MCA Vocabulary - A
To find information directly in the text
locate
A short section of a book, poem, speech, etc
Passage
In what year did a fossil hunter find the most complete skeleton of a T-Rex?
How old was Mozart when he first started composing music?
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Is not
Isn't
Words with special significance; often bold, italicized, or underlined is...?
Key words
To defend an idea with evidence from the text is...?
justify
How long could a T-Rex grow to?
40 feet in length
What does prodigy mean?
An amazingly gifted child
Turn this word into a contraction:
Do not
Don't
A list of 4 ways that nonfiction text could be organized
Organizing nonfiction
To go back to the text to find support for answers is to...?
Cite evidence
Which paragraph discusses the diet of the T-Rex?
2nd paragraph
True or False:
Indians take care of 20 million cows every year.
False!
They take care of 200 million cows every year.
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They are
They're
To distinguish between important pieces of information that support the main idea and minor details is...?
Identify relevant details
Words taken directly from another source to convey an idea or illustrate a point is...?
quote
True or false?
A T-Rex is an omnivore
False
It is a carnivore!
What's something Indian people do to their cows to make them look nice?
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They have
They've
To understand that one event happens which leads to another event is...?
Recognize cause and effect
The act of explaining something is...
Exposition
What are scientists unsure of?
Scientists are unsure of whether a T-Rex could even run.
What do you call someone who does not eat meat?
A vegetarian
Turn this word into a contraction:
Were not
Weren't