VUSD SBAC Vocabulary Review

When the narrator of the story is also a character in the story, the words 'me', 'I', and 'we' are used. This is called.

• third person point of view

• second person point of view

• first person point of view

• omniscient point of view

What is a detail in writing?

• A specific piece of information that supports the main idea.

• A general statement that summarizes the main idea.

• An opinion that reflects the author's feelings.

• A conclusion drawn from multiple sources.

What does it mean to analyze?

• To examine something in detail.

• To ignore the details of something.

• To summarize information briefly.

• To create a hypothesis about something.

What is a paragraph?

• A single sentence that expresses a complete thought.

• A group of sentences that talk about one main idea.

• A collection of unrelated sentences.

• A type of punctuation used in writing.

What does it mean to summarize?

• To provide a detailed analysis of a text.

• To give a brief statement of the main points.

• To rewrite a text in one's own words.

• To critique the main arguments of a text.

When you repeat someone else's words exactly this is called a.

• Paraphrase

• Summary

• Quotation

• Citation

What is the main idea of a text?

• The most important point or message the author wants to convey.

• A summary of the text's content.

• The author's opinion on a subject.

• The conclusion drawn from the text.

What does it mean to compare?

• To find out the similarities between two or more things.

• To identify the differences between two or more things.

• To analyze the quality of one item against another.

• To measure the size of two or more objects.

The marks such as period, comma or parentheses in writing.

• grammar

• punctuation

• syntax

• vocabulary

What does contrast mean?

• To find out the similarities between two or more things.

• To find out the differences between two or more things.

• To combine two or more things into one.

• To analyze the quality of one thing.