Reference Skills

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Reference Skills

• How much do you know?

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If you were doing a report on an animal, and you
kept using the word interesting too many times,
what is the easiest resource you could use to
find a word to replace interesting?a. atlas
b. index c. thesuarus
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Answer

• c. thesuarus

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If you were doing a project on Mexico, and you
need to draw a map for your poster, what is the
best resource to use?

1. Table of contents
2. atlas
3. dictionary

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Answer

• B. atlas

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If you were reading in a science book and came
across a bold-faced word that you didnt know,
where could you quickly find the definition?

• A. thesaurus
• B. dictionary
• C. glossary

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Answer

• C. glossary

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If you heard a word you didnt know, how could
you find out the words definition?

• A. Use a dictionary.
• B. Use an encyclopedia.
• C. Use an index.

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Answer

• A. Use a dictionary.

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If you were doing a report on rattlesnakes, and
you had a book entitled Snakes of North America,
and you just wanted to read the pages about
rattlesnakes, what would be the best way to find
them?

• A. Flip through the book.
• B. Use the guide words.
• C. Use the index.

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Answer

• C. Use the index.

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What would be the authors purpose in writing a
book entitled, How Mountains Are Formed?

• A. to entertain
• B. to inform
• C. to persuade

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Answer

• B. to inform

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What would be the authors purpose in writing a
book about a talking dog?

• A. to entertain
• B. to inform
• C. to persuade

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Answer

• A. to entertain

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What would be the authors purpose in writing a
letter to the principal asking that students not
be given break detention?

• A. to entertain
• B. to inform
• C. to persuade

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Answer

• C. to persuade

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What genre is a book about Abraham Lincoln?

• A. fiction
• B. biography
• C. drama

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Answer

• B. biography

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What genre is a story about the Civil War with
made-up characters?

• A. Biography
• B. Nonfiction
• C. historical fiction

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Answer

• C. historical fiction

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What genre is a book about whales?

• A. fiction
• B. nonfiction
• C. historical fiction

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Answer

• B. nonfiction

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If you wrote the story of The Three Bears in a
way that could be acted out in a play, what genre
would that be?

• A. poetry
• B. drama
• C. nonfiction

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Answer

• B. drama

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A book, newspaper, magazine, thesaurus,
encyclopedia, internet web site, and index can
all be used as ________ for a project.

• A. resources
• B. genres

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Answer

• A. resources

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If you were doing a report on alligators, and you
had a big book from the library entitled All
About Reptiles, where could you find the pages
about alligators?

• A. glossary
• B. title page
• C. Table of contents

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Answer

• C. Table of contents