Test Taking Vocabulary Quiz

If I am comparing two different cars, what am I doing?

• Telling how the cars are similar
• Telling how the cars are different
• Telling how the cars are similar yet different
• Breaking into the dealership at night wearing a pair of Jordans and fleeing to Mexico with both cars.

When a jury comes to a conclusion, they have..

• read through all of the paperwork in its entirety
• stopped at a red light in an intersection
• gotten to the end
• determine something based on information and reasoning

What does describe mean?

• explain
• relate to personal experience
• give an account in an open-ended response in which all important details are addressed
• give an account in words of (someone or something), including all the relevant characteristics, qualities, or events

The teacher evaluated Henry's essay using the rubric.
Which word would best replace the word in blue?

• neglect
• graded
• liked
• assess

What is evidence?

• documentation that proves a point
• paperwork used in a court case
• contradictory paperwork
• a student who isn't really answering these questions and is just clicking his/her favorite color

Which word is an antonym for explain?

• analyze
• to tell why

• define
• clarify

How is an outline like a summary?

• Both are based on inferences

• Both briefly tell just the main points

• Both rely on comparing and contrasting

• Both require that you justify your opinion

develop

• explain how something is different from something else

• to grow or expand by adding detail to writing or speech

• carefully assess the value of something

This girl is excited to....

• go to school.

• have a sleepover with friends.

• go to a baseball game.

• go swimming.

You read a article about lightning in the Tampa Bay area that has this picture. What can you infer about the author's tone towards lightning?

• They think lightning is fun and/or harmless.

• They think lightning is bad and/or dangerous.

• They think lightning is pretty and/or magnificent.

• They think lightning is misunderstood.