Clarke Midterm
Aha Moment - CORRECT ANSWER-When you notice a sudden realization
that shifts a character's actions or understandings.
Beleaguered - CORRECT ANSWER-troubled with many problems.
Beneficent - CORRECT ANSWER-beneficent; producing good.
Cathartic - CORRECT ANSWER-helping to process difficult emotions.
Central Idea - CORRECT ANSWER-developed through the use of a thesis,
key ideas, evidence, and a conclusion.
Character's Motivations - CORRECT ANSWER-the reasons behind a
character's actions.
Chronological Order - CORRECT ANSWER-time sequence.
Compulsion - CORRECT ANSWER-forced obligation.
Conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER-explains how the key ideas point toward
the central idea.
Consecrate - CORRECT ANSWER-to make or define as sacred.
Contemplate - CORRECT ANSWER-to consider something carefully and at
length.
Devoid - CORRECT ANSWER-completely lacking.
Diagram - CORRECT ANSWER-Illustration that shows the relationship of
parts to a whole or explains the steps in a process.
Differentiate - CORRECT ANSWER-to distinguish or demonstrate the
individual qualities of.
Discriminate - CORRECT ANSWER-to make a prejudicial judgment or
distinction on the treatment of certain groups of people.
, Dissipate - CORRECT ANSWER-to gradually diminish into nothing.
Diverse - CORRECT ANSWER-a variety of different people or things.
Eradicate - CORRECT ANSWER-to uproot or eliminate.
Evidence - CORRECT ANSWER-facts, quotations and examples that support
key ideas.
Fluent - CORRECT ANSWER-able to express oneself clearly and easily.
Frivolous - CORRECT ANSWER-lacking in seriousness or depth.
Graph - CORRECT ANSWER-Two-dimensional representation of data that
shows the relationships among the data.
Implicit - CORRECT ANSWER-understood, but not expressed.
Incorporate - CORRECT ANSWER-to absorb or make part of a whole.
Inferences - CORRECT ANSWER-An educated guess based on prior
knowledge.
Infographic - CORRECT ANSWER-combination of charts, text, and images to
create a visual that communicates statistical information.
Inhibit - CORRECT ANSWER-to hinder; restrain an action or process.
Insular - CORRECT ANSWER-narrow-minded or detached from others.
Intervene - CORRECT ANSWER-to come between in order to prevent or alter
the outcome of a course of events.
Intrinsic - CORRECT ANSWER-relating to the essential nature of a thing.
Ironically - CORRECT ANSWER-in a way that shows a contrast between what
is expected and what occurs.
Lucid - CORRECT ANSWER-thinking rationally and clearly.
Aha Moment - CORRECT ANSWER-When you notice a sudden realization
that shifts a character's actions or understandings.
Beleaguered - CORRECT ANSWER-troubled with many problems.
Beneficent - CORRECT ANSWER-beneficent; producing good.
Cathartic - CORRECT ANSWER-helping to process difficult emotions.
Central Idea - CORRECT ANSWER-developed through the use of a thesis,
key ideas, evidence, and a conclusion.
Character's Motivations - CORRECT ANSWER-the reasons behind a
character's actions.
Chronological Order - CORRECT ANSWER-time sequence.
Compulsion - CORRECT ANSWER-forced obligation.
Conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER-explains how the key ideas point toward
the central idea.
Consecrate - CORRECT ANSWER-to make or define as sacred.
Contemplate - CORRECT ANSWER-to consider something carefully and at
length.
Devoid - CORRECT ANSWER-completely lacking.
Diagram - CORRECT ANSWER-Illustration that shows the relationship of
parts to a whole or explains the steps in a process.
Differentiate - CORRECT ANSWER-to distinguish or demonstrate the
individual qualities of.
Discriminate - CORRECT ANSWER-to make a prejudicial judgment or
distinction on the treatment of certain groups of people.
, Dissipate - CORRECT ANSWER-to gradually diminish into nothing.
Diverse - CORRECT ANSWER-a variety of different people or things.
Eradicate - CORRECT ANSWER-to uproot or eliminate.
Evidence - CORRECT ANSWER-facts, quotations and examples that support
key ideas.
Fluent - CORRECT ANSWER-able to express oneself clearly and easily.
Frivolous - CORRECT ANSWER-lacking in seriousness or depth.
Graph - CORRECT ANSWER-Two-dimensional representation of data that
shows the relationships among the data.
Implicit - CORRECT ANSWER-understood, but not expressed.
Incorporate - CORRECT ANSWER-to absorb or make part of a whole.
Inferences - CORRECT ANSWER-An educated guess based on prior
knowledge.
Infographic - CORRECT ANSWER-combination of charts, text, and images to
create a visual that communicates statistical information.
Inhibit - CORRECT ANSWER-to hinder; restrain an action or process.
Insular - CORRECT ANSWER-narrow-minded or detached from others.
Intervene - CORRECT ANSWER-to come between in order to prevent or alter
the outcome of a course of events.
Intrinsic - CORRECT ANSWER-relating to the essential nature of a thing.
Ironically - CORRECT ANSWER-in a way that shows a contrast between what
is expected and what occurs.
Lucid - CORRECT ANSWER-thinking rationally and clearly.
