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4th grade reading and writing
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1
The way the AUTHOR feels about a topic is the...
mood
thesis
main point
tone
2
Good writers use colorful adjectives that involve the five __________.
main ideas
senses
characters
details
3
Putting an author's words into your own words is called....
saying
citing
quoting
paraphrasing
4
The ability to read naturally and with expression is call ___________.
rate
drama
fluency
expression
5
As good readers, we want to read faster, stronger, _______!
silently
longer
softer
brighter
6
Words that connect one paragraph to the next and help the text flow are _____ words.
transition
connecting
dynamic
ending
7
Summarizing means taking giant steps through a story to capture the _____ _____.
small details
major setting
key characters
main idea
8
Proper nouns are always...
lower case
in quotes
at the beginning
capitalized
9
The word "irritating" has a positive connotation.
False
True
10
The word "leader" has a negative connotation.
False
True
11
The genre of literature that often uses rhyme and rhythm is called ____________.
fantasy
drama
poetry
nonfiction
12
What words would you find in a third person POV story?
me, my, I, mine
he, she, they, them
you, yours
13
The time and place in which a story happens is called the __________.
plot
point of view
setting
main idea
14
This means to "walk in the shoes of a character".
empathize
make fun of
imitate
ignore
15
A sentence that goes on and on with proper punctuation is called a __________.
run-on
rambler
compound sentence
complete sentence
16
The type of writing that proves a point is _______.
narrative
argumentative
expository
step-by-step
17
Stories that are true
nonfiction
poetry
plays
fiction
18
Facts or information taken directly from a text
Evidence
Hook
Proof
Elaboration
19
Good readers try to visualize a scene or create a ___________ in their mind.
character
idea
picture
adjective
20
The part of a narrative that gets the reader's attention is called the _________.
heading
conclusion
body
attention grabber
21
An educated guess about what will happen next in the story is called a __________.
prediction
fable
inference
preview
22
A comparison using "like" or "as" is called a _____________.
idiom
noun
simile
metaphor
23
The overall feeling a READER gets after reading a text...
opinion
mood
idea
tone
24
A Venn diagram is used as a graphic organizer for which text structure?
main idea/details
cause/effect
problem/solution
compare/contrast
25
This punctuation mark goes between the day and the year.
question mark
dash
comma
period
26
What is an inference?
Fact
Fiction
Opinion
Educated Guess
27
Courage, honesty, and friendship are examples of _________.
adverbs
theme
idioms
tone
28
"You're off your rocker" is an example of an _________.
accident
adjective
adverb
idiom
29
Moving in on a line at the start of a new paragraph is called _________.
stopping
indenting
blocking
deleting
30
If something happened a year ago, the verb should be written in the _______ tense.
future
past
present
perfect
31
Stealing the words of other authors is called __________.
creative
plagiarism
smart
author's right
32
Quotation marks are used by a writer to identify _________.
setting
main ideas
someone speaking
proper nouns