8th Grade Vocabulary Quiz

Using the correct name or title will show that you have done your homework. If you do not know the recipient's name, use a general salutation, like "Dear Sir or Madam."

Salutation is used to communicate...

• How to spell a recipient's name

• How to greet someone if you do not know their name

• How to say goodbye to someone

• How to disrespect someone

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"Participants who did not keep a diary showed no significant increase in the amount that they walked. Those who did not set walking goals also failed to increase their physical activity." (Steps to Good Health)

The word goals is used here:

• To explain that you can have success no matter what process you use.

• To explain that participants needed to aspire towards something in order to be successful.

• To demonstrate that diaries are pointless.

• To show the different ways people can get healthy

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If the root meaning of venerable is "entitled respect" then...

"I beg you to elect Marcus Epidius Sabinus senior magistrate with judicial power, a most worthy young man. The venerable council is electing him." (Social Media, Pompeii Style)

Venerable in this passage means....

• The council deserves respect

• The council does not deserve respect

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"Paradoxically, the cause of Pompeii's destruction was also the reason for its preservation. The volcanic debris protected the ruins from the elements until excavations of the site began in the mid-18th century." (Social Media, Pompeii Style)

The use of "paradoxically" has the same meaning as "paradox", and is used in this passage to....

• Explain that the volcanic explosion ruined Pompeii

• Explain that two opposite and remarkable things happened when the volcano exploded in Pompeii.

• Demonstrate that excavations destroyed Pompeii

• Demonstrate that it is common sense why Pompeii was saved

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"It's an experience for people that is reminiscent of the original drive-ins. Eric Kurland, 41, is a filmmaker who also runs a weekly drive-in movie program called Hollywood MobMov. One purpose of his series, he says, is to quench his own thirst for the good old days. "I miss the old drive-ins," said Kurland. He remembers the thrill of seeing Star Wars in 1977 at a drive-in near his home—a drive-in that closed long ago." (Drive ins are Back)

Reminiscent is used here because....

• It explains that drive in movies are a brand new and exciting thing to do.

• It demonstrates the best way to watch Star Wars

• It explains that people go to drive ins because it causes them to remember experiences from their past.

• It shows how quickly people forget experiences.

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"Most people think there are two ways to watch movies: either in a huge multiplex movie theater, or at home, on a TV or a computer. But that's not the case anymore, thanks to a loosely knit network of people who are resurrecting the old-fashioned drive-in movie for a new age." (Drive Ins are Back)

The use of resurrecting here means...

• A network of individuals are bringing people back to life.

• A network of people are renewing interest in something that was no longer popular

• Drive ins cause people accidents and deaths

• A group of people are suppressing interest in drive in movies

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"Playing slack key is special because it is "simulating a symphony," Makana said, but the uniquely tuned guitar does not play alone; the "listener's mind is the second instrument." (Playing Guitar Makana's Way)

The author quotes Makana using the word simulating because....

• The author wanted to demonstrate how a lot of instruments is better than just one.

• The author wanted to show how slack key can imitate multiple instruments at once and activate the imagination of the listener.

• The author was explaining that slack key players want to deceive their audience into thinking they are a whole band.

• The author wanted to reveal that slack key is beautiful.

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"Guitarists will often keep their individual tunings a secret, divulging them only to their students." (Playing Guitar Makana's Way)

Divulging is used in this passage to mean...

• A guitarist has to trust someone before they will reveal how they tune their strings to them.

• A guitarist only keeps their tunings a secret for a short period of time.

• The tunings of slack key guitar are well known by famous musicians.

• The skill of playing slack key causes division and disagreement among guitar players.

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"Tuning the guitar in the slack key fashion allows a dexterous musician to create the sound of multiple guitars being played." (Playing Guitar Makana's Way)

Dexterous means....

• To be able to play with both hands

• A person who is talented

• Someone who is flexible

• To be a really awkward person

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"What's really cool is that deaf people sense vibrations in the part of the brain that others use for hearing! Those vibrations allow a person who is deaf or hard of hearing to discern rhythms through the floor, wall, or an instrument, and now, along with the help of the amazing brain, they can receive sound through a shirt.

The word discern is used

• To explain that deaf people cannot appreciate music

• To show that music can still be detected by someone who cannot hear.

• To demonstrate that deaf people will feel vibrations but ignore them.

• To describe how the brain needs to connect the sense of hearing and touch.

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