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Quarter 1 Vocabulary
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A quiz to learn, review, and reinforce selected vocabulary words from the GSD Curriculum Map.
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What is "imagery" in WRITING?
A type of tropical fruit only found in France.
Using 5-sense details to give descriptions.
Pictures in a text.
The purpose for writing a text (inform/persuade/entertain).
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What does it mean to "cite" in writing?
Using similes or metaphors to make comparisons.
To see something important.
To receive a ticket or punishment
To quote something as evidence for your argument or beliefs.
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What is a "clause?"
The author's reason for writing a text.
Unofficial or casual, with simple language.
A fat red-suited man who gives presents on Christmas.
A group of words (noun and verb) that can build a sentence.
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What is the "theme" in a text?
The title page
The main details, summarized in short order.
The hemmed title used when a full book title is too big.
A universal message, moral, main idea, or lesson.
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What is "informal" writing?
A piece by an author whose name is not known.
Complicated, rule-following writing that impresses people.
Writing that can created with a survey form.
Unofficial or casual writing that uses simple language.
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What does "figurative language" do?
It introduces rules or requirements in writing.
It explains a topic without taking sides on the issue.
It uses similes and metaphors to describe & compare things.
It helps you figure out what an unfamiliar word means.
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What is the "central idea" of a text?
A short summary of the most important details.
The reason an author wrote their story.
The title of a text.
The author's attitude on the subject he/she's writing about.
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What is a "conjunction?"
FANBOY words (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)
A punctuation mark that connects clauses or sentences.
A word used to connect clauses or sentences together.
Introduces a list or quotation.
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What is the "tone" of a text?
The main message, moral, or lesson from the text
The length and complexity of the text
The most important details from the writing, written briefly
The author's attitude on the subject they're writing about
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What does a colon (:) punctuation mark do?
Nothing. That's why no one uses them anymore.
Separate items in a list.
Introduce (come before) a description, explanation, or list.
It's only for making emoticons like :) and :P
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What does "revise" or "revision" mean?
A rhapsodic whimsy of color and verve
To reveal information about yourself by writing
To change or improve a piece of writing
To work together with someone in order to accomplish a task
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What does it mean to "collaborate?"
To work together on an activity.
Explaining a subject briefly without taking sides.
To collect evidence against a criminal.
Using similes or metaphors to make comparisons.
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What does a comma (,) punctuation mark do?
Introduce (come before) a list or description.
Separate clauses and ideas within a sentence.
Nothing; that's why no one uses them anymore.
Show possession (Bob's couch, etc.)
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What does formal writing do?
It has a format that is formidable.
It breaks rules or requirements in order to be artistic.
It forms a specific shape from words.
It follows rules or requirements in order to impress people.
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What does an "objective summary" do?
It is the reason why an author wrote something.
It quickly explains a thing without giving an opinion on it.
It focuses on objects that are found in the summer.
It introduces a list, quotation, or deathbed confession.
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What is an author's "purpose?"
To entertain, to persuade, or to inform
The quixotic undercurrent of dualism
The reason why an author wrote something
The main idea (summary) of a text's most important details
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What is "audience?"
The reviews your writing receives.
The attitude of an author on the subject he/she's writing.
The type of reader(s) that you expect to see your writing.
To work together on an activity.
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What is "textual evidence?"
The reason why an author writes the things they do
Proof (from writing) that supports your ideas or arguments.
Proof in text messages that your ex is cheating on you
To perform, dissuade, or constrain
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What is a "pronoun?"
A famous person, place, or thing
Words like he, she, it, they, me, us, them
A word that can take the place of a noun.
A noun that is no longer playing in the minor leagues.
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What does it mean to "analyze?"
To provide specific analytical schema, apropos of the id.
To quote something as evidence for an argument or belief.
Looking carefully at something in order to understand it.
To work together on an activity.
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What does the semicolon (;) punctuation mark do?
It introduces a list, quotation, or epitaph.
It joins two independent clauses (complete ideas) together.
It does nothing; that's why no one uses them anymore.
It only exists to make winking emoticons ;)
