Test: Meaning and Main Ideas
ante-
before
hemo-
blood
amphi-
both
fract-, rupt-
break
Symbols placed above vowels and some consonants in order to aid pronunciation are called _____.
diacritical marks
T/F : A root is added to the end of a word
False
T/F : Always use a dictionary to look up an unfamiliar word.
False
T/F : Arrangement and type size are some indicators of the relative importance of textbook materials.
True
T/F : Key words are the main words in a sentence.
True
The pronunciation aid that determines the stress placed upon a syllable is the _____.
accent mark
anti-
against
pan-
all
cred-
belief
chrom-
color
geo
earth
pro-
forward
magn-
great
cogn-
knowledge
duc-, duct-
lead
amor-
love
anthropo-
man
sen-
old
contra-
opposite
ex-
out from
The symbol that indicates the indeterminate vowel sound is the
schwa
micro-
small
Many dictionaries mark a short vowel sound by using _____.
the vowel with no other markings
hydro-
water
hypo-
under
A textbook is usually organized into divisions such as _____.
units and chapters
T/F : Many English words are formed from Greek and Latin prefixes added to the end of a word.
False
T/F : Most people pick too few words as main ideas.
False
T/F : You cannot pick out key words in a paragraph.
False
T/F : The number of units in a book indicates how many basic ideas must be mastered in the book.
True
T/F : Personal experience can be a context clue.
True
T/F : The most important sentence in a paragraph is usually the first one.
True
"Unlike Franklin, Paine, Jefferson, and their contemporaries, whose chief purpose in writing was utilitarian, the object of these later writers was to entertain." Utilitarian must mean (Check all that apply.): _____.
useful and practical