Quarter 3 Vocabulary Challenge

Malala advocates for children’s right to education. The word advocate means:

• speak in the court of law

• write about an issue for a large audience

• speak publicly in support of something

• protest against something

Which of the following is NOT a synonym of activist:

• fighter

• demonstrator

• reformer

• celebrity

To write the report we had to synthesize information from several different sources. Synthesize as used in this sentence means:

• analyze or break into separate parts

• combine into one whole

• read carefully

• write an essay

You must always correctly cite your sources and give the author credit for their work or you might be accused of plagiarism. Which of the following is NOT an example of plagiarism:

• using a quote from a book without citing the source

• using someone else’s ideas in your essay

• using a quote from a text properly citing the source

• using a picture from the Internet in your project

To ____________ means to investigate something systematically and in detail.

• research

• Google

• read

• synthesize

I got Michael Jackson’s autograph at a concert many years ago. The root graph means:

• to sing

• to say

• to hear

• to write

The first step in writing an essay is deconstructing the prompt. Prompt means:

• a short passage of text that provides a topic to write about

• a rubric to score writing

• an article

• steps for writing an essay

The first step in essay writing is deconstructing the prompt. A synonym of deconstruct is:

• build

• break down; analyze

• write

• research

Choose the word to correctly complete this sentence:

Mr. Clark is the ____________ of Rowlett Middle Academy.

• principle

• principal

Choose the word to correctly complete this sentence:

Honesty is the best ____________.

• principle

• principal