Test Taking Vocabulary

An anecdote is a

• a short amusing story

• a cure

• an essay

• a vaccine

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

A narrative

• is writing that tells a story

• is a speaker

• is an active debate

• is a narrator

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

To synthesize information is to...

• collect information and organize it on paper or in a document

• gather information

• combine information to gain a better understanding

• summarize main ideas

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

A key detail

• helps support the central idea

• is a main idea topic

• is usually a first sentence

• is all of these

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

Something significant is...

• silly

• important

• serious

• intermittent

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

A conflict....

• is a struggle between two forces

• can be external or internal

• is part of a plot

• all of these

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The author's message is....

• The author's main idea

• symbolic

• a literary element

• figurative

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

Arguments include...

• reasoning

• evidence

• logic

• all of these

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

To paraphrase is to...

• put something in your own words

• shorten something

• avoid plagiarism

• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

An author's purpose would be to....

• inform

• persuade

• entertain

• all of these

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D