WorksheetsSBAC VOCAB PRACTICE (BIG LIST)
Total questions: 97
Worksheet time: 49mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. Information, measurements, and statistics are correct to a very detailed level.2. Statement or account gives a true or fair judgment of something 3. Can be used to describe the results of someone's actions when they do or copy something correctly or exactly.
a)
accurate
b)
observation
c)
character's action
d)
text structure -pro/con
e)
elaboration
2.
What the character does
a)
accurate
b)
character's action
c)
elaboration
d)
text structure -pro/con
e)
inference
3.
1. Telling someone what they have just said is wrong or suggesting that it is wrong by saying something different 2. When one statement makes the other appear to be wrong.
a)
purpose for writing-explanatory
b)
observation
c)
contradict
d)
inference
e)
text structure -pro/con
4.
Details added to explain or describe the evidence.
a)
contradict
b)
purpose for writing-explanatory
c)
inference
d)
elaboration
e)
sensory language/details
5.
A conclusion that you make about something by using information that you already have about it
a)
elaboration
b)
accurate
c)
character's action
d)
purpose for writing-explanatory
e)
inference
6.
Something that you have learned by seeing or watching something and thinking about it
a)
elaboration
b)
text structure -pro/con
c)
accurate
d)
observation
e)
contradict
7.
To explain or describe an event or situation using relevant information.
a)
contradict
b)
sensory language/details
c)
purpose for writing-explanatory
d)
observation
e)
character's action
8.
Writing that uses the five senses: touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing.
a)
accurate
b)
sensory language/details
c)
contradict
d)
elaboration
e)
observation
9.
An essay format that looks at both the positives and the negatives of a given topic.
a)
text structure -pro/con
b)
accurate
c)
purpose for writing-explanatory
d)
inference
e)
sensory language/details
10.
A letter or group of letters, for example, 'un-' or '-y,' which is added to either the beginning or the end of a word to form a different word with a different meaning. For example, 'un-' is added to 'kind' to form 'unkind.'
a)
affix
b)
author's intent
c)
resolve
d)
illustrate (7)
e)
punctuation
11.
What the author had in mind when they were writing. To understand it, you should think about their purpose, perspective, audience, and tone.
a)
affix
b)
author's intent
c)
resolve
d)
evidence
e)
key detail
12.
Groups of words that contain a subject and a verb
a)
key detail
b)
sequence of events
c)
clause (8)
d)
reference/identify sources
e)
resolve
13.
An item that actually exists
a)
tone
b)
evidence
c)
author's intent
d)
concrete detail
e)
style
14.
Explains what something is using details about it.
a)
description
b)
word-choice (8)
c)
tone
d)
narrator
e)
description
15.
The information that is used in an essay to try to prove something
a)
narrator
b)
key detail
c)
clause (8)
d)
evidence
e)
tone
16.
To use an example, story, or diagram to show that what you are saying is true or make your meaning clearer.
a)
punctuation
b)
description
c)
illustrate (7)
d)
sequence of events
e)
opposing claim (7)
17.
Important piece of information that support the central idea of the text
a)
reference/identify sources
b)
key detail
c)
plot
d)
resolve
18.
The person who is telling the events of a story. They determine the point of view.
a)
narrator
b)
evidence
c)
description
d)
style
19.
a counterargument
a)
evidence
b)
opposing claim (7)
c)
author's intent
d)
affix
e)
word-choice (8)
20.
The sequence of events that make up a story
a)
style
b)
reference/identify sources
c)
plot
d)
style
e)
affix
21.
The use of symbols such as periods, commas, or question marks to divide written words into sentences and clauses
a)
plot
b)
affix
c)
opposing claim (7)
d)
punctuation
e)
word-choice (8)
22.
To provide information about where the information came from and give credit to the original author
a)
concrete details
b)
punctuation
c)
opposing claim (7)
d)
resolve
e)
reference/identify sources
23.
To find a solution to a problem, conflict, or argument
a)
illustrate (7)
b)
clause (8)
c)
word-choice (8)
d)
resolve
e)
opposing claim (7)
24.
Events that occur one after another in a specific order
a)
author's intent
b)
illustrate (7)
c)
sequence of events
d)
concrete details
e)
plot
25.
