Vocabulary for Success, Unit 1 Lesson 2

Read this sentence. The detective reviewed the chronology of events and realized his client was lying.

Chronology means: 

• long history
• severity
• time sequence
• detailed description

If you research something, you _____.

• defend the topic
• leave the topic alone
• rate the topic
• study the topic

Two people confer when they: 

• discuss ideas
• read silently
• have similar opinions
• argue frequently

If you reconstruct a puzzle you: 

• take it out of the box
• put it together again
• ask for help with it
• return it to the shop

Which could you redistribute? 

• a bruised knee
• a dream
• a box of books
• election results

To reinterpret something, you: 

• A give it to someone else
• B find a new meaning for it
• C find another way to do it
• D look for something interesting

Read the following:
During the senate campaign of 1858, citizens of Illinois had seven opportunities to watch Abraham Lincoln debate Stephan Douglas. The candidates’ main argument was over slavery. The states were divided between free-states and slave-states. Douglas did not think this should change. Lincoln said that the United States could not continue this way. A document called the Freeport Doctrine resulted from the debates. It supported states’ power to choose whether or not to allow slavery. Illinois was not yet going to reassess the issue of slavery.
During a debate between two people, they:

• A discuss opposite sides of an argument 
• B take the same side on a topic
• C refuse to discuss anything 
• D present their opinion on unrelated topics 

Read the following:
During the senate campaign of 1858, citizens of Illinois had seven opportunities to watch Abraham Lincoln debate Stephan Douglas. The candidates’ main argument was over slavery. The states were divided between free-states and slave-states. Douglas did not think this should change. Lincoln said that the United States could not continue this way. A document called the Freeport Doctrine resulted from the debates. It supported states’ power to choose whether or not to allow slavery. Illinois was not yet going to reassess the issue of slavery.
In line 2, which of the following words  would mean the opposite of argument?

• rebuttal
• interpretation
• celebration
• agreement

Read the following:
During the senate campaign of 1858, citizens of Illinois had seven opportunities to watch Abraham Lincoln debate Stephan Douglas. The candidates’ main argument  was over slavery. The states were divided between free-states and slave-states. Douglas did not think this should change. Lincoln said that the United States could not continue this way. A document called the Freeport Doctrine resulted from the debates. It supported states’ power to choose whether or not to allow slavery. Illinois was not yet going to reassess the issue of slavery.
Which of the following words  would means document?

• the local police force
• the Freeport Doctrine
• a CD ROM
• video footage

Read the following:
During the senate campaign of 1858, citizens of Illinois had seven opportunities to watch Abraham Lincoln debate Stephan Douglas. The candidates’ main argument was over slavery. The states were divided between free-states and slave-states. Douglas did not think this should change. Lincoln said that the United States could not continue this way. A document called the Freeport Doctrine resulted from the debates. It supported states’ power to choose whether or not to allow slavery. Illinois was not yet going to reassess the issue of slavery.
Which of these is a reassess?

• reevaluate
• research
• repeat
• release