This resource is intended for occasional review of vocabulary used in the ISAT, based on the DesCartes Vocabulary by RIT document. -Suggestion: Randomly select 8-10 words each time you use this with your class -The words are organized by RIT Band to allow you to focus on a particular set of skills. The RIT Bands are coded by color. - Definitions were taken from a generic student glossary. You may choose to change the definition to better fit your curriculum or content, as needed. Below Above

Language Usage ISAT – Question 1 Answer A series of things written down is a ________.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 1 Back to Game List

Language Usage ISAT – Question 2 Answer Signs & Symbols What is this? The box is yellow, blue, and red.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 2 Back to Game Comma Signs & Symbols

Language Usage ISAT – Question 3 Answer What is this? Example: The sky is blue. Signs & Symbols

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 3 Back to Game Period Signs & Symbols

Language Usage ISAT – Question 4 Answer What are these? Example: He said, “ I am happy. ” Signs & Symbols

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 4 Back to Game Quotation Marks Signs & Symbols

Language Usage ISAT – Question 5 Answer What kind of letter is used at the beginning of a sentence or a name?

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 5 Back to Game Capital Letter

Language Usage ISAT – Question 6 Answer What punctuation mark is used to separate words or numbers? Example: blue, red, yellow

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 6 Back to Game Comma

Language Usage ISAT – Question 7 Answer What kind of sentence tells someone what to do?

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 7 Back to Game Command

Language Usage ISAT – Question 8 Answer A sentence that tells what is alike about two things is _______.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 8 Back to Game Comparative

Language Usage ISAT – Question 9 Answer A word that is made by combining two words with an apostrophe is a ______________. Examples: can’t, haven’t

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 9 Back to Game Contraction

Language Usage ISAT – Question 10 Answer What kind of book includes recipes and pictures of food?

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 10 Back to Game Cookbook

Language Usage ISAT – Question 11 Answer What kind of writing assignment is made up of paragraphs all focused on the same topic?

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 11 Back to Game Essay

Language Usage ISAT – Question 12 Answer What kind of word or sentence shows surprise or great feeling? Examples: Wow! Look out!

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 12 Back to Game Exclamation

Language Usage ISAT – Question 13 Answer What punctuation is used to show surprise or great feeling? Examples: Wow ! Look out !

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 13 Back to Game Exclamation Mark

Language Usage ISAT – Question 14 Answer What punctuation is used at the end of a sentence to show surprise or great feeling? Example: Look at that !

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 14 Back to Game Exclamation Point

Language Usage ISAT – Question 15 Answer What kind of document is used to invite someone to a party?

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 15 Back to Game Invitation

Language Usage ISAT – Question 16 Answer A period, a question mark, and an exclamation point are each examples of a punctuation ______.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 16 Back to Game Mark

Language Usage ISAT – Question 17 Answer What part of speech includes people, places, and things?

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 17 Back to Game Noun

Language Usage ISAT – Question 18 Answer What punctuation mark is used at the end of a sentence or abbreviation? Example: The sky is blue.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 18 Back to Game Period

Language Usage ISAT – Question 19 Answer What kind of writing tells a story with parts for people to act out?

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 19 Back to Game Play

Language Usage ISAT – Question 20 Answer Periods, commas, and quotation marks are examples of ________ marks.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 20 Back to Game Punctuation

Language Usage ISAT – Question 21 Answer What kind of punctuation is used at the end of a question ?

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 21 Back to Game Question Mark

Language Usage ISAT – Question 22 Answer An incomplete sentence is also called a sentence _________. Example: The blue dog

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 22 Back to Game Sentence Fragment

Language Usage ISAT – Question 23 Answer What kind of writing gives people quick instructions? STOP

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 23 Back to Game Sign

Language Usage ISAT – Question 24 Answer A word that tells that something is the best or worst is a ________.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 24 Back to Game Superlative

Language Usage ISAT – Question 25 Answer It is polite to write a short _____-_____ ______ after you receive a present.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 25 Back to Game Thank-You Note

Language Usage ISAT – Question 26 Answer What word is used to ask a question about location?

