Academic Vocab. Final

Charlotte and Hannah are comparing their favorite books. What does the term "compare" mean in this context?

• To contrast things and find differences

• To find things alike or similar

• To describe the characteristics of one item

• To analyze the importance of an event

Benjamin is creating a presentation for his class project. He wants to make sure that his classmates can easily identify the most important parts of his presentation. What feature should he use in his document?

• To provide additional information in the form of images

• To highlight the most important parts of a text

• To decorate the text

• To summarize the text content

Zoe is learning new words in her English class. Her teacher asks, "What does 'synonym' mean?"

• A word that sounds the same as another word

• A word that has the opposite meaning of another word

• A word that means the same as another word

• A word that is spelled the same as another word

Isla is writing an article for the school newspaper. What is her "author's purpose" for writing, as defined in the document?

• To entertain, persuade, and argue

• To inform, entertain, and describe

• To persuade, inform, explain, and entertain

• To narrate, describe, and convince

Grace is reading a book about the solar system. What does the term "central idea or main idea" refer to in the context of her book?

• What the text is MOSTLY about

• A picture or drawing

• The narrator of a poem

• Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

What are context clues?

• Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

• The order in which things happen or should happen

• Most helpful

• A picture or drawing

Evelyn and Liam were playing a word game. Evelyn asked Liam, "What is an antonym?"

• A word that can be added to the BEGINNING of a word to make new word

• A word that means the OPPOSITE of another word

• The person telling the story

• The order in which things happen or should happen

What is meant by the term "sequence"?

• The arrangement in which events occur or are supposed to occur

• A stanza in a poem

• A suffix that can be attached to a word to form a new word

• The narrator of a story

What does it mean to contribute?

• To give or help

• The order in which things happen or should happen

• A word part that can be added to the BEGINNING of a word to make new word

• A group of lines in a poem

What is "text structure"?

• How the information within a written text is organized

• A word that means the OPPOSITE of another word

• A picture or drawing

• The person telling the story