Reference Materials

Which resource material would you use to find a synonym for the word "pretty"?

• dictionary

• thesaurus

• glossary

• newspaper

What is the difference between a dictionary and a glossary?

• A dictionary defines all words, but a glossary only defines words on a specific topic in the back of a book.

• A glossary defines all words, but a dictionary only defines words on a specific topic in the back of a book.

• They are exactly the same

what does [skul] tell the reader about the word school?

• The definition of the word "school"

• The part of speech of the word "School"

• The pronunciation of the word "school"

What resource material would I use to look up local baseball scores?

• Dictionary

• Newspaper

• Thesaurus

• Glossary

What resource material would I look use to find information about President George Washington?

• Dictionary

• Website

• Thesaurus

What resource material would I use to edit an essay and replace words I have repeated?

• Newspaper

• Thesaurus

• Map

• Dictionary

Which resource material provides information about current events such as sports and politics?

• Dictionary

• Map

• Newspaper

• Glossary

Seth is reading a nonfiction book about birds. In the back of the book, he finds a page that gives definitions of various words from the book. What type of resource material is this page called?

• Glossary

• Dictionary

• Newspaper

• Website

Which of the following can you learn from this resource?

• How to locate countries in Asia

• Definitions of words about birds

• Friday night's football scores

Sabrina wants to learn how to pronounce (say) the word "antidisestablishmentarianism." Which resource material can help her with this?

• Map

• Dictionary

• Newspaper

• Thesaurus