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