Almanac, Atlas, Dictionary, Encyclopedia & Thesaurus

Almanac

100

An almanac is a yearly book that lists the important events and dates for that year.

True

200

An almanac can tell you when the next full moon will be.

True

300

An almanac can be used to figure out where Reno, Nevada is.

False

400

An almanac will tell you what date Easter will be on for that year.

True

500

An almanac can be used to find information about Harriet Tubman.

False

Atlas

100

An atlas is a book of maps-tells you where things are at.

True

200

An atlas can tell you when the next full moon will be.

False

300

An atlas can be used to figure out where Reno, Nevada is.

True

400

You can find out where China is in a United States Atlas.

False

500

You can find out where Iceland is in a World Atlas.

True

Dictionary

100

You can find definitions of words in a dictionary.

True

200

A dictionary will provide the pronunciation of a word.

True

300

Dictionaries provide paragraphs of facts for research.

False

400

A print dictionary has guide words to help you find the right page.

True

500

Words in a dictionary are organized by the most frequently used.

False

Encyclopedia

100

Encyclopedias can be us to find information about people, places and things.

True

200

Writers often use an encyclopedia to find a "better" word.

False

300

An encyclopedia can be used to find information about Harriet Tubman.

True

400

A print encyclopedia has guide words to help you find the right page.

True

500

You look up people in a print encyclopedia by their first name.

False

Thesaurus

100

A thesaurus gives synonyms for words.

True

200

Writers often use a thesaurus to find a "better" word.

True

300

A thesaurus can tell you when the next full moon will be.

False

400

A thesaurus is arranged in ABC order.

True

500

Every word in a dictionary is also in the thesaurus.

False