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4th Grade -- Language Arts 2009
Contributed by: LaFave
  • 1. adjective
A) a word that shows action
B) a person, place, or thing
C) a word that describes a noun
D) a word that is capitalized
  • 2. adverb
A) a word that describes an action verb
B) a word that links the subject to the predicate
C) a word that describes a noun
D) a person, place, or thing
  • 3. cause
A) someone or something that makes something happen
B) the beginning, or first part
C) the sentence that tells the main idea of a paragraph
D) an ending to bring to a close
  • 4. common noun
A) the writer's unique style of expression
B) any person, place, or thing
C) a word that describes a noun
D) a word that shows action
  • 5. compare
A) retelling a story in your words; making it shorter
B) to look and describe how two or more things are alike
C) to look and describe how two or more things are different
D) the opening of a written work
  • 6. conclusion
A) to make changes in something
B) to tell how two ideas, people, or things are different
C) to bring about or come to an end
D) a word that links the subject to the predicate
  • 7. context clue
A) a reason why something happens
B) a hint in the sentence that helps you figure out what another word means
C) when and where a story takes place
D) tells about people,things, and events of places that are real
  • 8. contrast
A) the writer's unique style of expression
B) something that a person believes or feels but it cannot be proven
C) to look and describe how two or more things are different
D) a word that links the subject to the predicate
  • 9. direct quote
A) the exact spoken word of a character
B) the author of a play
C) where or when the story takes place
D) an illustration
  • 10. edit
A) a word used to describe a noun
B) to make changes in something that is written
C) sequence of events in a story
D) a story that is not real but could happen
  • 11. revise
A) a sequence of events in the story
B) a picture or movie
C) to make changes in something; the third step of the writing process
D) names a person place or thing
  • 12. effect
A) something that happens because something else happens
B) a hint in the sentence that helps you figure out what the bold face words mean
C) when or where a story takes place
D) tells us who or what the sentence is about
  • 13. fiction
A) a word used to describe a noun
B) a story that is not real but could happen
C) to make changes in something
D) tells us who or what the sentence is about
  • 14. genre
A) a word used to describe a noun
B) a certain kind or type of literature such as fiction, non-fiction, auto-biography, biography, science fiction,and poetry
C) act so as to bring about
D) a picture or movie your mind forms when you are reading
  • 15. inference
A) tells about people things and places that are real
B) a educated guess about something that is not directly stated in a passage but is strongly hinted at or implied
C) story that is not real
D) parts of a narrative story
  • 16. introduction
A) the opening; the part that explains what will follow in a story
B) to make changes in something that is written
C) punctuation marks used at the end of sentences
D) retelling of story in your own words
  • 17. irregular plural noun
A) nouns that change form without following the rules
B) a word used to describe a noun
C) an educated guess about something you read
D) a reason why something happens
  • 18. linking verb
A) a word that links the subject to the predicate
B) names any person, place or thing
C) parts of a narrative story
D) a reason why something happens
  • 19. nonfiction
A) nouns that change form without following the rules
B) a writing that is true, real, and full of facts
C) a word used to describe something about a verb
D) names any person, place, or thing
  • 20. opinion
A) something that a person believes or feels but is not based on actual facts
B) sentence that tells the main idea of a paragraph
C) as so as to bring about
D) to tell how two ideas or things are different
  • 21. plot
A) a reason why something happens
B) the sentence that tells the main idea of the paragraph
C) the action or sequence of events in a story
D) the beginning or first part
  • 22. possessive noun
A) punctuation marks that are used at the end of sentences
B) a word used to describe something about a verb or clause
C) names an person, place, or thing
D) a noun that shows ownership
  • 23. punctuation
A) tells who or what the sentence is about
B) parts of a narrative story
C) an educated guess about something
D) end marks or symbols at the end of a complete sentence
  • 24. setting
A) punctuation marks used at the ends of sentences
B) a word used to describe a noun
C) where or when the story takes place
D) an ending to bring to a close
  • 25. story element
A) names a person, place, or thing
B) nouns that change form without following the rules
C) a form of a noun that shows ownership or possession
D) parts of a story; narrative
  • 26. subject
A) a certain kind of literature
B) a reason why something happens
C) a word that links the subject to the predicate
D) who or what the sentence or story is about
  • 27. summary
A) the beginning or first part
B) names a person, place, or thing
C) a brief retelling of the story in your own words
D) something that a person believes in or feels
  • 28. topic sentence
A) something that a person believes or feels
B) an ending or to bring to a close
C) a certain type of literature
D) the sentence that states the main idea
  • 29. voice
A) a certain type or kind of literature
B) to bring about change
C) the writers unique style of writing
D) a hint in the sentence that helps you
  • 30. visualization
A) parts of a narrative story
B) sequence of events in a story
C) a picture or movie your mind forms when you are reading
D) a certain type of literature
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