Worksheets15+5 Powerful Words
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When you write to present your opinion as true
a)
argumentative
b)
idiom
c)
explain
d)
summarize
2.
How are they different?
a)
compare
b)
infer
c)
contrast
d)
explain
3.
Back up with details
Tell why
How do you know?
Tell why
How do you know?
a)
explain
b)
support
c)
describe
d)
infer
4.
Break apart
Think through
Break into pieces
Think through
Break into pieces
a)
infer
b)
explain
c)
describe
d)
analyze
5.
Judge its worth
a)
evaluate
b)
explain
c)
infer
d)
describe
6.
Come up with
Plan
Plan
a)
narrative
b)
formulate
c)
hyperbole
d)
describe
7.
Tell in your own words
Who, What, When, Where, Why, How?
Might need to use sensory words
Who, What, When, Where, Why, How?
Might need to use sensory words
a)
summarize
b)
argumentative
c)
compare
d)
describe
8.
EXAMPLE: That class is as a boring as watching paint dry.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
9.
Tell how
Who, What, When, Where, Why, How
Who, What, When, Where, Why, How
a)
informational
b)
argumentative
c)
explain
d)
trace
10.
EXAMPLE: My bed has a tight grip on me every Saturday morning.
a)
metaphor
b)
hyperbole
c)
personification
d)
simile
11.
How are they the same?
Alike
Alike
a)
contrast
b)
compare
c)
simile
d)
infer
12.
EXAMPLE: Lol, I’m dead at that.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
13.
What will happen next?
What will happen in the future?
What will happen in the future?
a)
predict
b)
argumentative
c)
explanatory
d)
summarize
14.
When you write to GIVE INFORMATION from a text, EXPLAIN INFORMATION in a text, or EXPLAIN HOW TO DO or make something
a)
summarize
b)
argumentative
c)
informational/explanatory
d)
narrative
15.
Give me the short version
Only give main ideas and leave out most details
Only give main ideas and leave out most details
a)
summarize
b)
explain
c)
describe
d)
infer
16.
When you write a story that includes exposition, conflict, rising/falling action, climax, and resolution
a)
summary
b)
informational
c)
narrative
d)
explanatory
17.
EXAMPLE: That store was a zoo the day before Christmas!
a)
explain
b)
metaphor
c)
describe
d)
summarize
18.
List in 1, 2, 3 order
List in steps Sequence
List in steps Sequence
a)
describe
b)
explain
c)
summarize
d)
trace
19.
EXAMPLE: Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
a)
personification
b)
idiom
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
20.
Conclude
hypothesis
educated (smart) guess
read between the lines
hypothesis
educated (smart) guess
read between the lines
a)
infer
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
personification
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