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 26 Back to Game Where

Language Usage ISAT – Question 27 Answer The order that words appear in a sentence is the _____ ______.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 27 Back to Game Word Order

Language Usage ISAT – Question 28 Answer What is this? Andy ’ s dog Signs & Symbols

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 28 Back to Game Apostrophe Signs & Symbols

Language Usage ISAT – Question 29 Answer Signs & Symbols What is this? 3 : 15 pm

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 29 Back to Game Colon Signs & Symbols

Language Usage ISAT – Question 30 Answer Signs & Symbols What is this? I like sports – especially football.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 30 Back to Game Dash Signs & Symbols

Language Usage ISAT – Question 31 Answer What is this? I’m so happy ! Signs & Symbols

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 31 Back to Game Exclamation Point Signs & Symbols

Language Usage ISAT – Question 32 Answer Signs & Symbols What is this? Where did you go ?

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 32 Back to Game Question Mark Signs & Symbols

Language Usage ISAT – Question 33 Answer Signs & Symbols What is this? I’m taking my dog to the park ; he loves to run and play.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 33 Back to Game Semicolon Signs & Symbols

Language Usage ISAT – Question 34 Answer What part of speech tells what happens in a sentence? Example: I ran and jumped.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 34 Back to Game Action Verb

Language Usage ISAT – Question 35 Answer What punctuation is used in contractions and to show possession? Example: Lee ’ s, can ’ t

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 35 Back to Game Apostrophe

Language Usage ISAT – Question 36 Answer Remember to ________ the first letter in a sentence or name.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 36 Back to Game Capitalize

Language Usage ISAT – Question 37 Answer A ______ tells the month, day, and year when something happened. Example: December, 14, 2005

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 37 Back to Game Date

Language Usage ISAT – Question 38 Answer _______ means to make corrections or changes to a writing assignment before it’s complete.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 38 Back to Game Edit

Language Usage ISAT – Question 39 Answer Words like “hello” and “good morning” are each an example of a _________.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 39 Back to Game Greeting

Language Usage ISAT – Question 40 Answer If something is written in ________ _______, we know that it already happened. Example: Yesterday I won a prize.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 40 Back to Game Past Tense

Language Usage ISAT – Question 41 Answer A ________ is a word that shows ownership. Examples: Joe’s, ours

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 41 Back to Game Possessive

Language Usage ISAT – Question 42 Answer To ________ means to read a paper looking for mistakes to correct or other changes to make.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 42 Back to Game Proofread

Language Usage ISAT – Question 43 Answer To ________ means to tell detailed, specific information about what something is like.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 43 Back to Game To Describe

Language Usage ISAT – Question 44 Answer What are these? A pen ( black ink only ) can be used on the test. Signs & Symbols

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 44 Back to Game Parenthesis Signs & Symbols

Language Usage ISAT – Question 45 Answer What is used to tell where someone lives? Example: 123 Main Street Boise, ID 83702

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 45 Back to Game Address

Language Usage ISAT – Question 46 Answer What part of speech is used to describe a verb or adjective? Examples: Quickly run to see the very big balloon!

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 46 Back to Game Adverb

Language Usage ISAT – Question 47 Answer Commercials are ways for a store to _______ when they have a sale.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 47 Back to Game Advertise

Language Usage ISAT – Question 48 Answer An _______ is when two people debate or fight about conflicting opinions.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 48 Back to Game Argument

Language Usage ISAT – Question 49 Answer The people who watch a play or movie are the __________.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 49 Back to Game Audience

Language Usage ISAT – Question 50 Answer An __________ is a book someone writes about their own life.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 50 Back to Game Autobiography

Language Usage ISAT – Question 51 Answer An __________ is a book an author writes about someone else’s life.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 51 Back to Game Bibliography

