4th Grade -- Language Arts 2009
  • 1. adjective
A) a word that shows action
B) a person, place, or thing
C) a word that describes a noun
D) a word that is capitalized
  • 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) someone or something that makes something happen
B) the sentence that tells the main idea of a paragraph
C) the beginning, or first part
D) an ending to bring to a close
  • 4. common noun
A) the writer's unique style of expression
B) any person, place, or thing
C) a word that describes a noun
D) a word that shows action
  • 5. compare
A) retelling a story in your words; making it shorter
B) the opening of a written work
C) to look and describe how two or more things are alike
D) to look and describe how two or more things are different
  • 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 hint in the sentence that helps you figure out what another word means
B) a reason why something happens
C) when and where a story takes place
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) the exact spoken word of a character
C) where or when the story takes place
D) the author of a play
  • 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 sequence of events in the story
B) to make changes in something; the third step of the writing process
C) a picture or movie
D) names a person place or thing
  • 12. effect
A) something that happens because something else happens
B) a hint in the sentence that helps you figure out what the bold face words mean
C) tells us who or what the sentence is about
D) when or where a story takes place
  • 13. fiction
A) a word used to describe a noun
B) a story that is not real but could happen
C) to make changes in something
D) tells us who or what the sentence is about
  • 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 picture or movie your mind forms when you are reading
D) a word used to describe a noun
  • 15. inference
A) parts of a narrative story
B) tells about people things and places that are real
C) a educated guess about something that is not directly stated in a passage but is strongly hinted at or implied
D) story that is not real
  • 16. introduction
A) retelling of story in your own words
B) punctuation marks used at the end of sentences
C) the opening; the part that explains what will follow in a story
D) to make changes in something that is written
  • 17. irregular plural noun
A) an educated guess about something you read
B) a reason why something happens
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) names any person, place or thing
C) a word that links the subject to the predicate
D) parts of a narrative story
  • 19. nonfiction
A) a writing that is true, real, and full of facts
B) nouns that change form without following the rules
C) a word used to describe something about a verb
D) names any person, place, or thing
  • 20. opinion
A) something that a person believes or feels but is not based on actual facts
B) as so as to bring about
C) to tell how two ideas or things are different
D) sentence that tells the main idea of a paragraph
  • 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) punctuation marks that are used at the end of sentences
B) names an person, place, or thing
C) a noun that shows ownership
D) a word used to describe something about a verb or clause
  • 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) an ending to bring to a close
B) punctuation marks used at the ends of sentences
C) a word used to describe a noun
D) where or when the story takes place
  • 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 reason why something happens
C) a certain kind of literature
D) who or what the sentence or story is about
  • 27. summary
A) something that a person believes in or feels
B) a brief retelling of the story in your own words
C) the beginning or first part
D) names a person, place, or thing
  • 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) to bring about change
B) a hint in the sentence that helps you
C) the writers unique style of writing
D) a certain type or kind of literature
  • 30. visualization
A) a picture or movie your mind forms when you are reading
B) sequence of events in a story
C) a certain type of literature
D) parts of a narrative story
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