Academic Language and Literacy Concepts Quiz

What is the term for the language required to participate in academic instruction and academic discourse?

• Academic language

• Adverb

• Alliteration

• Antonym

Which instructional approach is designed to foster meaningful conversation, respectful debate, and academic discourse needed to build collective knowledge of its participants?

• Accountable talk

• Analyze

• Antagonist

• Assessment

What is the ability to read words correctly called?

• Accuracy

• Affix

• Allegory

• Article

Which strategy involves recalling relevant prior knowledge and experiences from long-term memory to extract and construct meaning from text?

• Activating strategy

• Anticipation guide

• Argument writing

• Automaticity

What do adjectives describe?

• Nouns

• Verbs

• Adverbs

• Pronouns

What is an adverb used to describe?

• A verb, adjective, or another adverb

• A noun

• A prefix

• A story

What is a term that refers to both prefixes and suffixes?

• Affix

• Antonym

• Allusion

• Article

Which literary device is defined as a story used to teach something?

• Allegory

• Alliteration

• Antagonist

• Assessment

What is the use of the same letter or sound to start each word in a string called?

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Analyze

• Antonym

What is a reference to a well-known person, myth, or historical event called?

• Allusion

• Affix

• Anticipation guide

• Article