Educational Vocabulary Quizs

Main Idea

• The central point of a passage

• A summary of the entire text

• An opinion expressed by the author

• A detailed analysis of the topic

Verb

• An action word

• A noun describing a person

• A word that connects phrases

• A word that describes an adjective

Evidence

• A type of argument used in debates

• Proof from the text to support an answer

• A personal opinion on a topic

• A summary of the main ideas in a text

Conclude

• Make a decision based on information

• Start a conversation

• Gather more data

• Ignore the evidence

Analyze

• Break something down to understand it better

• Make something more complex

• Ignore the details

• Summarize the main points

Supporting Details

• Facts or examples that explain the main idea

• General statements that summarize the text

• Opinions that reflect the author's feelings

• Irrelevant information that distracts from the main idea

Support

• Provide assistance or help

• Give reasons or evidence

• Express disagreement

• Offer a suggestion

Infer

• To figure out something that is not directly stated

• To make a guess based on evidence

• To state something clearly and directly

• To analyze data thoroughly

Figurative Language

• Language that goes beyond literal meaning (similes, metaphors, personification)

• Language that is strictly literal and factual

• Language that uses complex vocabulary and jargon

• Language that is only used in poetry

Determine

• To guess without evidence

• To figure out based on facts

• To ignore the details

• To make a random choice