Unit 1 Discovering Your Voice Vocabulary Words Quiz

What does the word "justify" mean?

• To make a guess

• To correct a mistake

• To show or prove something is right or reasonable

• To write a story

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

Which of the following best describes "author's purpose"?

• The setting of a story

• The plot of the story

• The main character in the story

• The reason why the author wrote the text

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What does it mean to "annotate" a text?

• To memorize the text

• To read quickly

• To draw pictures

• To add notes or comments

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A "memoir" is

• A personal account of someone's life

• A fictional story

• A type of novel

• A detail report

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

When you "infer" something, you

• Ask a question

• Make a conclusion based on clues

• Read the text aloud

• State a fact

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

The "central idea" of a text is:

• The main point or message

• The text's length

• The author's background

• A minor detail

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Implicit evidence refers to

• Information that is clearly stated

• Information that is implied and not directly stated

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Explicit evidence is

• Information that is implied and requires interpretation

• Information that is directly stated in the text.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Denotation is

• The dictionary defintion of a word

• The emotional meaning of a word

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Connotation refers to

• The literal meaning of a word

• The feeling or ideas associated with a word

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4