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