Reference Skills How much do you know

Reference Skills How much do you know?

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

Answer n c. thesuarus

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? a. b. c. Table of contents atlas dictionary

Answer n B. atlas

If you were reading in a science book and came across a boldfaced word that you didn’t know, where could you quickly find the definition? thesaurus n B. dictionary n C. glossary n A.

Answer n C. glossary

If you heard a word you didn’t know, how could you find out the word’s definition? A. Use a dictionary. n B. Use an encyclopedia. n C. Use an index. n

Answer n A. Use a dictionary.

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. n B. Use the guide words. n C. Use the index. n

Answer n C. Use the index.

What would be the author’s purpose in writing a book entitled, How Mountains Are Formed? A. to entertain n B. to inform n C. to persuade n

Answer n B. to inform

What would be the author’s purpose in writing a book about a talking dog? A. to entertain n B. to inform n C. to persuade n

Answer n A. to entertain

What would be the author’s purpose in writing a letter to the principal asking that students not be given break detention? A. to entertain n B. to inform n C. to persuade n

Answer C. to persuade n

What genre is a book about Abraham Lincoln? A. fiction n B. biography n C. drama n

Answer B. biography n

What genre is a story about the Civil War with made-up characters? A. Biography n B. Nonfiction n C. historical fiction n

Answer n C. historical fiction

What genre is a book about whales? A. fiction n B. nonfiction n C. historical fiction n

Answer n B. nonfiction

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 n B. drama n C. nonfiction n

Answer n B. drama

A book, newspaper, magazine, thesaurus, encyclopedia, internet web site, and index can all be used as ____ for a project. A. resources n B. genres n

Answer n A. resources

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 n B. title page n C. Table of contents n

Answer n C. Table of contents