Oklahoma State Testing Vocabulary

The reason something happens.

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

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

A story that teaches a moral lesson.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

In the word unstoppable, stop is a ______________.

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

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

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

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

Where and when a story takes place.

The words small and little are examples of _________.

He was as tall as a skyscraper.

A verse that usually rhymes.

Prefixes and suffixes are called?

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

Pizza is the best!

Encanto is an example of what kind of genre?

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

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

A sentence that makes a statement.

In the word redo, re is a _________________.

When words are written using a slanted type.

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

What a story or paragraph is mostly about.

Words written in darker ink.

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

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

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

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

A not fake (not false) or true story.

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

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

The cat sat on a hat and that was that.

A nonfiction story written about someone's life.

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

The words night and knight are examples of _______.

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

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

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

In the word painting, ing is a ____________.

To tell how something is the same or different.

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

A sentence that shows strong feeling or excitement.

A sentence that tells a command.

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

The topic or moral lesson of the story.

The reason an author writes.

A fake or false story for entertainment purposes.

She is a beautiful flower.

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

What happens after an event or cause.

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

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

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

A sentence that asks a question.

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

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

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

The problem and the solution of a story.

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

Hot and cold are examples of ________.