5th Grade Reading Virginia SOL Practice 1

Extreme exaggeration.

Letters added to the beginning of a root word.

A central message or lesson of a literary work.

If you wanted to find a better word for "happy," what would you use?

Giving human-like qualities to something that is not alive.

A first-hand account of an event.

Determining what happened, and what will happen because of it.

The location and time in which a story or other literature takes place.

To find the definition of an important word, readers must turn to the...

Looking at the similarities and differences of two or more things.

Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

What research tool would you use if you needed long articles about cheetahs?

Which tool would you use to find a current map of Reston, VA?

A list of sources cited in a research paper.

Two words that sound the same but are spelled differently.

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!" is an example of...

Which word would come first in the glossary... Bird, birch, burly, bottom

Events organized by the time in which they occurred.

Letters added to the end of a root word.

The prefix pre- means...

A short retelling of a text.

Which word has a prefix meaning "below"

A title or short explanation of what is shown in a picture.

Which word has a prefix meaning "again"

The people for whom an author writes a text.

Which word would be a synonym for mad?

Which word has a prefix meaning, "not"

The words spoken by a character.

Which tool might be used to compare and contrast two characters?

The words, phrases, or sentences surrounding a word that helps you understand its meaning.

An educated guess based on evidence in the text.

Which word has a suffix meaning, "full of"

Words with opposite or nearly opposite meanings.

The turning point in a plot where the character has to face the main problem.

The author's attitude toward a topic.