What term describes words that signal a question or a answer in a text?

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What term describes words that signal a question or a answer in a text?

Words that signal a question or its answer act as cues that alert readers to where a question is coming from or where an answer will appear. This role is described by calling them clue words (signal words). When you pair that idea with question/answer, you describe both the inquiry and its resolution, which makes “clue words for question/answer” the best way to name them. Interrogative or question words like who, what, where focus on posing questions and don’t inherently signal the answer, and terms like “answer words” aren’t standard. So the phrase that links clue words directly to both the question and its answer fits best.

Words that signal a question or its answer act as cues that alert readers to where a question is coming from or where an answer will appear. This role is described by calling them clue words (signal words). When you pair that idea with question/answer, you describe both the inquiry and its resolution, which makes “clue words for question/answer” the best way to name them. Interrogative or question words like who, what, where focus on posing questions and don’t inherently signal the answer, and terms like “answer words” aren’t standard. So the phrase that links clue words directly to both the question and its answer fits best.

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