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SBAC VOCAB PRACTICE 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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