer- order or sequence of words effects its meaning
ex. They painted the house yellow
ex. THey painted the yellow house (Type of context clue)
Denotation - Correct Answer- the literial, dictionary definition of a word
Connotation - Correct Answer- Ideas and feelings associated with a word
Forshowdowing - Correct Answer- Hints that suggest future events in a story
Symbolism - Correct Answer- A device in literature where an object represents an idea.
Recurring Theme - Correct Answer- the repetition of a theme/image throughout the story to
symbolize meaning.
Satire - Correct Answer- use of humor or exaggeration(better or worse than it really is) to
critique human nature or character
Irony - Correct Answer- A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.
, Verbal irony - Correct Answer- irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means
another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
ex. sarcasm
Situational irony - Correct Answer- An outcome that turns out to be very different from what
was expected
Dramatic Irony - Correct Answer- when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Allegory - Correct Answer- a story, picture or other piece of art that uses symbols to convey a
hidden or ulterior meaning
Allusion - Correct Answer- A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
ex. "Don't be such a Grinch"
Aphorism - Correct Answer- A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise
observation about life.
ex. "Honesty is the best policy"
Apostrophe - Correct Answer- a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or
imaginary person, or some abstraction
*absent, dead or non-human
Antithesis - Correct Answer- the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Extended Metaphor - Correct Answer- A series of comparisons between two unlike objects.
Hyperbole - Correct Answer- the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or
heightened effect. Overstatement
ex. "Hungry enough to ear a horse"
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