The way a writer writes. It is shown through the writer’s use of sentence structure, word choice, and tone.
a)
key detail
b)
style
c)
concrete details
d)
narrator
e)
description
26.
The attitude of the writer toward a subject. It is shown through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject.
a)
tone
b)
clause (8)
c)
narrator
d)
plot
e)
concrete details
27.
The use of vocabulary and language to create clear moods and images and make stories and poems more powerful and vivid
a)
word-choice (8)
b)
affix
c)
illustrate (7)
d)
reference/identify sources
e)
sequence of events
28.
A website containing a diary or journal on a particular subject.
a)
blog
b)
focus
c)
visualize
d)
text structure -problem/solution
e)
tension
29.
How the characters communicate with other characters as they work or spend time together
a)
purpose for writing-argumentative
b)
characters' interactions
c)
interpretation
d)
focus
e)
edit
30.
1. To decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis 2. To say the last thing that you are going to say.
a)
tension
b)
source(s)
c)
conclude
d)
mental picture (writing)
e)
interpretation
31.
To present a thoughtful response to show disagreement with an idea or argument.
a)
focus
b)
edit
c)
focus
d)
counterclaim (7)
e)
text structure -problem/solution
32.
To make corrections to something
a)
purpose for writing-argumentative
b)
phrase
c)
mental picture (writing)
d)
interpretation
e)
edit
33.
The main topic or the main thing that it is concerned with
a)
focus
b)
interpretation
c)
edit
d)
counterclaim (7)
34.
An opinion or explanations about what something means
a)
text structure -problem/solution
b)
interpretation
c)
source(s)
d)
revise
e)
research
35.
Something that is not present but is produced in a reader's mind through the author's use of description
a)
research
b)
quotation
c)
mental picture (writing)
d)
edit
e)
counterclaim (7)
36.
A group of words that are a unit within a sentence. It is not a complete thought, and it does contain a subject and a verb.
a)
conclude
b)
characters' interactions
c)
blog
d)
phrase
e)
purpose for writing-argumentative
37.
To change people's points of view, persuade them to accept new points of view, and to persuade people to a particular action or new behavior
a)
blog
b)
visualize
c)
text structure -problem/solution
d)
tension
e)
purpose for writing-argumentative
38.
A sentence or phrase taken from a book, poem, speech, or play, which is repeated by someone else.
a)
edit
b)
counterclaim (7)
c)
conclude
d)
quotation
e)
characters' interactions
39.
Work that involves studying something and trying to discover facts about it.
a)
quotation
b)
purpose for writing-argumentative
c)
research
d)
characters' interactions
e)
blog
40.
When you change your writing to improve it.
a)
blog
b)
revise
c)
interpretation
d)
focus
e)
edit
41.
As a writer, it is the person or place the information you use comes from. As a reader, it is the person or place the author takes their information from
a)
source(s)
b)
mental picture (writing)
c)
research
d)
quotation
e)
purpose for writing-argumentative
42.
The element in a story that causes emotions such as worry, anxiety, fear, and stress on both the reader and the characters in it.
a)
mental picture (writing)
b)
tension
c)
mental picture (writing)
d)
interpretation
e)
focus
43.
An essay format that discusses a challenge or difficulty and suggests ways that it can overcome or fixed.
a)
characters' interactions
b)
blog
c)
text structure -problem/solution
d)
purpose for writing-argumentative
e)
phrase
44.
When you imagine what it is like by forming a mental picture of it
a)
conclude
b)
characters' interactions
c)
blog
d)
visualize
e)
conclude
45.
An explanation or description that results from considering something carefully
a)
analysis
b)
setting
c)
relationship
d)
closure
e)
conflict
46.
The "big idea" of the text or a part of the text. It is what the author wants the reader to learn or take away from reading the text.
a)
imaginary
b)
author's message
c)
conflict
d)
point of view
e)
relationship
47.
Use of the use of an upper case letter at the beginning of a word
a)
excerpt
b)
summarize
c)
capitalization
d)
point of view
e)
conflict
48.
