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