Language Usage ISAT – Question 52 Answer A _____ _____ is a paper written to tell about what happens in a story or novel.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 52 Back to Game Book Report

Language Usage ISAT – Question 53 Answer The name of a book is the book ______.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 53 Back to Game Book Title

Language Usage ISAT – Question 54 Answer The order that things happen, from first to last, is called ________ order.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 54 Back to Game Chronological Order

Language Usage ISAT – Question 55 Answer The part of a letter between the body and the signature is the ____________.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 55 Back to Game Closing

Language Usage ISAT – Question 56 Answer What punctuation mark is used between the hour and minutes to show time? Example: 5 : 25 pm

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 56 Back to Game Colon

Language Usage ISAT – Question 57 Answer What kind of sentence made of two or more complete parts (independent phrases)? Example: I have a dog, and my sister has a cat.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 57 Back to Game Compound Sentence

Language Usage ISAT – Question 58 Answer Writing that is imaginative, including writing poems, plays, and stories, is ______ writing.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 58 Back to Game Creative Writing

Language Usage ISAT – Question 59 Answer A __________ of something tells specific information about what that thing is like.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 59 Back to Game Description

Language Usage ISAT – Question 60 Answer A book where someone can write his or her personal thoughts is a ______.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 60 Back to Game Diary

Language Usage ISAT – Question 61 Answer A play or script that tells an exciting story is a _______.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 61 Back to Game Drama

Language Usage ISAT – Question 62 Answer The last part of a book or story, that tells how things turn out, is the __________.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 62 Back to Game Ending

Language Usage ISAT – Question 63 Answer A sentence that expresses great feeling and ends in an exclamation point is a _________ sentence. Example: Look at that!

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 63 Back to Game Exclamatory Sentence

Language Usage ISAT – Question 64 Answer Writing that is meant to inform the reader is _______ writing.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 64 Back to Game Expository Writing

Language Usage ISAT – Question 65 Answer Books that are not true are ________.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 65 Back to Game Fiction

Language Usage ISAT – Question 66 Answer ________ _______, such as metaphors and similes, are ways of saying something other than using words’ literal meanings.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 66 Back to Game Figurative Language

Language Usage ISAT – Question 67 Answer A structured essay, with a introduction, supporting paragraphs and a conclusion, is a _______ essay.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 67 Back to Game Formal Essay

Language Usage ISAT – Question 68 Answer A casual letter written for fun to someone you know is a personal or _______ letter.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 68 Back to Game Friendly Letter

Language Usage ISAT – Question 69 Answer The system or rules that determine how words are used in language is called __________.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 69 Back to Game Grammar

Language Usage ISAT – Question 70 Answer ______ ______ are charts and graphs, like Venn diagrams, help to organize information.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 70 Back to Game Graphic Organizer

Language Usage ISAT – Question 71 Answer The part of a letter that includes the date and addresses is the ______.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 71 Back to Game Heading

Language Usage ISAT – Question 72 Answer What punctuation is used in the middle of a word or words? Example: twenty - one

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 72 Back to Game Hyphen

Language Usage ISAT – Question 73 Answer The big space at the beginning of each new paragraph is the ______.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 73 Back to Game Indent

Language Usage ISAT – Question 74 Answer The first part of a paper, which tells what the paper is about, is the ______.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 74 Back to Game Introduction

Language Usage ISAT – Question 75 Answer The fancy phrase that means looking in depth at what a story is about is _____ _____.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 75 Back to Game Literary Analysis

Language Usage ISAT – Question 76 Answer The ______ _____ is the subject that the story or writing is mostly about.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 76 Back to Game Main Topic

Language Usage ISAT – Question 77 Answer A book that includes directions for using a piece of equipment is a ________.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 77 Back to Game Manual

Language Usage ISAT – Question 78 Answer The edges on a pieces of paper, where no writing goes, are called _______.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 78 Back to Game Margin

