5th Grade Reading Vocabulary

Question 1

When an author uses clues to help you figure out what events will happen later in the story is-

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Foreshadowing

Question 2

Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words is known as-

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Context clues

Question 3

Name the genre: a story with elements that are impossible; talking animals or magical powers

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Fantasy

Question 4

Define: Dialogue

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a conversation between two characters in a story

Question 5

The story of a person's life written by someone else

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Biography

Question 6

What a piece of writing or paragraph is mainly about is called the ______________.

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Main Idea

Question 7

The message or lesson in a text that helps you understand more about life

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Theme

Question 8

This type of text informs or explains an idea for a reader. It is called-

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Expository text

Question 9

The repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called---

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Alliteration

Question 10

Complete the sentence: ______ is also known as the problem in the story.

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Conflict

Question 11

What are the parts of a text (table of contents, index, etc) called?

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Text features

Question 12

Complete the sentence: ______ is when & where the story takes place.

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Setting

Question 13

A story in which events create a feeling of terror in both the characters and the reader.

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Horror

Question 14

Name the genre: a story that may happen in real life with fictional characters or settings

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Realistic fiction

Question 15

A fictional story that uses talking animals to teach a moral

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Fable

Question 16

When a reader uses clues from the text + what they already know to draw a conclusion is called-

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Inference

Question 17

Complete the sentence: _______ is the ending or final outcome of a story.

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Resolution

Question 18

The perspective from which a story is told is called ----

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Point of View

Question 19

To say that something is bigger or greater than it really is; "to stretch the truth" is called-

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Exaggeration

Question 20

This pattern puts events in their correct order based upon the TIME in which they happened.

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Chronological order

Question 21

Authors use this structure when giving directions or explaining things. It is called-

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Sequential Order

Question 22

The way that a story is organized is called-

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Text structure

Question 23

Small text found near a picture that provides important information about that picture is---

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a caption

Question 24

This organizational pattern shows all the ways that 2 or more things are similar and different.

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Compare and contrast

Question 25

Define: Summary

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a short paragraph that tells the main events from the story.

Question 26

A story written to be performed by actors; a play is called a-

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Drama

Question 27

Which of the following terms gives human qualities to non-human things?

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Personification

Question 28

A type of writing used to persuade the reader of the author's point-of-view is called -

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Persuasive

Question 29

Language that helps a reader to visualize the events from a text in a better way is called-

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Figurative Language

Question 30

A story that is imagined and has characters and events that could not exist in the real world.

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Fairytale

Question 31

What is the events that make up a fictional story called?

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Plot

Question 32

Sentences that give you facts, descriptions & examples to help you understand the main idea is-

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Supporting details

Question 33

A type of writing based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.

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Fiction

Question 34

Fiction that involves an event in history. This genre is called-

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Historical fiction

Question 35

A story that presents a series of exciting events; often involves journeys or dangerous events.

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Adventure

Question 36

This type of writing describe people & places that are 'real' and events that really happened.

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Non-fiction

Question 37

Which term compares two things by using the words "like" or "as"?

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Simile

Question 38

Define: Onomatopoeia

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the use of words that imitate sounds

Question 39

Words and phrases that create _____ by using the 5 senses.

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Imagery

Question 40

What is a metaphor?

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a comparison of two unlike things

5th Grade Reading Vocabulary

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5th Grade Reading Vocabulary

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