How to Determine Meaning Quiz

What is a dictionary

• a book or electronic resource that lists the words of a language (typically in alphabetical order) and gives their meaning, or gives the equivalent words in a different language, often also providing information about pronunciation, origin, and usage.

• a list that gives definitions of the hard or unusual words found in a book.

• a book of words and their synonyms

What is a glossary?

• a book of words and their synonyms

• a list that gives definitions of the hard or unusual words found in a book.

• a book or electronic resource that lists the words of a language (typically in alphabetical order) and gives their meaning, or gives the equivalent words in a different language, often also providing information about pronunciation, origin, and usage.

What is a thesaurus?

• a book or electronic resource that lists the words of a language (typically in alphabetical order) and gives their meaning, or gives the equivalent words in a different language, often also providing information about pronunciation, origin, and usage.

• a book of words and their synonyms

• a list that gives definitions of the hard or unusual words found in a book.

Where would you find a different word for, nice?

• Glossary

• Thesaurus

• Dictionary

Where would you find what a word means?

• Glossary

• Dictionary

• Thesaurus

Where would you look to find the meaning of a word that is used in your textbook?

• Dictionary

• Thesaurus

• Glossary

Check each question that you would use a dictionary to find the answer.

• How do you pronounce tortoise?

• Where do turtles live?

• Which is correct, turtel or turtle?

• What tortoise lives in Arizona?

• Why do turtles hibernate?