Oklahoma State Testing Vocabulary

A list in ABC order in the back of the book that has the subjects in the book and page numbers.

The words small and little are examples of _________.

Words written in darker ink.

To decide what is happening because of clues in the story and using your prior knowledge.

Where and when a story takes place.

Harry Potter, Ron and Hermine are examples of _________________ in the Harry Potter stories.

A sentence that tells a command.

Multiple meaning words, same spelling and sound but different meanings. ex: bat-baseball bat and bat-furry mammal

A nonfiction story written about someone's life.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

In the word redo, re is a _________________.

The little house was sad and wondered what it would be like to live in the city.

The point of view of a character speaking directly about themselves using I, we, us, me, or my.

A story that teaches a moral lesson.

The topic or moral lesson of the story.

Sentences that support the main idea and tell bits and pieces of a story.

Following in an order that makes sense. What happens first, second, third in the story?

An author's purpose for writing that makes you enjoy what you are reading.

Sayings like, "It is raining cats and dogs." and "Has the cat got your tongue?" are examples of what?

To find the location of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, you would look in an ____________.

He was as tall as a skyscraper.

I have told you a thousand times to clean your room!

The reason an author writes.

The clock says, "tick, tock, tick, tock."

T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house.

An author's purpose for writing that gives information about a topic.

A fake or false story for entertainment purposes.

Prefixes and suffixes are called?

Encanto is an example of what kind of genre?

To tell how something is the same or different.

In the word painting, ing is a ____________.

The cat sat on a hat and that was that.

What a story or paragraph is mostly about.

A short retelling of a story without all of the details, usually written on the back of a book in paragraph form.

A sentence that shows strong feeling or excitement.

The problem and the solution of a story.

Point of view that tells about what happened to someone or something else. Uses he, she, them.

We start school in August. This is an example of ______________.

To find a synonym of the word nice, you would look in a __________.

The list of chapters and page numbers at the beginning of a book.

A sentence that makes a statement.

The reason something happens.

A not fake (not false) or true story.

Pizza is the best!

In the word unstoppable, stop is a ______________.

A story that has parts and is acted out on stage.

Usually the first page in a book, that tells you the title and author.

The words night and knight are examples of _______.

Two words at the top of a dictionary page that tell the first/last word on the page are called?

When words are written using a slanted type.

To read the sentences around an unknown word to help you know what the unknown word means.

To look up the meaning of a vocabulary word in the back of your science book, you would look in the ________.

She is a beautiful flower.

The words lead (a lead pipe made out of metal) and lead (I will lead the line today.) are?

What happens after an event or cause.

A title at the top of the page or at the beginning of a new section.

An author's purpose for writing that tries to talk someone into believing or buying something.

A sentence that asks a question.

Hot and cold are examples of ________.

A verse that usually rhymes.

To find the pronounciation of the word paprika, you would look in the _______________.

The narrator's position in relation to a story being told.