5th Grade Language Arts 2009
  • 1. advertising
A) promote, publicize, and propagate
B) good friends
C) bill boards
D) come to a satisfying ending
  • 2. atlas
A) "why" something happens
B) highways and rivers
C) people
D) a book of maps
  • 3. author's viewpoint
A) end, finale
B) promotion
C) trusting the characters
D) the way an author thinks about the subject of his or her writing
  • 4. cause
A) "why" something happens
B) an ocean's bottom
C) a book of maps
D) the tail of a whale
  • 5. climax
A) conversation, speaking, and talking
B) a lemonade stand
C) clouds in the sky
D) high point in the story
  • 6. conclusion
A) the start
B) a highway
C) end, finale
D) bring forward, beginning
  • 7. describe
A) a book of maps
B) a movie
C) a robot
D) explain, communicate, impart, or exemplify
  • 8. details
A) point, example, tells more abut the main idea
B) "why" something happens
C) suspense
D) places to visit
  • 9. dialogue
A) a rock band
B) what happens, result
C) screaming
D) conversation, speaking, or talking
  • 10. editorials
A) a fruit
B) freezer bags
C) editor's opinion found in a newspaper or magazine
D) periodical
  • 11. effect
A) fish
B) what happens, result
C) promote, publicize or propaganda
D) energy
  • 12. examples
A) universal, earth
B) books
C) model, provide practice
D) a type of clothing
  • 13. expository text
A) nonfiction, writing based upon true facts
B) tall tales
C) fiction, stories that are not true
D) fairy tales
  • 14. genre
A) something used for cleaning
B) generations
C) classification of writing
D) sports equipment
  • 15. global
A) type of basketball
B) universal, throughout the earth
C) narrow
D) round shape
  • 16. historical fiction
A) make-believe stories based upon true facts in history
B) newspaper
C) legends
D) stories based upon things in the future
  • 17. inference
A) problem solving
B) periodical
C) to reach a reasonable conclusion
D) reference
  • 18. introduction
A) ice cream sauce
B) bring forward, beginning
C) conclusion
D) ending
  • 19. outcome
A) effect, or ending in a story
B) introduction
C) complex
D) middle
  • 20. plot
A) an apple
B) main idea
C) important events that make up a story
D) details
  • 21. proofread
A) free write
B) draft
C) final copy
D) edit for mistakes
  • 22. revision
A) draft
B) make new, improve the content
C) sailboat
D) sloppy copy
  • 23. rising action
A) introduction
B) a beach ball
C) events that add interest or suspense to the conflict
D) conclusion
  • 24. role
A) writer
B) bread
C) character or appearance
D) prop
  • 25. root
A) base word
B) harvest
C) a vegetable
D) plant
  • 26. simile
A) main idea
B) make new, improve content
C) comparison between something known and something unknown. Always uses either "like" or "as"
D) middle
  • 27. table of contents
A) showing differences or an assortment
B) a spaceship
C) section of a nonfiction writing that shows the chronological order of the book's contents. Usually located at the beginning of the writing
D) proofread
  • 28. theme
A) character or appearance
B) an underlying meaning or message of a story; a lesson the author wants you to learn from his/her writing
C) breakfast
D) a bowl of soup
  • 29. transition
A) changing from one state, stage, place or subject to another
B) a notebook
C) events adding interest or suspense to the conflict
D) a parachute
  • 30. variety
A) tired
B) happy
C) showing differences or an assortment
D) the same
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