Unit 1 Vocabulary Quiz

Disquiet most nearly means:

• Happiness

• Calmness

• Anxiety

• Confidence

If someone is prickly, they are likely to be:

• Smooth

• Friendly

• Irritable

• Soft

To elaborate on a topic means to:

• Simplify it

• Ignore it

• Refuse it

• Explain it in detail

When people collaborate, they:

• Work alone

• Work together

• Argue

• Compete

If something is relevant, it is:

• Unrelated

• Important

• Outdated

• Ordinary

Skepticism is best described as:

• Belief

• Trust

• Doubt

• Ordinary

If a mouse scurried across the floor, it:

• Walked slowly

• Stopped moving

• Ran quickly

• Slept

An author's purpose is:

• The main character in a story

• The reason why the author wrote the text

• The setting of the story

• The climax of the plot

Text structure refers to:

• The order of words in a sentence

• The framework of a written text

• The length of a book

• The main character's dialogue

To annotate a text means to:

• Illustrate it

• Summarize it

• Make notes on it

• Rewrite it