Math ISAT Vocab and Symbols Geometry 160-230

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Language Usage ISAT Vocabulary - RIT 151-190
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• This resource is intended for occasional review
  of vocabulary used in the ISAT, based on the
  DesCartes Vocabulary by RIT document.
• Suggestion Randomly select 8-10 words each time
  you use this with your class
• The words are organized by RIT Band to allow you
  to focus on a particular set of skills. The RIT
  Bands are coded by color.
• Definitions were taken from a generic student
  glossary. You may choose to change the
  definition to better fit your curriculum or
  content, as needed.

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151-160
161-170
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181-190
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Language Usage ISAT 151-160 Question 1
A series of things written down is a ________.
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Language Usage ISAT 151-160 Answer 1
List
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Language Usage ISAT 151-160 Question 2
Signs Symbols
What is this? The box is yellow, blue, and red.
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Language Usage ISAT 151-160 Answer 2
Signs Symbols
Comma
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Language Usage ISAT 151-160 Question 3
Signs Symbols
What is this? Example The sky is blue.
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Language Usage ISAT 151-160 Answer 3
Signs Symbols
Period
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Language Usage ISAT 151-160 Question 4
Signs Symbols
What are these? Example He said, I am happy.
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Language Usage ISAT 151-160 Answer 4
Signs Symbols
Quotation Marks
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 5
What kind of letter is used at the beginning of a
sentence or a name?
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 5
Capital Letter
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 6
What punctuation mark is used to separate words
or numbers? Example blue, red, yellow
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 6
Comma
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 7
What kind of sentence tells someone what to do?
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 7
Command
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 8
A sentence that tells what is alike about two
things is _______.
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 8
Comparative
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 9
A word that is made by combining two words with
an apostrophe is a ______________. Examples
cant, havent
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 9
Contraction
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 10
What kind of book includes recipes and pictures
of food?
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 10
Cookbook
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 11
What kind of writing assignment is made up of
paragraphs all focused on the same topic?
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 11
Essay
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 12
What kind of word or sentence shows surprise or
great feeling? Examples Wow! Look out!
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 12
Exclamation
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 13
What punctuation is used to show surprise or
great feeling? Examples Wow! Look out!
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 13
Exclamation Mark
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 14
What punctuation is used at the end of a sentence
to show surprise or great feeling? Example
Look at that!
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 14
Exclamation Point
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 15
What kind of document is used to invite someone
to a party?
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 15
Invitation
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 16
A period, a question mark, and an exclamation
point are each examples of a punctuation ______.
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 16
Mark
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 17
What part of speech includes people, places, and
things?
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 17
Noun
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 18
What punctuation mark is used at the end of a
sentence or abbreviation? Example The sky is
blue.
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 18
Period
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 19
What kind of writing tells a story with parts for
people to act out?
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 19
Play
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 20
Periods, commas, and quotation marks are examples
of ________ marks.
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 20
Punctuation
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 21
What kind of punctuation is used at the end of a
question?
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Question Mark
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 22
An incomplete sentence is also called a sentence
_________. Example The blue dog
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 22
Sentence Fragment
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 23
What kind of writing gives people quick
instructions?
STOP
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 23
Sign
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 24
A word that tells that something is the best or
worst is a ________.
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 24
Superlative
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 25
It is polite to write a short _____-_____ ______
after you receive a present.
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Thank-You Note
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 26
What word is used to ask a question about
location?
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 26
Where
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 27
The order that words appear in a sentence is the
_____ ______.
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 27
Word Order
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 28
Signs Symbols
What is this? Andys dog
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 28
Signs Symbols
Apostrophe
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 29
Signs Symbols
What is this? 315 pm
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 29
Signs Symbols
Colon
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 30
Signs Symbols
What is this? I like sports especially
football.
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 30
Signs Symbols
Dash
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 31
Signs Symbols
What is this? Im so happy!
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Signs Symbols
Exclamation Point
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 32
Signs Symbols
What is this? Where did you go?
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 32
Signs Symbols
Question Mark
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Question 33
Signs Symbols
What is this? Im taking my dog to the park he
loves to run and play.
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Language Usage ISAT 161-170 Answer 33
Signs Symbols
Semicolon
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Language Usage ISAT 171-180 Question 34
What part of speech tells what happens in a
sentence? Example I ran and jumped.
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Language Usage ISAT 171-180 Answer 34
Action Verb
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Language Usage ISAT 171-180 Question 35
What punctuation is used in contractions and to
show possession? Example Lees, cant
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Language Usage ISAT 171-180 Answer 35
Apostrophe
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Language Usage ISAT 171-180 Question 36
Remember to ________ the first letter in a
sentence or name.
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Capitalize
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Language Usage ISAT 171-180 Question 37
A ______ tells the month, day, and year when
something happened. Example December, 14, 2005
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Language Usage ISAT 171-180 Answer 37
Date
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Language Usage ISAT 171-180 Question 38
_______ means to make corrections or changes to a
writing assignment before its complete.
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Language Usage ISAT 171-180 Answer 38
Edit
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Language Usage ISAT 171-180 Question 39
Words like hello and good morning are each an
example of a _________.
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Language Usage ISAT 171-180 Answer 39
Greeting
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Language Usage ISAT 171-180 Question 40
If something is written in ________ _______, we
know that it already happened. Example
Yesterday I won a prize.
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Language Usage ISAT 171-180 Answer 40
Past Tense
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Language Usage ISAT 171-180 Question 41
A ________ is a word that shows
ownership. Examples Joes, ours
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Language Usage ISAT 171-180 Answer 41
Possessive
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Language Usage ISAT 171-180 Question 42
To ________ means to read a paper looking for
mistakes to correct or other changes to make.
