Reference Materials Practice

A thesaurus helps you-

• find synonyms to words

• find out more about a place

• find what words mean

• find more information on a topic

A dictionary helps you-

• find synonyms to words

• find out more about a place

• find what words mean

• find more information on a topic

An encyclopedia helps you-

• find synonyms to words

• find out more about a place

• find what words mean

• find more information on a topic

What would be the best resource to use if you needed to find the location of Washington, D.C.?

• Thesaurus

• Encyclopedia

• Television

• Atlas

What would be the best resource to use if a question asked for the pronunciation of a word? 

• Encyclopedia

• Thesaurus

• Dictionary

• Atlas

What would be the best resource to use if you needed another word for "quiet?"

• Dictionary

• Atlas

• Thesaurus

• Encyclopedia

You want to find another word for "big". 

• atlas

• encyclopedia

• dictionary

• thesaurus

Refer to the dictionary entry in the photo: Which sentence correctly uses the second definition of rebound?

• My grades rebounded after I stayed after school for tutoring.

• The game turned on a great rebound.

• The softball rebounded off the catcher's mit and hit the batter in the eye.

• Every great player must be able to recover a rebound.

Refer to the dictionary entry in the photo: Which sentence correctly uses the first definition of obstruct?

• The terrorists' plan was obstructed by the witness's report.

• The snowbanks completely obstructed the roads in and out of our neighborhood.

• We expected an ocean view, but our view of the beach was obstructed by the construction crane.

• An emergency meeting of the basketball team obstructed our ability to get practice over with early.

Refer to the dictionary entry in the photo: What part of speech is the word import?

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb