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WorksheetsVocabulary Multiple Choice Quiz 8th grade AIR
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 31mins
to examine something carefully and with focus
Apply
Argument
Analyze
Cite
to connect something you know or can do to another situation
Apply
Compare
Clarify
Evaluate
right or correct in a particular situation or context
Plagiarize
Appropriate
Paraphrase
Relevant
an idea supported by evidence or reasoning
Passage
Counterclaim
Argument
Mood
To evaluate or judge the value of something.
Assess
Synthesize
Summarize
Rank
The people who will read or listen to a text or speech.
Source
Audience
Phrase
Claim
to mention or quote as an example to support an idea, claim, or opinion
Cite
Compare
Develop
Compose
to state a position that may go against the positions of others stand
Claim
Closure
Critique
Design
To make something easier to understand.
Assess
Clarify
Evaluate
Define
The conclusion or resolution of an idea or story.
Critique
Passage
Closure
Theme
To show similarities between two things.
Contrast
Compare
Transform
Rank
To create or write.
Delineate
Apply
Compose
Summarize
To highlight differences between two things.
Contrast
Support
Evaluate
Determine
The correct rules of writing and grammar.
Conventions
Paraphrase
Logical
Synthesize
a claim that goes against a previous claim
Counterclaim
Source
Phrase
Mood
Trustworthy and reliable.
Justify
Precise
Credible
Apply
to express your opinion about the good and bad parts of something
Critique
Passage
Formulate
Closure
To clearly explain the meaning of a word or idea.
Define
Rank
Synthesize
Delineate
to clearly show or describe
Determine
Delineate
Plagiarize
Predict
To create or plan something.
Theme
Design
Apply
Compare
A specific piece of information or description.
Detail
Predict
Transform
Paraphrase
to decide the truth or validity of something (facts, statistics, or claims)
Determine
Explain
Compose
Assess
To improve or expand upon something.
Develop
Rank
Compare
Predict
A conversation between characters.
Counterclaim
Dialogue
Tone
Text feature
An abbreviation meaning “for example.”
I.e.
E.g.
Etc.
P.S.
a formal and focused piece of writing, usually containing multiple paragraphs
Essay
Passage
Phrase
Source
to determine the value, worth, or importance of something after careful consideration
Predict
Evaluate
Transform
Rank
Information that supports a claim.
Evidence
Critique
Source
Conventions
To make something clear by describing it in detail.
Explain
Define
Assess
Compare
true and provable piece of information
Mood
Formal style
Fact
Argument
A serious and professional way of writing.
Informal tone
Formal style
Tone
Audience
to develop and explain all the details of an idea, thought, or conclusion
Formulate
Plagiarize
Predict
Text
to use information you have been given to come to a conclusion
Infer
Compare
Summarize
Paraphrase
To provide a reason or explanation for something.
Justify
Predict
Develop
Contrast
Based on sound reasoning or sense.
Logical
Theme
Precise
Plagiarize
The feeling a text creates for the reader.
Theme
Mood
Conventions
Rank
presenting information in a way that is not emotional or biased
Objective tone
Mood
Argument
Theme
the appropriate arrangement of parts in an orderly and efficient way
Organization
Source
Mood
Rank
To put information into your own words.
Paraphrase
Define
Transform
Compare
A section of written work.
Passage
Mood
Source
Evidence
A small group of words that work together but do not form a sentence.
Phrase
Mood
Rank
Theme
Taking credit for someone else’s work.
Plagiarize
Support
Cite
Interpret
The perspective from which something is written.
Point of view
Organization
Support
Detail
Exact and accurate.
Precise
Rank
Predict
Source
To make an educated guess about the future.
Predict
Define
Summarize
Evaluate
To arrange in order based on importance.
Rank
Compare
Determine
Explain
A justification based on logic or evidence.
Reason
Theme
Mood
Detail
Closely related to the topic.
Relevant
Closure
Theme
Contrast
The origin of information.
Source
Fact
Passage
Argument
Enough to support a claim.
Sufficient
Formulate
Analyze
Detail
To briefly restate the main points.
Summarize
Evaluate
Predict
Compare
To provide reasoning or evidence for an idea.
Support
Contrast
Cite
Organize
To combine information from multiple sources.
Synthesize
Paraphrase
Interpret
Analyze
A written or printed work.
Text
Tone
Fact
Theme
elements that help the reader make sense of the text
Text features
Plagiarism
Dialogue
Passage
The way a text is organized.
Text structure
Formal style
Mood
Phrase
The central message or main idea of a text.
Theme
Compare
Critique
Point of view
a feeling or an attitude expressed by the words
Tone
Mood
Theme
Passage
To change or alter something.
Transform
Rank
Compare
Summarize
to use information you have been given to come to a conclusion
Infer
Cite
Synthesize
Compare
to combine one thing with another to make a whole
Integrate
Plagiarize
Formulate
Predict
