Fiction Vocabulary

Question 1

These stories are usually made up and passed down by families. They always have a lesson/theme

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fairytales, fables

Question 2

The person who tells the story is called the-

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narrator

Question 3

A word that means the opposite of another word-

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antonym

Question 4

Describes the way a character acts (what they are like in their heart)

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character traits

Question 5

When you take what you know from the story and what you know in your mind to answer a question-

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inference

Question 6

A person, place, or thing is called a-

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noun

Question 7

a short retelling of the story that Includes the most important events in the story.

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summary

Question 8

When and where the story takes place...

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setting

Question 9

When you use clues in the story to figure out what an unknown word means, you are using-

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context clues

Question 10

putting events in order from beginning to end is called-

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sequence

Question 11

A word that has the same meaning as another word-

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synonym

Question 12

What goes wrong in the story is often called...

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conflict, problem

Question 13

How should this sentence be rewritten? -Mrs. Davis got apples oranges and bananas at the store.

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apples, oranges, and bananas

Question 14

The person or animal that the story is about.

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character

Question 15

These stories explain things that happened in real life, but exaggerate them with make believe-

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legends, myths

Question 16

The lesson you learn from a story (often called the message) is-

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theme

Question 17

This genre means the stories are make believe-

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fiction

Question 18

The highest point of emotional intensity (usually where things change in the story)

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climax

Question 19

The events of the story that lead you from the problem to the solution.

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plot

Question 20

which prepositional phrase could be added after party? -The party lasted three hours.

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at her house

Question 21

How the problem gets solved is often called...

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resolution, solution

Question 22

What needs to be changed in this sentence? "The students helped mrs. Davis with her work."

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mrs. needs to change to Mrs.

Question 23

A word or phrase that tells when or where something is happening is called-

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prepositional phrase

Question 24

An action word is called a-

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verb

Question 25

What you look for in the story to help you answer a question-

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text evidence

Question 26

Letters at the beginning of a word that change the meaning of the word-

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prefix

Question 27

Letters at the end of a word that change the meaning of the word-

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suffix

Fiction Vocabulary

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Fiction Vocabulary

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