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Language Arts 8th Grade

Grammar

6 Topics
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52 Quizzes
Mechanics

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9 Quizzes
1. Commas, Ellipses, and Dashes
2. Lesson Test: Commas, Ellipses, and Dashes
Vocabulary Strategies and Use

4 Topics
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36 Quizzes
Figurative and Descriptive Language

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34 Quizzes
Reference Materials

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14 Quizzes
1. Dictionaries, Glossaries and Thesauruses
2. Lesson Test: Dictionaries, Glossaries and Thesauruses

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Differentiate Between Dictionaries, Glossaries, and Thesauruses

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Question 1 of 20

1. Question
Quin is editing a presentation for his history class. He sees that he has used the word helpful several times, and he would like to have more variety in his word choice. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- an atlas
- a glossary
- a dictionary
- a thesaurus
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2. Question
Weston is rereading an e-mail he is drafting to his boss. He sees that he has included the word adversity, but he would like to make sure he has used it correctly. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- an encyclopedia
- a thesaurus
- a glossary
- a dictionary
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Question 3 of 20

3. Question
Erica is reading a chapter in her physics textbook. She comes across the word interference, and she realizes that she needs to better understand the meaning of this word in the context of physics. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- a dictionary
- a glossary
- a table of contents
- a thesaurus
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Question 4 of 20

4. Question
Reina is using some websites to plan a lesson to teach to her poetry class. She wants to explain the concept of synecdoche to the class, and she needs to make sure she is pronouncing the word correctly. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- an index
- a thesaurus
- a dictionary
- a glossary
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Question 5 of 20

5. Question
Traven is typing a text message to his brother about a new DJ in town. He wants to mention the young DJ’s lack of experience, but he cannot remember the word for the opposite of professional, and he wants to look it up. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- a dictionary
- a telephone book
- a glossary
- a thesaurus
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Question 6 of 20

6. Question
Yolinda is doing practice problems out of her math book. She comes across the term factorial and needs to better understand its meaning to answer a question. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- a glossary
- a thesaurus
- a dictionary
- a staff directory
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Question 7 of 20

7. Question
Ursula is listening to the news on the radio. She hears the term filibuster and wants to figure out what this word means. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- a glossary
- a thesaurus
- a user manual
- a dictionary
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Question 8 of 20

8. Question
Ike is writing an article on snow days for the school newspaper. He wants to use a different term to refer to extreme weather. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- a thesaurus
- a glossary
- a biography
- a dictionary
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Question 9 of 20

9. Question
Oriana is writing a pros and cons list to help her decide which after-school clubs to join. For one pro, she wants to include the opposite of time–consuming, but she needs help remembering the right term. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- a glossary
- a thesaurus
- a dictionary
- an almanac
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Question 10 of 20

10. Question
Polly is practicing reading a play aloud for her drama class. She stumbles over the word omnipotent and wants to determine how it is pronounced. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- an index
- a thesaurus
- a glossary
- a dictionary
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Question 11 of 20

11. Question
Angela is helping a younger student revise a paper. She notices that the student has used the word belief several times in one paragraph, and she wants to help him replace the word in a few spots. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- a thesaurus
- a dictionary
- a glossary
- a biography
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Question 12 of 20

12. Question
Seamus’s new teacher uses the word discourse during a lecture. Seamus does not have time to ask his teacher what the word means, but he wants to figure out its definition. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- a thesaurus
- a glossary
- a dictionary
- an encyclopedia
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Question 13 of 20

13. Question
Dorian is skimming books about World War II for a research paper. He reads the word blitzkrieg in an old textbook, but he needs help understanding what this term means. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- a thesaurus
- a dictionary
- a glossary
- an atlas
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Question 14 of 20

14. Question
Filomena is writing and recording a radio advertisement for a silver polishing product. Filomena must mention that the product does not contain the potentially harmful chemical thiourea, but she needs to make sure she is pronouncing this word correctly. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- a thesaurus
- a table of contents
- a dictionary
- a glossary
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Question 15 of 20

15. Question
Gerard is writing a poem about the coming of spring. He wants to include a stanza that emphasizes the differences between winter and spring, and he wants to include a verb that means the opposite of darken. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- a dictionary
- an almanac
- a glossary
- a thesaurus
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Question 16 of 20

16. Question
Jaleesa is writing a summary of a section in her psychology textbook. She wants to include the definition of the vocabulary word catharsis, but she needs help remembering exactly what this word means. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- a thesaurus
- a glossary
- a dictionary
- a staff directory
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Question 17 of 20

17. Question
Zeke is writing a proposal for a project in art class. He forgets the opposite of the term symmetry and needs help determining it to complete his proposal. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- a dictionary
- an almanac
- a thesaurus
- a glossary
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Question 18 of 20

18. Question
Keegan is drafting notes for his podcast about the Olympics. He wants to discuss the games’ pentathlons, but he needs to look up the pronunciation of the word. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- an index
- a dictionary
- a glossary
- a thesaurus
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Question 19 of 20

19. Question
Lara is watching a documentary about the Civil War. The narrator uses the term antebellum, but Lara is unsure of the meaning of this word and wants to find out what it is. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- a glossary
- a thesaurus
- an index
- a dictionary
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Question 20 of 20

20. Question
Hayden is writing a cover letter for a job application. He wants to discuss his job experience without using the word experience in every sentence. Which resource would be most useful for this task?
- a dictionary
- an encyclopedia
- a thesaurus
- a glossary
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