Reference Materials, Text Structures, Figurative Language

Which reference material is used to find definitions of words?

• Dictionary

• Thesaurus

• Atlas

• Almanac

Which reference materials could be used to find information about George Washington? CHOOSE MORE THAN ONE!

• Internet

• Atlas

• Almanac

• Encyclopedia

Which reference material would you use to plan a cross-country road trip?

• Dictionary

• Almanac

• Atlas

• Thesaurus

Which of the following would you find in a dictionary? You may choose more than one!

• What the word means

• How to pronounce the word

• When the word was founded

• How to spell the word

Which reference material would be most useful if you need information on something that occurred last week?

• Almanac

• Atlas

• Internet

• Dictionary

Which reference books normally come in a set, arranged alphabetically?

• Dictionary

• Thesaurus

• Encyclopedia

• Almanac

Which reference materials list their entries alphabetically? You may choose more than one!

• Dictionary

• Encyclopedia

• Thesaurus

Which reference material would you use to find a word with the opposite meaning of "inquisitive"?

• Thesaurus

• Dictionary

• Atlas

• Almanac

Which reference material would you use to find the pronunciation of the word "omnipotent"?

• Atlas

• Thesaurus

• Encyclopedia

• Dictionary

In which text structure would you find the signal words, "as a result of" and "due to"?

• Problem and solution

• Cause and effect

• Description

• Compare and contrast