Oklahoma State Testing Vocabulary

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

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

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

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

A nonfiction story written about someone's life.

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

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

In the word redo, re is a _________________.

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

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

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

What happens after an event or cause.

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.

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

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

The problem and the solution of a story.

Prefixes and suffixes are called?

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

She is a beautiful flower.

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

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

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

The cat sat on a hat and that was that.

The words small and little are examples of _________.

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

A not fake (not false) or true story.

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

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

The reason something happens.

A fake or false story for entertainment purposes.

In the word painting, ing is a ____________.

Hot and cold are examples of ________.

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

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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

To tell how something is the same or different.

Where and when a story takes place.

When words are written using a slanted type.

In the word unstoppable, stop is a ______________.

The topic or moral lesson of the story.

A sentence that asks a question.

Pizza is the best!

What a story or paragraph is mostly about.

He was as tall as a skyscraper.

A sentence that makes a statement.

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

The reason an author writes.

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

Encanto is an example of what kind of genre?

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

A sentence that shows strong feeling or excitement.

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

A verse that usually rhymes.

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

A story that teaches a moral lesson.

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

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

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

A sentence that tells a command.

Words written in darker ink.

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