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Proofread
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Language Usage ISAT 171-180 Question 43
To ________ means to tell detailed, specific
information about what something is like.
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To Describe
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Language Usage ISAT 171-180 Question 44
Signs Symbols
What are these? A pen (black ink only) can be
used on the test.
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Language Usage ISAT 171-180 Answer 44
Signs Symbols
Parenthesis
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 45
What is used to tell where someone
lives? Example 123 Main Street
Boise, ID 83702
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Address
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 46
What part of speech is used to describe a verb or
adjective? Examples Quickly run to see the
very big balloon!
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Adverb
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 47
Commercials are ways for a store to _______ when
they have a sale.
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Answer 47
Advertise
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 48
An _______ is when two people debate or fight
about conflicting opinions.
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Argument
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 49
The people who watch a play or movie are the
__________.
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Audience
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 50
An __________ is a book someone writes about
their own life.
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Autobiography
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An __________ is a book an author writes about
someone elses life.
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Bibliography
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A _____ _____ is a paper written to tell about
what happens in a story or novel.
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Book Report
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 53
The name of a book is the book ______.
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Book Title
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 54
The order that things happen, from first to last,
is called ________ order.
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Chronological Order
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 55
The part of a letter between the body and the
signature is the ____________.
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Closing
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 56
What punctuation mark is used between the hour
and minutes to show time? Example 525 pm
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Colon
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 57
What kind of sentence made of two or more
complete parts (independent phrases)? Example
I have a dog, and my sister has a cat.
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Answer 57
Compound Sentence
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 58
Writing that is imaginative, including writing
poems, plays, and stories, is ______ writing.
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Creative Writing
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 59
A __________ of something tells specific
information about what that thing is like.
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Description
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 60
A book where someone can write his or her
personal thoughts is a ______.
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Diary
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A play or script that tells an exciting story is
a _______.
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Drama
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 62
The last part of a book or story, that tells how
things turn out, is the __________.
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Ending
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 63
A sentence that expresses great feeling and ends
in an exclamation point is a _________
sentence. Example Look at that!
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Exclamatory Sentence
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 64
Writing that is meant to inform the reader is
_______ writing.
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Expository Writing
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 65
Books that are not true are ________.
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Fiction
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 66
________ _______, such as metaphors and similes,
are ways of saying something other than using
words literal meanings.
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Figurative Language
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 67
A structured essay, with a introduction,
supporting paragraphs and a conclusion, is a
_______ essay.
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Answer 67
Formal Essay
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 68
A casual letter written for fun to someone you
know is a personal or _______ letter.
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Friendly Letter
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 69
The system or rules that determine how words are
used in language is called __________.
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Grammar
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 70
______ ______ are charts and graphs, like Venn
diagrams, help to organize information.
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Graphic Organizer
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 71
The part of a letter that includes the date and
addresses is the ______.
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Heading
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 72
What punctuation is used in the middle of a word
or words? Example twenty-one
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Hyphen
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 73
The big space at the beginning of each new
paragraph is the ______.
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Indent
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The first part of a paper, which tells what the
paper is about, is the ______.
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Introduction
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The fancy phrase that means looking in depth at
what a story is about is _____ _____.
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Literary Analysis
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The ______ _____ is the subject that the story or
writing is mostly about.
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Main Topic
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A book that includes directions for using a piece
of equipment is a ________.
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Manual
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The edges on a pieces of paper, where no writing
goes, are called _______.
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Margin
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A short note intended to provide information is a
_________.
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Memo
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A story about a crime to solve with clues is a
________.
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Mystery
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 81
A long, non-fiction book with chapters is
called a ______.
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Novel
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Writing that intended to change someones mind is
_______ writing.
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Persuasive Writing
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 83
What form of a word shows two or more of
something? Examples dogs, glasses
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Plural
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 84
A noun that names a specific person, place or
thing is a _______ noun.
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Proper Noun
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To use marks such as periods, commas, and
exclamation points is to _________.
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Punctuate
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 86
A phrase that uses the exact words that someone
says is a _________.
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Quotation
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 87
What punctuation mark are used to show what words
someone says? Examples He said, I am happy.
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Quotation Mark
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 88
What word means to look at something again?
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Review
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A ________ is a version of a paper that has been
changed to be better.
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Revision
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Two or more sentences put together without
correct punctuation make a ____-____ sentence.
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Run-On Sentence
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The greeting at the beginning of a letter is
called a _________.
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Salutation
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What punctuation mark is used to connect two
complete sentences that are related?
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Semicolon
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 93
The hand-written name at the bottom of a letter
is the ________.
Jane Smith
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Signature
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 94
What form of a word shows only one of something?
Examples dog, plate
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Singular
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 95
One section of a poem is called a ______.
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Stanza
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 96
_____-_____ ______ means that singular subjects
go with singular verbs, and plural subjects go
with plural verbs.
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Subject-Verb Agreement
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 97
The additional information that makes a paragraph
more interesting are the ______ ________.
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Supporting Detail
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Language Usage ISAT 181-190 Question 98
Verb ______ can be present, past, or
future. Examples goes, went, will go
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Tense
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Stories that are written for fun or for an
audience are written to ________.
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To Entertain
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Papers that are written for the purpose of
providing true details about something are
written to _______.
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To Inform
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Papers that are written to change someones mind
are written to ________.
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To Persuade
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Another word for the main idea or subject is
the _______.
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Topic
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What sentence in a paragraph tells the main idea?
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Topic Sentence
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The words that go together to make up the main
part of a sentences predicate is the ________
________.
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Verb Phrase
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What word is used in questions that ask about the
time or date that something happens?
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When
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Signs Symbols
What is this called? I think
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Signs Symbols
Ellipsis
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