Topic Test Answers

A word’s denotation and connotation mean basically the same thing.

Text aids are references regarding a variety of information on multiple topics.

Sources should contain factual information.

The guidewords for the word "feign" area.Fairy and farcec.Felt and freeb.February and felined.Freight and friction

A thesaurus cana.Increase the quality of your workc.Help to avoid repeating wordsb.Help you add creativity to your written workd.All of these

Where should Geri look to find the other lessons in the chapter on Government and Society?a.Indexc.Table of contentsb.Title paged.None of these

Trevor needs general information to begin his research paper on mammals in the Southern Hemisphere. Where will he find the best information?a.Encyclopediasc.Atlasesb.Almanacsd.None of these

Credible sources should explicitly identify the purpose or intent of the information included in a source.

Atlases may contain which type of maps?a.Road c.Camp sitesb.Countryd.All of these

A dictionary is a type of reference book.

Please select the word from the list that best fits the definition

A source must be citeda.Only if a direct quote is usedc.There are no “musts” when it comes to citing sourcesb.Only if an author was listed when you found the informationd.A source should always be cited

The lineage of a word is called its _____. a.synonymc.antonymb.etymologyd.anthropology

A synonym isa.A word that has the same meaning as anotherc.A word that lacks creativityb.A word that has the opposite meaning as anotherd.A word that is repeated too often in a paragraph

Online encyclopedias may containa.Videoc.Links to other informational sitesb.Imagesd.All of these