DWES 4th Lang Arts Vocabulary
- 1. To find the meaning of an unfamiliar word in a story, one can look for:
A) predictions
B) visual imagery
C) context clues
D) the author's purpose
- 2. A word that means the same or nearly the same as another is a (an):
A) antonym
B) suffix
C) synoymn
D) homophone
- 3. A ______________ is a word that has the same sound as another, but a different meaning:
A) homophone
B) simile
C) metaphor
D) synonym
- 4. If you are asked to read quickly over a paragraph for key words, you would be:
A) estimating
B) sequencing
C) skimming
D) diagramming
- 5. A small portion or part of a book is called a (an)
A) passage
B) glossary
C) phrase
D) novel
- 6. You would find the _______________ at the back of many textbooks with a list of words and their meanings.
A) index
B) table of contents
C) thesaurus
D) glossary
- 7. A group of words that do not complete a thought or is missing the subject, is called a :
A) hypothesis
B) phrase
C) paragraph
D) sentence
- 8. Most non-fiction books have an alphabetized list of topics and the page number it can be found on, located at the back of the book. This is called the :
A) index
B) table of contents
C) introduction
D) glossary
- 9. If you read two different books by the same author and then made a list of how the books were alike and how they were different, you would be :
A) sequencing
B) comparing and contrasting
C) prediction
D) paraphrasing
- 10. To find the page number of a particular story in your reading book, you would use the :
A) glossary
B) table of contents
C) title page
D) story
- 11. A word that means the opposite or nearly the opposite of another word is a (an) :
A) prefix
B) homophone
C) synonym
D) antonym
- 12. The attitude or outlook of a narrator or character in a piece of literature is called the :
A) plot
B) point of view
C) summary
D) author's purpose
- 13. The reason(s) that a writer chooses to write a selection is the :
A) conclusion
B) summary
C) point of view
D) author's purpose
- 14. An informal form of communication that includes a heading, greeting, body, closing and signature is a :
A) friendly letter
B) poem
C) narrative
D) business letter
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