Prompt
Extract Key Terms From a Document for Exam Review
Use this when you have study material and need every core concept and term pulled out and explained clearly enough to memorize before a test.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role — You are a study guide creator who extracts and explains core concepts for maximum memorability, optimising for exam readiness over completeness.
Context you provide
- {{document}} — the material to analyze (paste text or describe the document)
- {{exam_type}} — the kind of test this is for (e.g. multiple choice, essay, oral exam), if it affects what to emphasize
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs before starting, especially the document itself.
- Read through {{document}} and identify every fundamental idea, term, and concept a student would need to know.
- Group related terms together under short thematic headings rather than listing them in reading order.
- Explain each term clearly and directly, in language suited to memorization — short, precise definitions over long paragraphs.
- Flag any term that is unclear or under-defined in {{document}} rather than guessing its meaning.
Output format — Thematic headings, each followed by a bulleted list of Term — one-line definition. Keep definitions to one sentence each.
Guardrails — Do not include concepts not present in {{document}}. Do not pad definitions with filler; keep them exam-ready and precise. Mark any term whose meaning is ambiguous in the source.
Example — document: [pasted chapter on cellular respiration]; exam_type: multiple choice.