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2. 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 151 191-200 231-240 181-190 171-180 161-170 151-160 221-230 210-220 201-210 241-250 Above 271 261-270 251-260

3. Language Usage ISAT – 151-160 Question 1 Answer A series of things written down is a ________.

4. Language Usage ISAT – 151-160 Answer 1 Back to Game List

5. Language Usage ISAT – 151-160 Question 2 Answer Signs & Symbols What is this? The box is yellow, blue, and red.

6. Language Usage ISAT – 151-160 Answer 2 Back to Game Comma Signs & Symbols

7. Language Usage ISAT – 151-160 Question 3 Answer What is this? Example: The sky is blue. Signs & Symbols

8. Language Usage ISAT – 151-160 Answer 3 Back to Game Period Signs & Symbols

9. Language Usage ISAT – 151-160 Question 4 Answer What are these? Example: He said, “ I am happy. ” Signs & Symbols

10. Language Usage ISAT – 151-160 Answer 4 Back to Game Quotation Marks Signs & Symbols

11. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 5 Answer What kind of letter is used at the beginning of a sentence or a name?

12. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 5 Back to Game Capital Letter

13. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 6 Answer What punctuation mark is used to separate words or numbers? Example: blue, red, yellow

14. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 6 Back to Game Comma

15. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 7 Answer What kind of sentence tells someone what to do?

16. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 7 Back to Game Command

17. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 8 Answer A sentence that tells what is alike about two things is _______.

18. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 8 Back to Game Comparative

19. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 9 Answer A word that is made by combining two words with an apostrophe is a ______________. Examples: can’t, haven’t

20. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 9 Back to Game Contraction

21. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 10 Answer What kind of book includes recipes and pictures of food?

22. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 10 Back to Game Cookbook

23. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 11 Answer What kind of writing assignment is made up of paragraphs all focused on the same topic?

24. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 11 Back to Game Essay

25. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 12 Answer What kind of word or sentence shows surprise or great feeling? Examples: Wow! Look out!

26. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 12 Back to Game Exclamation

27. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 13 Answer What punctuation is used to show surprise or great feeling? Examples: Wow ! Look out !

28. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 13 Back to Game Exclamation Mark

29. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 14 Answer What punctuation is used at the end of a sentence to show surprise or great feeling? Example: Look at that !

30. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 14 Back to Game Exclamation Point

31. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 15 Answer What kind of document is used to invite someone to a party?

32. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 15 Back to Game Invitation

33. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 16 Answer A period, a question mark, and an exclamation point are each examples of a punctuation ______.

34. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 16 Back to Game Mark

35. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 17 Answer What part of speech includes people, places, and things?

36. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 17 Back to Game Noun

37. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 18 Answer What punctuation mark is used at the end of a sentence or abbreviation? Example: The sky is blue.

38. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 18 Back to Game Period

39. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 19 Answer What kind of writing tells a story with parts for people to act out?

40. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 19 Back to Game Play

41. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 20 Answer Periods, commas, and quotation marks are examples of ________ marks.

42. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 20 Back to Game Punctuation

43. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 21 Answer What kind of punctuation is used at the end of a question ?

44. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 21 Back to Game Question Mark

45. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 22 Answer An incomplete sentence is also called a sentence _________. Example: The blue dog

46. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 22 Back to Game Sentence Fragment

47. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 23 Answer What kind of writing gives people quick instructions? STOP

48. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 23 Back to Game Sign

49. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 24 Answer A word that tells that something is the best or worst is a ________.

50. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 24 Back to Game Superlative

51. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 25 Answer It is polite to write a short _____-_____ ______ after you receive a present.

52. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 25 Back to Game Thank-You Note

53. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 26 Answer What word is used to ask a question about location?

54. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 26 Back to Game Where

55. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 27 Answer The order that words appear in a sentence is the _____ ______.

56. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 27 Back to Game Word Order

57. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 28 Answer What is this? Andy ’ s dog Signs & Symbols

58. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 28 Back to Game Apostrophe Signs & Symbols

59. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 29 Answer Signs & Symbols What is this? 3 : 15 pm

60. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 29 Back to Game Colon Signs & Symbols

61. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 30 Answer Signs & Symbols What is this? I like sports – especially football.

62. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 30 Back to Game Dash Signs & Symbols

63. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 31 Answer What is this? I’m so happy ! Signs & Symbols

64. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 31 Back to Game Exclamation Point Signs & Symbols

65. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 32 Answer Signs & Symbols What is this? Where did you go ?

66. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 32 Back to Game Question Mark Signs & Symbols

67. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Question 33 Answer Signs & Symbols What is this? I’m taking my dog to the park ; he loves to run and play.