The final paragraph of an essay or the final sentence of a paragraph that gives the reader the sense the writing is finished.
a)
author's message
b)
analysis
c)
text structure -cause-effect
d)
closure
e)
excerpt
49.
A literary device characterized by a struggle between two opposing forces
a)
capitalization
b)
author's message
c)
summarize
d)
text structure -cause-effect
e)
conflict
50.
The main point of a paragraph or essay
a)
develop ideas
b)
key event
c)
organization
d)
controlling idea
51.
Using evidence and elaboration to support the main points of a piece of writing
a)
text structure -cause-effect
b)
conflict
c)
develop ideas
d)
excerpt
e)
organization
52.
A short piece of writing or music taken from a larger piece of writing
a)
closure
b)
excerpt
c)
author's message
d)
summarize
e)
text structure -cause-effect
53.
When a person, place, or thing exists only in your mind or in a story, and not in real life
a)
imaginary
b)
text structure -cause-effect
c)
conflict
d)
author's message
e)
setting
54.
Important moments in a narrative
a)
controlling idea
b)
key event
c)
topic
d)
text structure -cause-effect
e)
analysis
55.
How different parts of something are put together or connect to each other
a)
capitalization
b)
setting
c)
organization
d)
controlling idea
e)
imaginary
56.
The position of the narrator in relation to the story
a)
imaginary
b)
key event
c)
relationship
d)
point of view
e)
summarize
57.
How two or more things (characters, events, or ideas) are connected.
a)
capitalization
b)
closure
c)
setting
d)
relationship
58.
The time and place in which the story takes place.
a)
organization
b)
point of view
c)
summarize
d)
setting
e)
author's message
59.
A short piece of writing that gives the main points of a longer price of writing but does not give the details.
a)
organization
b)
controlling idea
c)
summarize
d)
develop ideas
e)
key event
60.
An essay format that discusses events that lead to specific results
a)
closure
b)
text structure -cause-effect
c)
key event
d)
imaginary
e)
excerpt
61.
The subject being discussed or written about.
a)
topic
b)
excerpt
c)
develop ideas
d)
analysis
e)
point of view
62.
A piece of writing in which a person writes about their opinion supported by accurate facts.
a)
argumentative article/text/ essay
b)
characters' relationship
c)
credible
d)
multi-paragraph
e)
quoting
63.
The main point that the author is making--also called the main idea. It is what the article is mostly about.
a)
conclusion
b)
quoting
c)
root word
d)
voice (8)
e)
central idea
64.
How the characters feel and behave towards other characters
a)
quoting
b)
irrelevant (8)
c)
editorial
d)
characters' relationship
e)
research question
65.
1. A decision about something after it has been given careful thought 2. The ending of something
a)
irrelevant (8)
b)
voice (8)
c)
conclusion
d)
credible
e)
multi-paragraph
66.
1. Done in the same way over time 2. Things that work well together or are in agreement with each other
a)
research question
b)
consistent (8)
c)
multi-paragraph
d)
voice (8)
e)
credible
67.
Able to be trusted or believed
a)
credible
b)
central idea
c)
plagiarism
d)
characters' relationship
e)
grammar usage
68.
An article that gives the opinion of the author on a topic or item of news
a)
essay
b)
editorial
c)
conclusion
d)
irrelevant (8)
e)
central idea
69.
A short piece of writing on a particular subject
a)
theme
b)
root word
c)
essay
d)
multi-paragraph
e)
grammar usage
70.
Application of rules about writing in English
a)
consistent (8)
b)
editorial
c)
plagiarism
d)
grammar usage
e)
research question
71.
Not connected with, or important to, what you are discussing, writing, or reading.
a)
plagiarism
b)
central idea
c)
consistent (8)
d)
plagiarism
e)
irrelevant (8)
72.
More than one paragraph
a)
multi-paragraph
b)
theme
c)
essay
d)
research question
e)
specific detail
73.
The practice of using or copying someone else's idea or work and pretending that you thought of it or created it
a)
quoting
b)
plagiarism
c)
root word
d)
specific detail
e)
editorial
74.
Referring to an exact sentence or phrase taken from a book, poem, speech, or play.
a)
characters' relationship
b)
specific detail
c)
quoting
d)
grammar usage
e)
argumentative article/text/ essay
75.
