5th grade reading review (content area vocabulary)

Question 1

What are the group of letters that come after a root word. They change the meaning of a word.

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suffix

Question 2

Something that can be proven to be true is called:

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Fact

Question 3

A synonym for the main character is

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Protagonist

Question 4

What is the turning point in a story called?

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Climax

Question 5

What is the name of the person who is telling the poem or story, who is not always the author?

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Speaker, Narrator

Question 6

Synonym for story

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Narrative

Question 7

To examine or to judge is to...

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evaluate

Question 8

Who is the person telling the story?

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Narrator, Speaker

Question 9

What are the group of letters that come before a root word that change the meaning of the word?

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Prefix

Question 10

What is it called when something nonliving is given human characteristics?

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Personification

Question 11

The feelings that a story generates in a reader is called the

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Mood

Question 12

To describe the way two things are different is called:

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Contrast

Question 13

Another word for the PROBLEM in the story

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Conflict

Question 14

Text that is real, informational, and factual.

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nonfiction

Question 15

Two or more words with opposite meaning

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Antonym

Question 16

The reason why the author writes is called the:

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Authors Purpose

Question 17

To write about the MOST important parts of the text in YOUR OWN WORDS is to write a

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Summary

Question 18

The way someone thinks or FEELS about something....this is their:

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Opinion

Question 19

A book or a passage about a persons life

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Biography

Question 20

Two or more words with the same meaning

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Synonym

Question 21

The way text is organized is called:

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Text Structure

Question 22

A comparison using like or as is called:

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Simile

Question 23

When the problem is worked out in the story, this is called the:

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Solution

Question 24

The character who opposes the protagonist is the:

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Antagonist

Question 25

The lesson or the message of the story is called the

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Theme

Question 26

Two or more words ending with the same sound

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Rhyme

Question 27

Where and when the story takes place

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Setting

Question 28

Two or more words beginning with the same sound (apples are awesome) are called

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Alliteration

Question 29

What is the name for the pattern or beat of a poem?

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Rhyme

5th grade reading review (content area vocabulary)

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5th grade reading review (content area vocabulary)

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