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