Oklahoma State Testing Vocabulary

The reason something happens.

Usually the first page in a book, that tells you the title and author.

Harry Potter, Ron and Hermine are examples of _________________ in the Harry Potter stories.

Sentences that support the main idea and tell bits and pieces of a story.

A title at the top of the page or at the beginning of a new section.

The words night and knight are examples of _______.

The words lead (a lead pipe made out of metal) and lead (I will lead the line today.) are?

Two words at the top of a dictionary page that tell the first/last word on the page are called?

To read the sentences around an unknown word to help you know what the unknown word means.

The words small and little are examples of _________.

What happens after an event or cause.

The narrator's position in relation to a story being told.

Following in an order that makes sense. What happens first, second, third in the story?

An author's purpose for writing that tries to talk someone into believing or buying something.

A list in ABC order in the back of the book that has the subjects in the book and page numbers.

To find a synonym of the word nice, you would look in a __________.

A sentence that shows strong feeling or excitement.

A sentence that tells a command.

A fake or false story for entertainment purposes.

To look up the meaning of a vocabulary word in the back of your science book, you would look in the ________.

The topic or moral lesson of the story.

To decide what is happening because of clues in the story and using your prior knowledge.

Hot and cold are examples of ________.

A short retelling of a story without all of the details, usually written on the back of a book in paragraph form.

Sayings like, "It is raining cats and dogs." and "Has the cat got your tongue?" are examples of what?

Point of view that tells about what happened to someone or something else. Uses he, she, them.

The list of chapters and page numbers at the beginning of a book.

An author's purpose for writing that gives information about a topic.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

The clock says, "tick, tock, tick, tock."

Pizza is the best!

The little house was sad and wondered what it would be like to live in the city.

The cat sat on a hat and that was that.

In the word painting, ing is a ____________.

T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house.

Multiple meaning words, same spelling and sound but different meanings. ex: bat-baseball bat and bat-furry mammal

What a story or paragraph is mostly about.

A story that has parts and is acted out on stage.

She is a beautiful flower.

A sentence that makes a statement.

In the word redo, re is a _________________.

Encanto is an example of what kind of genre?

To find the pronounciation of the word paprika, you would look in the _______________.

To tell how something is the same or different.

We start school in August. This is an example of ______________.

Words written in darker ink.

Where and when a story takes place.

A sentence that asks a question.

I have told you a thousand times to clean your room!

A story that teaches a moral lesson.

The point of view of a character speaking directly about themselves using I, we, us, me, or my.

He was as tall as a skyscraper.

The problem and the solution of a story.

To find the location of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, you would look in an ____________.

A verse that usually rhymes.

An author's purpose for writing that makes you enjoy what you are reading.

The reason an author writes.

Prefixes and suffixes are called?

A not fake (not false) or true story.

When words are written using a slanted type.

In the word unstoppable, stop is a ______________.

A nonfiction story written about someone's life.