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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 links the subject to the predicate
B) a word that describes a noun
C) a word that describes an action verb
D) a person, place, or thing
  • 3. cause
A) someone or something that makes something happen
B) an ending to bring to a close
C) the sentence that tells the main idea of a paragraph
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) to look and describe how two or more things are alike
B) retelling a story in your words; making it shorter
C) to look and describe how two or more things are different
D) the opening of a written work
  • 6. conclusion
A) to bring about or come to an end
B) a word that links the subject to the predicate
C) to tell how two ideas, people, or things are different
D) to make changes in something
  • 7. context clue
A) a reason why something happens
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) when and where a story takes place
  • 8. contrast
A) to look and describe how two or more things are different
B) a word that links the subject to the predicate
C) something that a person believes or feels but it cannot be proven
D) the writer's unique style of expression
  • 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) to make changes in something that is written
B) sequence of events in a story
C) a word used to describe a noun
D) a story that is not real but could happen
  • 11. revise
A) names a person place or thing
B) a picture or movie
C) to make changes in something; the third step of the writing process
D) a sequence of events in the story
  • 12. effect
A) something that happens because something else happens
B) tells us who or what the sentence is about
C) a hint in the sentence that helps you figure out what the bold face words mean
D) when or where a story takes place
  • 13. fiction
A) to make changes in something
B) tells us who or what the sentence is about
C) a story that is not real but could happen
D) a word used to describe a noun
  • 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) tells about people things and places that are real
B) story that is not real
C) parts of a narrative story
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) retelling of story in your own words
D) to make changes in something that is written
  • 17. irregular plural noun
A) a reason why something happens
B) an educated guess about something you read
C) nouns that change form without following the rules
D) a word used to describe a noun
  • 18. linking verb
A) a reason why something happens
B) a word that links the subject to the predicate
C) names any person, place or thing
D) parts of a narrative story
  • 19. nonfiction
A) a word used to describe something about a verb
B) a writing that is true, real, and full of facts
C) nouns that change form without following the rules
D) names any person, place, or thing
  • 20. opinion
A) as so as to bring about
B) to tell how two ideas or things are different
C) something that a person believes or feels but is not based on actual facts
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) names an person, place, or thing
C) punctuation marks that are used at the end of sentences
D) a word used to describe something about a verb or clause
  • 23. punctuation
A) an educated guess about something
B) parts of a narrative story
C) end marks or symbols at the end of a complete sentence
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) a word used to describe a noun
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 reason why something happens
B) a certain kind of literature
C) who or what the sentence or story is about
D) a word that links the subject to the predicate
  • 27. summary
A) something that a person believes in or feels
B) a brief retelling of the story in your own words
C) names a person, place, or thing
D) the beginning or first part
  • 28. topic sentence
A) a certain type of literature
B) something that a person believes or feels
C) the sentence that states the main idea
D) an ending or to bring to a close
  • 29. voice
A) to bring about change
B) a certain type or kind of literature
C) the writers unique style of writing
D) a hint in the sentence that helps you
  • 30. visualization
A) sequence of events in a story
B) parts of a narrative story
C) a certain type of literature
D) a picture or movie your mind forms when you are reading
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