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