Dictionaries and Glossaries

Some books have a list of words called glossary?

• true

• false

In this dictionary entry, where is the part of speech?

• /ed-mit-ed/

• admitted

• noun

• Ex: she admitted that she broke the glass vase.

In this dictionary entry, what is the pronunciation?

• /go-oal/

• Goal

• intransitive verb

• The object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result.

True or False: In a definition entry, if the word is plural, it will

be used several times in plural form.

• False

• True

In dictionaries, glossaries are mode for ___________

• Information

• Another term for dictionary

• Vocabulary definitions used for more detail.

• An ending part for dictionary definitions.

In this dictionary entry, which sample sentence for the word universal is correct?

• Mcdonald's is universal.

• They accomplished the world universally.

• They accomplished a universal crime.

• We are in this together universally!

When you look at a dictionary, what can you infer by just looking at the cover?

• There can be glossaries.

• All of these are correct

• There are dictionary entries

• There are definitions.

In the English dictionary, what is the first thing you will see?

• The contents

• Preface

• Explanatory note

• The glossary

Glossaries:

• are somewhere in a book

• provide definitions of key words found in a text

• are not like dictionaries

What is the primary purpose of a glossary in a book?

• To provide detailed explanations of concepts

• To list and define key terms used in the text

• To offer translations of foreign words

• To summarize each chapter