Unit 1: Fast & Curious Vocabulary

Pick the word that matches the following definition: "Writing notes or comments on a text to highlight important parts or share your own thoughts."

• Annotating

• Explicit meaning

• Inference

• Prediction

Pick the word that matches the following definition: "An idea that is easy to understand, clear, and doesn't leave much room for guessing."

• Inference

• Key idea

• Notetaking

• Explicit meaning

Pick the word that matches the following definition: "An idea that you have to figure out by looking closely at details, actions, tone, how people talk, their body language, or what you see."

• Paraphrase

• Prediction

• Implicit meaning

• Summarize

Pick the word that matches the following definition: "A logical guess made by connecting bits of information"

• Paraphrase

• Inference

• Key idea

• Summarize

Pick the word that matches the following definition: "Key points in a story that help explain the main message, theme, or mood."

• Annotating

• Inference

• Key idea

• Summarize

Pick the word that matches the following definition: "Outlining or summarizing the main ideas from a lecture, book, or other piece of information to help remember them better."

• Annotating

• Notetaking

• Paraphrasing

• Summarize

Pick the word that matches the following definition: "To restate the meaning of something in different words. To change the original wording of a text without adding any opinions or explanations."

• Annotating

• Notetaking

• Paraphrasing

• Summarize

Pick the word that matches the following definition: "Making a guess about what will happen next by looking at the details and thinking about them carefully."

• Inference

• Key idea

• Explicit meaning

• Prediction

Pick the word that matches the following definition: "To shorten a big piece of writing by focusing on the most important points and main idea."

• Summarize

• Paraphrase

• Key idea

• Prediction