Weekly Review Quiz Jan. 13-17

What is a closed syllable?

• A group of letters containing a consonant.

• A group of letters containing a vowel followed by a consonant.

• A group of letters where the vowel sound is long.

• A group of letters ending with a vowel.

The first step in finding the syllables is to find what?

• The syllable

• The consonants

• The vowells

• A compound word

1. What are you doing when you look up topics on Google, read a book to find information on an issue, or do a search on your smartphone to find a new restaurant to eat at?

• Writing

• Reading

• Listening

• Research

1. After you find a research topic, you must do what?

• • Formulate your research question or questions

• • Research

• To do some reading to define and clarify the research topic

• • Find sources

In our discussion of Graffiti--Art or Crime? most of us STRONGLY DISAGREED with which statement?

• Art should never be destroyed

• The term “art” only applies to something that is in a museum

• People who create graffiti are artists

• It can be difficult to decide if something is “art.”

A genre of writing where the writer conveys their position on a topic and uses research, evidence, and reasoning to persuade others

• Claim

• Counterclaim

• Argument

• repetition

A point made by the opposing side in an argument.

• claim

• counterclaim

• repetition

• evidence

A ____ is two or more letters that often appear together.

• vowel

• consonant

• syllable

• blend

We use _____ to try to guess the meaning
of a new word based on the details that surround it.

• context clues

• a dictionary

• pronunciation

• Google

When we look for clues that indicate an unfamiliar word is similar to a familiar word or phrase, we are using ___.

• comparison

• contrast

• definition or restatement

• example