Marzano SLO Pretest

An adjective is...

• a word that replaces a noun
• a word or phrase that describes a noun
• the person or thing a sentence is talking about

An adverb is...

• a word or phrase that describes a verb
• individual words made from two or more words
• a word used to describe an action or state of being

Author's purpose is...

• the main events of a story in order
• the authors reason for writing: persuade, inform, entertain
• hints found within a text that the reader can use to understand unknown words

A compound word is...

• individual words made from two or more words
• brief statement of the main points of a text
• a word or phrase that means the same thing as another word or phrase

Context clues are...

• the lesson or moral learned from a text
• the most basic part of a word
• hints found within a text that the reader can use to understand unknown words

A homonym is...

• two words that are spelled or sound the same that mean different things
• marks used to separate sentences and their elements
• a word or phrase that means the same thing as another word or phrase

Plot is...

• brief statement of the main points of a text
• the main events of a story in order
• a sentence that states the main thought of a paragraph

A pronoun is...

• a word that replaces a noun
• a word used to describe an action or state of being
• an affix placed before the root word

Punctuation is defined by...

• where and when a story takes place
• an affix placed before the root word
• marks used to separate sentences and their elements

Quotation marks are...

• marks used on either side of a word or phrase in order to identify it as a quote, direct speech, or a title
• a sentence that states the main thought of a paragraph
• the most basic part of a word