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Summarizing Informational Text (Vocabulary Review)

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Established means:

a)

to know the answer

b)

to begin or set up; create

c)

conducting a scientific experiment

d)

to disappear

2.

Demonstration means:

a)

display of public feeling or display; a clear proof of something.

b)

to stay balanced for a period of time

c)

an inquiry about something

3.

Summarize means:

a)

make an educated guess about something

b)

a specific detail pertaining to a piece of information

c)

the ability to explain the most important parts of something in your own words

4.

Introduce means:

a)

to walk away from something

b)

to make known by name; provide knowledge of something

c)

to know the meaning of a word by heart

5.

Key Details mean:

a)

An example or piece of specific information in a text that helps explain the main idea; the most important facts

b)

The overall idea of a topic

c)

The point you are trying to make about something

6.

Main Idea means:

a)

The overall most important thought that the author is trying to convey about his writing; the topic plus the point

b)

The point of the subject

c)

The topic of the subject

7.

A summary is:

a)

the overall point of the text

b)

to separate an idea into one detail

c)

a retelling of text in your own words, explaining the most important events and details

8.

To analyze means to:

a)

to closely and carefully examine a piece of text.

b)

to make a general, broad statement

c)

to make an educated guess

9.

To predict means to:

a)

to know what will happen for a fact

b)

know the author's point of view

c)

to say what you think will happen

10.

Origins are:

a)

the latest model of something

b)

where something came from initially

c)

copies of materials

11.

Pronunciation means:

a)

the way you say a word when you speak it

b)

knowing a foreign language

c)

clapping the syllables of words

12.

Complex means:

a)

finding an answer that is "right there" in the text

b)

an easy way out

c)

consisting of many parts; difficult to understand

13.

Elaborate means:

a)

very plain

b)

having much detail; made or created with careful attention

c)

easily duplicated

14.

Independent means:

a)

not being ruled or controlled by other people

b)

following certain rules

c)

having a common way of doing things

15.

Rebellion means:

a)

following the rules

b)

making a plan for something

c)

having strong opposition toward any authority

16.

Social means:

a)

avoiding people by any means necessary

b)

relating to society or its organization; being involved with a community or a group

c)

working many hours

17.

Expert means:

a)

knowing very little about something or someone

b)

a person who has great knowledge or skill in an area or field of something

c)

the ability to fly an aircraft

18.

Dozen means:

a)

nine of something

b)

thirteen of something

c)

twelve of something

19.

Invented means:

a)

to make, create, or produce something that did not exist previously

b)

to destroy something

c)

to record something in a journal

20.

Century means:

a)

100 years

b)

1,000 years

c)

250 years

21.

Consumers are:

a)

people who buy and use goods or services

b)

people who throw things away

c)

people who collect trinkets

22.

Manufacture means:

a)

to make; especially by using machinery

b)

to cook slowly

c)

to injure yourself

23.

coin-operated means:

a)

uses credit cards to work

b)

uses coins to work

c)

uses a ticket system to work

24.

average means:

a)

ordinary or not above par; simple

b)

above and beyond the standard of something; excellent

c)

a single answer

25.

an arcade is:

a)

a very old document

b)

a car made before assembly lines were created

c)

a public area containing games of a mechanical and electrical creation, that has coin-operated machines for people to play.

26.

electrical engineering means:

a)

machines that assist in making aircraft devices

b)

a branch of work that deals with the technology of electricity, its components, and systems

c)

working with waterfalls

27.

to have access means:

a)

to devise a plan for something

b)

to be denied entrance into a building

c)

to have permission to do something

28.

To advance in something:

a)

start over

b)

the beginning

c)

to move forward with something

29.

If something or someone is an annoyance, it means:

a)

being very friendly

b)

the person or the object is very bothersome or irritating

c)

to work quietly

30.

If you are baffled, you are:

a)

ill

b)

very hot

c)

ecstatic

d)

confused

31.

Something that is brilliant is:

a)

very bright or shiny

b)

confusing

c)

extremely slow

32.

When something is constant, it is:

a)

never happens

b)

always occurring; happening all the time

c)

stops and starts over and over

33.

What is a conversation?

a)

a particular way of doing things

b)

a discussion between two or more people

c)

a constellation in the Milky Way

34.

If something declines, it:

a)

increases rapidly

b)

grows smaller or less in the amount

c)

raises up

35.

Text Organization is:

a)

the organization of your text

b)

the main idea of the article

c)

random order of events

36.

When you restate something, you:

a)

only say it once

b)

say it over and over again in a different language

c)

repeat or retell what you previously said