Vocabulary Quiz

What does 'Sentries' mean?

• Guards or soldiers who stand watch to protect a place or people.

• A deep, narrow opening in the earth, rock, or another surface.

• Shines with a sparkling or shimmering light.

• Firmly placed or set within something else.

Noah and Grace were hiking in the mountains when they came across a 'Chasm'. What does 'Chasm' mean?

• A deep, narrow opening in the earth, rock, or another surface.

• Wearing away or gradually destroying something, often by wind, water, or time.

• To examine two or more things to find their similarities.

• To look at two or more things to find their differences.

What does 'Glistens' mean?

• Shines with a sparkling or shimmering light.

• Logical guesses made using clues from the text and prior knowledge.

• A figure of speech that compares two things using 'like' or 'as.'

• A figure of speech that compares two things without using 'like' or 'as.'

What does 'Embedded' mean?

• Firmly placed or set within something else.

• Wearing away or gradually destroying something, often by wind, water, or time.

• To examine two or more things to find their similarities.

• To look at two or more things to find their differences.

What does 'Eroding' mean in the context of a riverbank?

• Wearing away or gradually destroying something, often by wind, water, or time.

• Logical guesses made using clues from the text and prior knowledge.

• A figure of speech that compares two things using 'like' or 'as.'

• A figure of speech that compares two things without using 'like' or 'as.'

Grace and Sophia are comparing their favorite books. What does 'Compare' mean in this context?

• To examine two or more things to find their similarities.

• To look at two or more things to find their differences.

• Logical guesses made using clues from the text and prior knowledge.

• A figure of speech that compares two things using 'like' or 'as.'

What does 'Contrast' mean?

• To look at two or more things to find their differences.

• Logical guesses made using clues from the text and prior knowledge.

• A figure of speech that compares two things using 'like' or 'as.'

• A figure of speech that compares two things without using 'like' or 'as.'

Mia is reading a mystery novel and trying to figure out who the culprit is. What does 'Inferences' mean in this context?

• Logical guesses made using clues from the text and prior knowledge.

• A figure of speech that compares two things using 'like' or 'as.'

• A figure of speech that compares two things without using 'like' or 'as.'

• To look at two or more things to find their differences.

What does 'Simile' mean?

• A figure of speech that compares two things using 'like' or 'as.'

• A figure of speech that compares two things without using 'like' or 'as.'

• To look at two or more things to find their differences.

• Logical guesses made using clues from the text and prior knowledge.

What does 'Metaphor' mean?

• A figure of speech that compares two things without using 'like' or 'as.'

• To look at two or more things to find their differences.

• Logical guesses made using clues from the text and prior knowledge.

• A figure of speech that compares two things using 'like' or 'as.'