Language Usage ISAT – Question 79 Answer A short note intended to provide information is a _________.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 79 Back to Game Memo

Language Usage ISAT – Question 80 Answer A story about a crime to solve with clues is a ________.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 80 Back to Game Mystery

Language Usage ISAT – Question 81 Answer A long, non-fiction book with chapters is called a ______.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 81 Back to Game Novel

Language Usage ISAT – Question 82 Answer Writing that intended to change someone’s mind is _______ writing.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 82 Back to Game Persuasive Writing

Language Usage ISAT – Question 83 Answer What form of a word shows two or more of something? Examples: dogs, glasses

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 83 Back to Game Plural

Language Usage ISAT – Question 84 Answer A noun that names a specific person, place or thing is a _______ noun.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 84 Back to Game Proper Noun

Language Usage ISAT – Question 85 To use marks such as periods, commas, and exclamation points is to _________. Answer

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 85 Back to Game Punctuate

Language Usage ISAT – Question 86 Answer A phrase that uses the exact words that someone says is a _________.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 86 Back to Game Quotation

Language Usage ISAT – Question 87 Answer What punctuation mark are used to show what words someone says? Examples: He said, “ I am happy. ”

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 87 Back to Game Quotation Mark

Language Usage ISAT – Question 88 Answer What word means “to look at something again”?

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 88 Back to Game Review

Language Usage ISAT – Question 89 Answer A ________ is a version of a paper that has been changed to be better.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 89 Back to Game Revision

Language Usage ISAT – Question 90 Answer Two or more sentences put together without correct punctuation make a ____-____ sentence.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 90 Back to Game Run-On Sentence

Language Usage ISAT – Question 91 Answer The greeting at the beginning of a letter is called a _________.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 91 Back to Game Salutation

Language Usage ISAT – Question 92 Answer What punctuation mark is used to connect two complete sentences that are related?

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 92 Back to Game Semicolon ;

Language Usage ISAT – Question 93 Answer The hand-written name at the bottom of a letter is the ________. Jane Smith

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 93 Back to Game Signature

Language Usage ISAT – Question 94 Answer What form of a word shows only one of something? Examples: dog, plate

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 94 Back to Game Singular

Language Usage ISAT – Question 95 Answer One section of a poem is called a ______.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 95 Back to Game Stanza

Language Usage ISAT – Question 96 Answer _____-_____ ______ means that singular subjects go with singular verbs, and plural subjects go with plural verbs.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 96 Back to Game Subject-Verb Agreement

Language Usage ISAT – Question 97 Answer The additional information that makes a paragraph more interesting are the ______ ________.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 97 Back to Game Supporting Detail

Language Usage ISAT – Question 98 Answer Verb ______ can be present, past, or future. Examples: goes, went, will go

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 98 Back to Game Tense

Language Usage ISAT – Question 99 Answer Stories that are written for fun or for an audience are written to ________.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 99 Back to Game To Entertain

Language Usage ISAT – Question 100 Answer Papers that are written for the purpose of providing true details about something are written to _______.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 100 Back to Game To Inform

Language Usage ISAT – Question 101 Answer Papers that are written to change someone’s mind are written to ________.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 101 Back to Game To Persuade

Language Usage ISAT – Question 102 Answer Another word for the main idea or subject is the _______.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 102 Back to Game Topic

Language Usage ISAT – Question 103 Answer What sentence in a paragraph tells the main idea?

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 103 Back to Game Topic Sentence

Language Usage ISAT – Question 104 Answer The words that go together to make up the main part of a sentence’s predicate is the ________ ________.

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 104 Back to Game Verb Phrase

Language Usage ISAT – Question 105 Answer What word is used in questions that ask about the time or date that something happens?

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 105 Back to Game When

Language Usage ISAT – Question 106 Answer What is this called? I think … Signs & Symbols

Language Usage ISAT – Answer 106 Back to Game Ellipsis Signs & Symbols