4th Grade Reading
What is theme?
The moral or the lesson of the story.
What are these: " "
Quotation marks
What part of speech is the Italic word?
She quickly ran up the stairs.
Adverb
What does pathological mean?
serious, frequent
What do you call an alphabetical list of key names and terms used in a book? (hint it is located in the very back of a book)
An index
What does conclusion mean?
the ending of a story
Is "I think green beans taste terrible" an example of a fact or an opinion?
Opinion
What part of speech is the Italic word?
The pepperoni pizza was my favorite.
What does melancholy mean?
sadness, sorrow
Are the words listed synonyms or antonyms?
dark and light
antonyms
What does setting mean?
where and when the story takes place
What is a context clue?
Hints or clues found within a passage that can help the reader to understand the meaning(s) of new words.
What part of speech is the Italic word?
She wrote a story about her family.
verb
Define plateau.
large, high, flat area of land
Are the words synonyms or antonyms?
friends and enemies
What does Main Idea mean?
What is a verb?
an action word
Put the adjectives in the correct order in the sentence
She ate delicious, three, round, large apples.
She ate three, delicious, large, round apples.
Define trilled.
"Sally sold shells by the sea shore."
Which type of figurative language?
Alliteration
Double Jeopardy!!!!
Name 3 text structures.
problem and solution
cause and effect
compare and contrast
description
chronological or sequence
Fix this sentence
julie asked are we going to the zoo the store or the mall
Julie asked, "Are we going to the zoo, the store, or the mall?"
Pur the adjectives in the sentence in the correct order.
He painted beautiful, two, small pictures.
He painted two, beautiful, small pictures.
Define abundant.
plentiful, commonly occuring
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence
There,They're or Their going to the store.
They're
What is a inference?
A guess using evidence from the text and your background knowledge or schema.
What is it called when you put a space at the start of a new paragraph?
indent
What is the prepositional phrase?
He sat under the tree and read a book.
What does drizzle mean?
a light rain
What type of figurative language is this and what does it mean?
It cost an arm and a leg.
Idiom
It cost a lot of money.
What are the three point of views?
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
What are the three author's purposes?
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Name the prepositional phrase?
She drove through the tunnel.
through the tunnel
What text feature is located in the back of a book and gives definitions of words?
glossary
What type of figurative language is this?
The flowers danced in the wind.
personification