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Chapter 2
Name _____________ Class _____________ Date _____________
Chapter 2—Quiz 1
Pick the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence.
___ 1. The paper lacked __________, so I couldn’t follow the writer’s point.
a. diction b. intention c. coherence d. thesis
___ 2. Because I was able to __________ ten examples in the last month when Tom could not
find his keys, he agreed that he needed to be better organized.
a. plagiarize b. refute c. annotate d. cite
___ 3. I __________ all of my textbooks to help me remember important points. My comments
also make it easier to review for a test.
a. annotate b. plagiarize c. cite d. refute
___ 4. I need more examples to support my __________ that the college needs more parking
spaces.
a. thesis b. coherence c. paraphrase d. diction
___ 5. The __________ in her letter didn’t fit her purpose, so the company didn’t understand that
she was upset about its product.
a. vivid b. paraphrase c. coherence d. diction
Match the word to its definition.
___ 6. intention a. clear; dramatic
___ 7. refute b. to express in other words
___ 8. paraphrase c. a plan
___ 9. plagiarize d. to disprove
___ 10. vivid e. to steal from another’s writing
Name _____________ Class _____________ Date _____________
Chapter 2—Quiz 2
For each set, pick the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence. Use each word once.
SET 1
a. thesis b. intention c. paraphrase d. coherence e. annotate
___ 1. I have too many quotations in my paper; I need to learn how to __________.
___ 2. I couldn’t figure out what Sylvia’s __________ was. Her paper had no main point.
___ 3. When I __________ the stories I read for my literature class, I always try to comment
on connections I see between characters.
___ 4. My __________ was to write my paper over the weekend, but I had unexpected
guests and didn’t get it done.
___ 5. The __________ of her argument helped me see how one point related to another.
SET 2
a. refuting b. cite c. vivid d. plagiarizing e. diction
___ 6. At the city council meeting, I was able to __________ six strong examples of how the
new office complex would have a negative impact on the area.
___ 7. It was a shocking revelation that a bestselling author has been __________ a little
known nineteenth-century writer’s works.
___ 8. My favorite author uses such __________ images that I feel like I have been to the small
village where his novels take place.
___ 9. I didn’t think about my audience, so my __________ confused most of my listeners.
I used several technical terms that almost no one understood.
___ 10. She did such a good job of __________ the other side’s points that I changed my mind
about the proposal.
Self-Test 1:
1. to quote 2. choice of words 3. to steal 4. to express in other words
5. to disprove a statement 6. to make notes in a book 7. orderly relationship
8. brilliant 9. a plan 10. a proposal
Self-Test 2:
1. cite 2. vivid 3. paraphrase 4. diction 5. plagiarize
6. annotate 7. refute 8. thesis 9.intention 10. coherence
Self-Test 3:
1. vivid 2. thesis 3. diction 4. coherence 5. paraphrase
6. annotate 7. intention 8. refuted 9. plagiarize 10. cite
Word Visions: 1. vivid 2. annotate
Quiz 1: 1. c 2. d 3. a 4. a 5. d 6. c 7. d 8. b 9. e 10. a
Quiz 2: 1. c 2. a 3. e 4. b 5. d 6. b 7. d 8. c 9. e 10. a
*Though the photos and drawings in the Word Visions have specific vocabulary words they are meant to
convey, students may be able to make a case that an image depicts a different vocabulary word than the
one given in the Answer Section. If these occasions occur, these responses can make for ideal class
discussions of the words (or the word parts).
