Glossary Thesaurus or Dictionary

You are writing a report about a cheetah.  Which of the word reference books would help you find another word for fast?

• dictionary
• glossary
• thesaurus

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

To define the word bagpipe, which would book would you use?

• dictionary
• glossary
• thesaurus

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Your teacher told you that you need a better word than nice in your report.  Where would you look for a better word?

• dictionary
• glossary
• thesaurus

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

If I want to find a synonym for "good" where would I look?

• encyclopedia
• dictionary
• thesaurus

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

If I want to find the definition of a word where would I look?

• encyclopedia
• dictionary
• thesaurus

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which reference source has synonyms?

• dictionary
• thesaurus
• encyclopedia

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What reference source tells you the part of speech of a word?

• Encyclopedia
• Dictionary
• Atlas

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CCSS.L.11-12.1B

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

What are the words at the top of a dictionary called that help you?

• guide words
• key words
• bold words

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CCSS.L.3.2G

You want to find another word for "big". 

• thesaurus
• encyclopedia
• dictionary

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

If you were reading a science book about stars, where would you look to find out what a "meteorite" was?

• dictionary

• thesaurus

• glossary

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C