Unit 5: Express Yourself

What does the word "dictate" mean?

• To write something down for someone else

• To speak or read something to a person who writes it down; to decree

• To draw something beautifully

• To send a message via telegraph

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the meaning of "contradict"?

• To agree with someone

• To say the opposite of something that someone else has said; to deny the truth

• To write a story about someone’s life

• To send a message in code

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does "edict" refer to?

• A personal diary

• A beautiful piece of handwriting

• An official order given by a person with power or by a government

• A message sent by telegraph

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is an "autobiography"?

• A story about someone else’s life

• A person’s life story written by that person

• A message sent by telegraph

• A written message from a doctor

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What is a "telegram"?

• A message sent by telegraph and then delivered in written or printed form

• A type of beautiful handwriting

• A written message from a doctor

• A person’s life story written by someone else

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does "calligraphy" mean?

• The art of making beautiful handwriting

• A type of printed message

• A government order

• A person’s life story

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What does "graphic" mean in this context?

• A type of handwriting

• Shown or described in a very clear way, used especially to refer to things that are unpleasant or shocking

• A message sent by telegraph

• A written message from a doctor

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

What is an "inscription"?

• A message sent by telegraph

• Words that are written on or cut into a surface

• A person’s life story

• A type of beautiful handwriting

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does "transcript" mean?

• A written, printed, or typed copy of words that have been spoken

• A message sent by telegraph

• A person’s life story

• A government order

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is a "prescription"?

• A message sent by telegraph

• A written message from a doctor that officially tells a patient what medicine to take

• A person’s life story

• A type of beautiful handwriting

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A