The question that your research revolves around.
a)
conclusion
b)
voice (8)
c)
editorial
d)
research question
e)
argumentative article/text/ essay
76.
A basic word with no prefix or suffix added to it.
a)
credible
b)
multi-paragraph
c)
conclusion
d)
irrelevant (8)
e)
root word
77.
An item that is exact and accurate
a)
theme
b)
root word
c)
multi-paragraph
d)
specific detail
e)
grammar usage
78.
The underlying meaning or message of a piece of writing. It may be stated directly or indirectly.
a)
theme
b)
root word
c)
consistent (8)
d)
argumentative article/text/ essay
e)
plagiarism
79.
The writer’s particular style in a story or piece of writing. It is a mixture of vocabulary, tone, point of view, and sentence variety that makes phrases, sentences, and paragraphs flow in a particular manner.
a)
voice (8)
b)
central idea
c)
research question
d)
characters' relationship
e)
consistent (8)
80.
A word that means the opposite.
a)
antonym
b)
dialogue
c)
text structure -compare/contrast
d)
effective
e)
transition words
81.
The reason that the author chose to write the passage. It is usually described as persuade, entertain, or inform,
a)
inaccurate
b)
author's or speaker's purpose
c)
integrate information/ideas
d)
shift in narrator's perspective (8)
e)
conventions
82.
To note what is similar and different about two or more things
a)
support
b)
antonym
c)
compare/contrast
d)
organize
e)
support
83.
The words, sentences, or text before and after a word or phrase which help to make its meaning clear
a)
conventions
b)
explanatory article/text
c)
antonym
d)
context (7)
e)
inaccurate
84.
Correct use of spelling, punctuation, and grammar
a)
logical progression of ideas
b)
pre-write
c)
compare/contrast
d)
transition words
e)
conventions
85.
The exchange of spoken words between two or more characters in a book, play, or other written work.
a)
dialogue
b)
pre-write
c)
transition words
d)
antonym
e)
effective
86.
When something works well or does its job
a)
inaccurate
b)
effective
c)
shift in narrator's perspective (8)
d)
conventions
e)
explanatory article/text
87.
A piece of writing that explains a topic, the ideas of another person, a process to follow, or an event that has taken place.
a)
author's or speaker's purpose
b)
relevant
c)
explanatory article/text
d)
text structure -compare/contrast
e)
organize
88.
When a statement or measurement is not correct.
a)
conventions
b)
relevant
c)
logical progression of ideas
d)
inaccurate
e)
context (7)
89.
To link ideas and information with ideas and information that are already there, tying them together by making connections
a)
logical progression of ideas
b)
antonym
c)
compare/contrast
d)
author's or speaker's purpose
e)
integrate information/ideas
90.
In explanatory writing, going from one idea to another most sensibly and likely.
a)
logical progression of ideas
b)
relevant
c)
effective
d)
text structure -compare/contrast
e)
integrate information/ideas
91.
To arrange something in a specific way or give it a structure
a)
logical progression of ideas
b)
organize
c)
shift in narrator's perspective (8)
d)
pre-write
e)
transition words
92.
The writing and brainstorming completed preparing for another piece of writing
a)
integrate information/ideas
b)
compare/contrast
c)
pre-write
d)
organize
e)
support
93.
This describes something that fits in with and is important to a situation.
a)
inaccurate
b)
context (7)
c)
support
d)
relevant
e)
shift in narrator's perspective (8)
94.
A change in the way the narrator sees things
a)
relevant
b)
explanatory article/text
c)
dialogue
d)
effective
e)
shift in narrator's perspective (8)
95.
A fact that helps show that a claim is correct
a)
support
b)
compare/contrast
c)
dialogue
d)
author's or speaker's purpose
e)
text structure -compare/contrast
96.
An essay format that discusses two or more topics and how they are similar and different.
a)
pre-write
b)
text structure -compare/contrast
c)
context (7)
d)
author's or speaker's purpose
e)
relevant
97.
Linking or connecting words used to link together different ideas in your text.
a)
integrate information/ideas
b)
dialogue
c)
transition words
d)
context (7)
e)
organize
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