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