{"id":8268,"date":"2013-10-29T18:42:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T18:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/?page_id=8268"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:55:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:55:48","slug":"when-theres-no-keyword","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/when-theres-no-keyword\/","title":{"rendered":"When There&#8217;s No Key Word"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t<div id=\"mmDeferVideoEncompass_mcGA2Xzjlx0\" style=\"position: relative;\">\n\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/circle-play-duotone.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">\n\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/circle-play-duotone.png\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"> \n\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" id=\"videoThumbnailImage_mcGA2Xzjlx0\" data-source-videoID=\"mcGA2Xzjlx0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/circle-play-duotone.png\" alt=\"When There&#8217;s No Key Word Video\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" class=\"size-full\" data-matomo-title = \"When There&#8217;s No Key Word\">\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<style>img#videoThumbnailImage_mcGA2Xzjlx0:hover {cursor:pointer;} img#videoThumbnailImage_mcGA2Xzjlx0 {background-size:contain;background-image:url(\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/204-When-Theres-No-Key-Word.png\");}<\/style>\n\t\t\t<script defer>\n\t\t\t  jQuery(\"img#videoThumbnailImage_mcGA2Xzjlx0\").click(function() {\n\t\t\t\tlet videoId = jQuery(this).attr(\"data-source-videoID\");\n\t\t\t\tlet helpTag = '<div id=\"mmDeferVideoYTMessage_mcGA2Xzjlx0\" style=\"display: none;position: absolute;top: -24px;width: 100%;text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size: small;border-top: 1px solid #fc0;\">Having trouble? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v='+videoId+'\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to watch on YouTube.<\/a><\/span><\/div>';\n\t\t\t\tlet tag = document.createElement(\"iframe\");\n\t\t\t\ttag.id = \"yt\" + videoId;\n\t\t\t\ttag.src = \"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/\" + videoId + \"?autoplay=1&controls=1&wmode=opaque&rel=0&egm=0&iv_load_policy=3&hd=0&enablejsapi=1\";\n\t\t\t\ttag.frameborder = 0;\n\t\t\t\ttag.allow = \"autoplay; fullscreen\";\n\t\t\t\ttag.width = this.width;\n\t\t\t\ttag.height = this.height;\n\t\t\t\ttag.setAttribute(\"data-matomo-title\",\"When There&#8217;s No Key Word\");\n\t\t\t\tjQuery(\"div#mmDeferVideoEncompass_mcGA2Xzjlx0\").html(tag);\n\t\t\t\tjQuery(\"div#mmDeferVideoEncompass_mcGA2Xzjlx0\").prepend(helpTag);\n\t\t\t\tsetTimeout(function(){jQuery(\"div#mmDeferVideoYTMessage_mcGA2Xzjlx0\").css(\"display\", \"block\");}, 2000);\n\t\t\t  });\n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<div class=\"accordion\"><input id=\"transcript\" type=\"checkbox\" class=\"spoiler_button\" \/><label for=\"transcript\">Transcript<\/label>\n<div class=\"spoiler\" id=\"transcript-spoiler\">\n<p>Welcome to this Mometrix lesson on key words!<\/p>\n<p>When answering questions for an exam or just generally trying to figure out information, knowing what to do in the presence and absence of key words is a crucial skill. Most of the time when taking exams, your questions will give a key word, telling you what you should be looking for in your answer.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, key words are the answers to our questions. They direct the reader\u2019s understanding of something specific and at the very least, they hone in on what the reader should be paying attention to in a passage.<\/p>\n<p>Before we get into what to do in the absence of a key word, let\u2019s look at a couple of examples that have them just to make sure we know what we\u2019re dealing with.<\/p>\n<div class=\"transcriptcallout\"><span class=\"transcriptcallout-text\">What color is Jan\u2019s car?<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Can you guess what the key word is in this question? <em>Color<\/em> is the key word.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at this next collection of sentences to determine what information goes with the key word.<\/p>\n<div class=\"transcriptcallout\"><span class=\"transcriptcallout-text\">Jan drives a small SUV. It has a back-up camera, has a sunroof, has enough room for all of her friends, and it\u2019s red. Jan bought her car over the summer, so she could take it on trips to the beach.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>What is the correct answer to our first question based on the key word given in the question?<\/p>\n<p>If our key word is color that means we should be looking for a color in the given paragraph to answer our question. The answer is: Jan\u2019s car is red.<\/p>\n<p>Now that we\u2019ve looked at using a key word to answer a question, let\u2019s look at what to do when there\u2019s not a key word present. Typically, if there\u2019s not a key word in the question, you\u2019ll have to rely on key words in the answer to determine the <a class=\"ylist\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/choosing-the-correct-adjective\/\">correct<\/a> choice. Additionally, when there\u2019s not a key word, finding the answer will usually require some amount of comparing and contrasting skills. Here\u2019s an example:<\/p>\n<div class=\"transcriptcallout\"><span class=\"transcriptcallout-text\">Of the choices below, which is the most correct?<\/span><\/div>\n<p>This is a pretty broad question. You can\u2019t be sure whether it\u2019s asking what makes her car special on its own or when presented in a group. For this reason, you have to look at the answer choices and decide which makes the most sense given the <a class=\"ylist\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/how-to-write-a-good-paragraph\/\">paragraph<\/a> from earlier.<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: upper-alpha\">\n<li>Jan\u2019s car is fast.<\/li>\n<li>Jan\u2019s car is large.<\/li>\n<li>Jan\u2019s car can fit all of her friends.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Looking at these options and comparing them with the previous paragraph discussing the features of Jan\u2019s car, we can rule out options A and B because neither is mentioned in the paragraph. 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