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English Language Arts Review: 4th grade ELA review English Language Arts Vocabulary: #ELA Vocab
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A sentence that goes on and on with proper punctuation is called a __________.
rambler
run-on
compound sentence
complete sentence
2
Sensory language uses
is descriptive writing
uses the senses to describe
all of the above
uses adjectives
3
A person or animal in a story
painter
author
character
narrator
4
The most important character in a story is the
Author
Illustrator
Main Character
Narrator
5
Quotation marks are used by a writer to identify _________.
setting
dialogue
main ideas
proper nouns
6
action word
noun
verb
adverb
adjective
7
Plot, Character, Conflict, Theme, and Setting are five _________ elements.
<p>expository</p>
<p>persuasive</p>
<p>narrative</p>
<p>scientific</p>
8
Time and Place
Character
Plot
Setting
Theme
9
Drama is different than prose because it
has stanzas
has a characters
has stage directions
has dialogue
10
A Venn diagram is used as a graphic organizer for which text structure?
cause/effect
compare/contrast
problem/solution
main idea/details
11
A phrase used to compare two unlike objects using
like
or
as
.
Metaphor
Simile
Theme
Narrative
12
We, you, us, they, her, them, it are all examples of...
nouns
pronouns
names
verbs
13
A type of writing that tries to convince the reader of something is called _______.
step-by-step
narrative
expository
persuasive
14
hyperbole
adjective
feeling
simile
exaggeration
15
Summarizing means taking giant steps through a story to capture the _____ _____.
main idea
major setting
small details
key characters
16
A biography is
fiction
non-fiction
17
As good readers, we want to read faster, stronger, _______!
longer
brighter
softer
silently
18
A word that describes something
pronoun
adverb
noun
adjective
19
adjectives are
descriptive words
nouns
prepositions
action words
20
Sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, feeling are
narratives
places
used in sensory writing
adjectives
21
Moving in on a line at the start of a new paragraph is called _________.
indenting
blocking
deleting
stopping
22
Literature is
non-fiction
fiction
23
Tells location or place
prepostion
noun
adjective
pronoun
24
A pronoun takes the place of a
noun
thing
answers 1,2,3
person
25
Words that connect one paragraph to the next and help the text flow are _____ words.
ending
connecting
transition
dynamic
26
under, over, on, near, in front of, behind, are all
adjectives
prepositons
verbs
pronouns
27
Noun
describes a pronoun
person, actions, places
action word
person, place, thing or idea
28
This punctuation mark goes between the day and the year.
question mark
comma
dash
period
29
An educated guess about what will happen next in the story is called a __________.
preview
prediction
inference
fable
30
A _________ tells the story
author
narrator
both narrator and author
31
Good writers use colorful adjectives that involve the five __________.
characters
senses
details
main ideas
32
The ability to read naturally and with expression is call ___________.
fluency
expression
drama
rate
33
If something happened a year ago, the verb should be written in the _______ tense.
present
perfect
past
future
34
"She is a flower" is a
setting
verb
simile
metaphor
35
Captions, boldface words, and diagrams are features in __________ text.
plays
nonfiction
poetry
fiction
36
Courage, honesty, and friendship are examples of _________.
tone
adverbs
theme
idioms
37
The setting in a story is
answers 1,2,3
time and place
when
where
38
The part of a narrative that gets the reader's attention is called the _________.
hook/grabber
conclusion
body
heading
39
A phrase used to compare two unlike objects: "He is a lion."
hyperbole
pronoun
metaphor
simile
40
Central or main idea in a story
narrative
theme
fiction
event
41
A story is a
narrative
arguement
thesis
essay
42
"He was as big as a whale" is an example of...
narrative
metaphor
theme
hyperbole
43
fiction
true
real
narrative
literature
44
The time and place in which a story happens is called the __________.
plot
setting
main idea
point of view
45
A comparison using "like" or "as" is called a _____________.
metaphor
noun
idiom
simile
46
Text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world are different kinds of _________.
connections
dialogue
summaries
images
47
"He is as big as a whale" is also an example of
simile
metaphor
48
The genre of literature that often uses rhyme and rhythm is called ____________.
nonfiction
poetry
drama
fantasy
49
"You're pulling my leg" is an example of an _________.
accident
adverb
idiom
adjective
50
Good readers try to visualize a scene or create a ___________ in their mind.
mental movie
adjective
painting
character
51
Good mechanics include proper spelling, punctuation, and making sure proper nouns are _____
in quotes
lower case
capitalized
at the beginning
52
Stealing the words of other authors is called __________.
plagiarism
creative
author's right
smart
53
fiction means true
False
True
54
An informational piece of writing is
not true
non-fiction
false
fiction
