Academic Vocabulary Test

Which word means to give proof or evidence?

• Support

• Contradict

• Contribute

• Respond

Which word means what the story is mainly about?

• Conflict

• Solution

• Main idea

• Setting

Which word is a conclusion that the reader makes based on information and background knowledge?

• Conflict

• Main idea

• Solution

• Inference

Which word is a drawing, sketch, picture, plan, or chart that makes something clearer or easier to understand?

• Inference

• Diagram

• Characteristic

• Selection

Which word means to give an answer or reply for something?

• Respond

• Contradict

• Contrast

• Compare

Which word is what the author is trying to do with his/her writing?

• Contribute

• Author's purpose

• Contrast

• Contradict

Which word means to tell how two or more things are different?

• Compare

• Similar

• Contrast

• Setting

Which word is the attribute a person or thing may have including what they look like or how they act?

• Similar

• Main idea

• Phrase

• Characteristics

What does it mean to compare?

• Tell how two or more things are alike

• To add to something

• What the author is trying to tell us within the text

• Tell how two or more things are different

What does it mean to contribute?

• Tell how two or more things are alike

• To add to something

• What the author is trying to tell us within the text

• Tell how two or more things are different