State Testing Vocabulary Quiz

Which of the following is a synonym for "contrast" as used in state testing vocabulary?

• Clarify

• Difference

• Point out

• Reinforce

What is the definition of "theme" ?

• The plot or ordered events in a novel, poem, drama, etc.

• An important, unifying idea often answering the question, "What did I learn?"

• Parts of writing or of a speech that precede or follow a specific word or passage

• To tell or show with written or spoken words; point out facts or details

Which term is described as "noting individual features or characteristics" in the provided vocabulary list?

• Explain

• Identify

• Support

• Context

What is the purpose of providing "details" as per the state testing vocabulary?

• To examine in order to identify and understand differences between two or more things

• To make clear or understandable to others

• Smaller pieces that support ideas; smaller elements of structure

• To back up, using evidence to justify your answer, opinion, or claim

What does the word "compare" mean?

• To back up, using evidence to justify your answer, opinion, or claim

• To make clear or understandable to others

• Examine in order to note likenesses between two things or what they have in common

• Smaller pieces that support ideas; smaller elements of structure

What is the meaning of "summarize"?

• To state or express the most important elements in shortened form, usually chronologically

• To make a judgment

• Proof, data, documentation

• To quote specifically; recall

What is the purpose of "citing" a source?

• To show or prove something to be true

• To name, refer to, mention

• To make a judgment

• Attitude, approach, feel

What is the definition of "purpose" ?

• The specific reason that a person has for writing something

• To show or prove something to be true

• Perspective, angle, standpoint

• To break down into its parts and examine to determine meaning

What does "evidence" refer to according to your notes?

• To name, refer to, mention

• Something that proves or disproves; facts that make it plain or clear

• To state or express the most important elements in shortened form, usually chronologically

• To make a judgment

What does the term "analyze" mean?

• To name, refer to, mention

• To conclude, or figure out from evidence

• To break down into its parts and examine to determine meaning

• Perspective, angle, standpoint