GA Milestone Vocabulary Review

Question 1

The way ideas among claims and reasons are connected

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Relationship

Question 2

Arranging a text in the order in which a series of events have happened is called

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Chronological Order

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a style technique that writers use?

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Neat handwriting

Question 4

Which is true of the revision process in writing?

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Revising a paper means doing all of these.

Question 5

An overview of a text that captures the main points without opinions

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Summary

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT an indefinite pronoun?

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Question 7

When a narrator uses his name instead of "I" and only includes what he is thinking is

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3rd Person Limited Point of View

Question 8

Telling a brief story in your writing is called

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an anecdote

Question 9

A Milestones test question with no answer choices that requires details from a reading passage

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Constructed Response

Question 10

Which section introduces the main idea and informs the reader about the topic?

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Introduction

Question 11

"The fire swallowed the entire forest" uses

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Personification

Question 12

Which of the following punctuation marks is not used to separate or clarify ideas?

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Apostrophe

Question 13

Something that proves or demonstrates the truth of something else

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Evidence

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a transitional word?

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Define

Question 15

Words and phrases that surround another word or phrase to help explain its meaning

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Context Clues

Question 16

"All students should wear school uniforms" is an example of a(n)

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Claim

Question 17

A statement that cannot be proven because it states a writer's belief or judgment

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Opinion

Question 18

A category such as fiction or nonfiction is a(n)

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Genre

Question 19

"This Quiz! game is a breeze" uses

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Metaphor

Question 20

Arranging a text in the order where one thing causes another thing to happen

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Cause and Effect

Question 21

The opinion of the author is the

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Point of View

Question 22

The way a piece of writing is structured

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Organization

Question 23

Analyzing the differences between two things is

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Contrasting

Question 24

A word or phrase that links one idea to the next is called a(n)

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Transition

Question 25

To come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence is called a(n)

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Inference

Question 26

Analyzing two characters or stories in relation to each other is

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Comparing

Question 27

Parentheses are used

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to enclose information you want to clarify

Question 28

A meaning beyond the explicit meaning of a word

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Connotative Meaning

Question 29

A Milestones test question with multiple parts that requires a thorough answer

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Extended Constructed Response

Question 30

The way a piece of writing is organized (headings, subheadings, etc.) is called

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Formatting

Question 31

A Milestones test question that requires an essay response after reading two passages

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Extended Writing Prompt

Question 32

The evidence given to support a writer's claim is called a

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Reason

Question 33

Which of the following is the last step of the writing process?

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Publishing

Question 34

Texts that explain something or inform the reader about something are called

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Informational

Question 35

Which of the following is alliteration?

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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickles.

Question 36

Multiple choice questions on the Milestones are called

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Selected Response

Question 37

The intention of a passage to either persuade, inform, explain, or entertain

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Author's Purpose

Question 38

Writers should always keep their audience in mind because

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Writers should do all of these things.

Question 39

Enhancing a piece of writing by using art, presentations, photographs, charts, or videos is

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Multimedia

Question 40

Which of the following is NOT a possessive pronoun?

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Both

Question 41

Which of the following is NOT a Subjective/Nominative Pronoun?

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Her

Question 42

The series of events that form a story

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Plot

Question 43

"The fire swallowed the entire forest" is an example of

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Figurative Language

Question 44

The solution to the conflict or problem in a story

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Resolution

Question 45

An idea or message that is fully stated is

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Explicit

Question 46

A summary of the main idea and an overall message for the reader can be found in the

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Conclusion

Question 47

A statement that can be proven

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Fact

Question 48

"The way you grow old is like an onion" uses

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Simile

Question 49

The lesson or message in a literary text

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Theme

Question 50

The setting of a story is

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the time and place of the action.

Question 51

The point of view when a narrator uses "I" in a story

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1st Person Point of View

Question 52

Which of the following is NOT an objective pronoun?

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Mine

Question 53

The actual meaning of a word or phrase

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Literal

Question 54

The noun that a pronoun replaces in a sentence is called the

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Antecedent

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