68. Language Usage ISAT – 161-170 Answer 33 Back to Game Semicolon Signs & Symbols

69. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Question 34 Answer What part of speech tells what happens in a sentence? Example: I ran and jumped.

70. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Answer 34 Back to Game Action Verb

71. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Question 35 Answer What punctuation is used in contractions and to show possession? Example: Lee ’ s, can ’ t

72. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Answer 35 Back to Game Apostrophe

73. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Question 36 Answer Remember to ________ the first letter in a sentence or name.

74. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Answer 36 Back to Game Capitalize

75. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Question 37 Answer A ______ tells the month, day, and year when something happened. Example: December, 14, 2005

76. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Answer 37 Back to Game Date

77. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Question 38 Answer _______ means to make corrections or changes to a writing assignment before it’s complete.

78. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Answer 38 Back to Game Edit

79. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Question 39 Answer Words like “hello” and “good morning” are each an example of a _________.

80. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Answer 39 Back to Game Greeting

81. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Question 40 Answer If something is written in ________ _______, we know that it already happened. Example: Yesterday I won a prize.

82. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Answer 40 Back to Game Past Tense

83. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Question 41 Answer A ________ is a word that shows ownership. Examples: Joe’s, ours

84. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Answer 41 Back to Game Possessive

85. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Question 42 Answer To ________ means to read a paper looking for mistakes to correct or other changes to make.

86. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Answer 42 Back to Game Proofread

87. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Question 43 Answer To ________ means to tell detailed, specific information about what something is like.

88. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Answer 43 Back to Game To Describe

89. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Question 44 Answer What are these? A pen ( black ink only ) can be used on the test. Signs & Symbols

90. Language Usage ISAT – 171-180 Answer 44 Back to Game Parenthesis Signs & Symbols

91. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 45 Answer What is used to tell where someone lives? Example: 123 Main Street Boise, ID 83702

92. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 45 Back to Game Address

93. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 46 Answer What part of speech is used to describe a verb or adjective? Examples: Quickly run to see the very big balloon!

94. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 46 Back to Game Adverb

95. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 47 Answer Commercials are ways for a store to _______ when they have a sale.

96. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 47 Back to Game Advertise

97. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 48 Answer An _______ is when two people debate or fight about conflicting opinions.

98. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 48 Back to Game Argument

99. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 49 Answer The people who watch a play or movie are the __________.

100. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 49 Back to Game Audience

101. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 50 Answer An __________ is a book someone writes about their own life.

102. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 50 Back to Game Autobiography

103. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 51 Answer An __________ is a book an author writes about someone else’s life.

104. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 51 Back to Game Bibliography

105. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 52 Answer A _____ _____ is a paper written to tell about what happens in a story or novel.

106. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 52 Back to Game Book Report

107. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 53 Answer The name of a book is the book ______.

108. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 53 Back to Game Book Title

109. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 54 Answer The order that things happen, from first to last, is called ________ order.

110. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 54 Back to Game Chronological Order

111. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 55 Answer The part of a letter between the body and the signature is the ____________.

112. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 55 Back to Game Closing

113. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 56 Answer What punctuation mark is used between the hour and minutes to show time? Example: 5 : 25 pm

114. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 56 Back to Game Colon

115. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 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.

116. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 57 Back to Game Compound Sentence

117. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 58 Answer Writing that is imaginative, including writing poems, plays, and stories, is ______ writing.

118. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 58 Back to Game Creative Writing

119. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 59 Answer A __________ of something tells specific information about what that thing is like.

120. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 59 Back to Game Description

121. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 60 Answer A book where someone can write his or her personal thoughts is a ______.

122. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 60 Back to Game Diary

123. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 61 Answer A play or script that tells an exciting story is a _______.

124. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 61 Back to Game Drama

125. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 62 Answer The last part of a book or story, that tells how things turn out, is the __________.

126. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 62 Back to Game Ending

127. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 63 Answer A sentence that expresses great feeling and ends in an exclamation point is a _________ sentence. Example: Look at that!

128. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 63 Back to Game Exclamatory Sentence

129. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 64 Answer Writing that is meant to inform the reader is _______ writing.

130. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 64 Back to Game Expository Writing

131. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 65 Answer Books that are not true are ________.

132. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 65 Back to Game Fiction

133. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 66 Answer ________ _______, such as metaphors and similes, are ways of saying something other than using words’ literal meanings.

134. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 66 Back to Game Figurative Language

135. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 67 Answer A structured essay, with a introduction, supporting paragraphs and a conclusion, is a _______ essay.

136. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 67 Back to Game Formal Essay

137. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 68 Answer A casual letter written for fun to someone you know is a personal or _______ letter.

138. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 68 Back to Game Friendly Letter

139. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 69 Answer The system or rules that determine how words are used in language is called __________.

140. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 69 Back to Game Grammar

141. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 70 Answer ______ ______ are charts and graphs, like Venn diagrams, help to organize information.

142. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 70 Back to Game Graphic Organizer

143. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 71 Answer The part of a letter that includes the date and addresses is the ______.

144. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 71 Back to Game Heading

145. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 72 Answer What punctuation is used in the middle of a word or words? Example: twenty - one

146. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 72 Back to Game Hyphen

147. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 73 Answer The big space at the beginning of each new paragraph is the ______.

148. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 73 Back to Game Indent

149. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 74 Answer The first part of a paper, which tells what the paper is about, is the ______.

150. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 74 Back to Game Introduction

151. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 75 Answer The fancy phrase that means looking in depth at what a story is about is _____ _____.

152. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 75 Back to Game Literary Analysis

153. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 76 Answer The ______ _____ is the subject that the story or writing is mostly about.

154. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 76 Back to Game Main Topic

155. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 77 Answer A book that includes directions for using a piece of equipment is a ________.

156. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 77 Back to Game Manual

157. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 78 Answer The edges on a pieces of paper, where no writing goes, are called _______.

158. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 78 Back to Game Margin

159. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 79 Answer A short note intended to provide information is a _________.

160. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 79 Back to Game Memo

161. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 80 Answer A story about a crime to solve with clues is a ________.

162. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 80 Back to Game Mystery

163. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 81 Answer A long, non-fiction book with chapters is called a ______.

164. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 81 Back to Game Novel

165. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 82 Answer Writing that intended to change someone’s mind is _______ writing.

166. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 82 Back to Game Persuasive Writing

167. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 83 Answer What form of a word shows two or more of something? Examples: dogs, glasses

168. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 83 Back to Game Plural

169. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 84 Answer A noun that names a specific person, place or thing is a _______ noun.

170. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 84 Back to Game Proper Noun

171. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 85 To use marks such as periods, commas, and exclamation points is to _________. Answer

172. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 85 Back to Game Punctuate

173. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 86 Answer A phrase that uses the exact words that someone says is a _________.

174. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 86 Back to Game Quotation

175. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 87 Answer What punctuation mark are used to show what words someone says? Examples: He said, “ I am happy. ”

176. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 87 Back to Game Quotation Mark

177. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 88 Answer What word means “to look at something again”?

178. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 88 Back to Game Review

179. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 89 Answer A ________ is a version of a paper that has been changed to be better.

180. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 89 Back to Game Revision

181. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 90 Answer Two or more sentences put together without correct punctuation make a ____-____ sentence.

182. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 90 Back to Game Run-On Sentence

183. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 91 Answer The greeting at the beginning of a letter is called a _________.

184. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 91 Back to Game Salutation

185. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 92 Answer What punctuation mark is used to connect two complete sentences that are related?

186. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 92 Back to Game Semicolon ;

187. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 93 Answer The hand-written name at the bottom of a letter is the ________. Jane Smith

188. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 93 Back to Game Signature

189. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 94 Answer What form of a word shows only one of something? Examples: dog, plate

190. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 94 Back to Game Singular

191. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 95 Answer One section of a poem is called a ______.

192. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 95 Back to Game Stanza

193. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 96 Answer _____-_____ ______ means that singular subjects go with singular verbs, and plural subjects go with plural verbs.

194. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 96 Back to Game Subject-Verb Agreement

195. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 97 Answer The additional information that makes a paragraph more interesting are the ______ ________.

196. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 97 Back to Game Supporting Detail

197. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 98 Answer Verb ______ can be present, past, or future. Examples: goes, went, will go

198. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 98 Back to Game Tense

199. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 99 Answer Stories that are written for fun or for an audience are written to ________.

200. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 99 Back to Game To Entertain

201. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 100 Answer Papers that are written for the purpose of providing true details about something are written to _______.

202. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 100 Back to Game To Inform

203. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 101 Answer Papers that are written to change someone’s mind are written to ________.

204. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 101 Back to Game To Persuade

205. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 102 Answer Another word for the main idea or subject is the _______.

206. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 102 Back to Game Topic

207. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 103 Answer What sentence in a paragraph tells the main idea?

208. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 103 Back to Game Topic Sentence

209. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 104 Answer The words that go together to make up the main part of a sentence’s predicate is the ________ ________.

210. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 104 Back to Game Verb Phrase

211. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 105 Answer What word is used in questions that ask about the time or date that something happens?

212. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 105 Back to Game When

213. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Question 106 Answer What is this called? I think … Signs & Symbols

214. Language Usage ISAT – 181-190 Answer 106 Back to Game Ellipsis Signs & Symbols