Understanding Key Vocabulary Terms

What does the word "explain" mean?

• To make something clear or easy to understand

• To make something more difficult

• To ignore something

• To hide information

What is an "instance"?

• A type of animal

• An example of a particular action or situation

• A kind of food

• A place to visit

What are "consequences"?

• Things that happen before an action

• Things that happen as a result of an action

• Things that never happen

• Things that are imaginary

What is a "thesis"?

• A question you ask in class

• A statement someone wants to discuss or prove

• A type of animal

• A kind of book

What does "refute" mean?

• To agree with something

• To prove or say that something is not true

• To write a story

• To make something bigger

What does "successive" mean?

• Happening at the same time

• Following one after the other in a series

• Never happening

• Being the first

What does "illustrates" mean?

• To draw a picture

• To give examples to make something easier to understand

• To erase something

• To hide information

What does "determine" mean?

• To guess without information

• To learn or find out something by getting information

• To forget something

• To ignore facts

What does "crucial" mean?

• Not important

• Extremely important

• Very small

• Very easy

What is a "concluding sentence"?

• The first sentence in a paragraph

• Sums up the paragraph

• A question in the middle of a paragraph

• A sentence with a lot of details