4th Grade ELA 1
Test Taking Strategies
4th Grade ELA 2
4th Grade Reading
100

What are the people in stories referred to as?

what are characters?

100

How many hours of sleep should you get the night before the test?

What is 8 hours?

100

This is when 2 words means the same thing

 What is a synonym?

100

What are the three reasons an author writes? (What is their purpose?

What is to entertain, persuade, or inform.

200

What is the name of the person who writes the story? 

what is the author
200

The MOST important thing you should do when taking a test.

What is try your best?
200

This figurative language is being used in this sentence “The boy was like a lion because he was so courageous”

What is a Simile?

200

This is a short version of the story that includes just the important details.

What is the summary?

300

What text structure tells how something happened and why?

What is cause and effect

300

What do you do if you don't know the answer to a question?

What is skip it and come back to it later? OR Make an educated guess.

300

When the story is being told from an outside narrator

What is third-person point of view

300

What text structure would I use when teaching someone how to bake a cake.

Sequence/Steps/Chronological

400

What the author is trying to teach you?

What is theme.

400

The multiple choice questions on a test are the fastest part and you should rush through it. True or False?

False. Take your time!

400

What does sensory details include?

What is details that help you see, hear, smell, taste and feel

400

When the story is told from the perspective of the narrator, using words like "I" or "me"

What is first person?

500

Non-fiction means...

The story is true

500

You should skip every question you don't know and never go back to it. True or False?

 What is false?

500

What perspective would an interview or autobiography be from?

What is a first-hand account

500

A picture with labels is called what in a nonfiction book?

What is a diagram.

600

Fiction means...

A story is not real

600

What should you do if you are answering multiple-choice questions?

Process of Elimination
600

The first step when identifying main idea.

What is look at the title, the headings, repeated words, or the first and last sentence.

600

The parts of a drama that let the actors/cast know what to do.

Stage directions

700

What the story is mainly about?

Main idea

700

How many sentences should you have in a writing prompt for each paragraph?

What is 3-5 sentences?

700

What is an adjective?

Describes a noun

700

What is the ending of a story called?

resolution

800

Name 3 character traits

responsible, kind, loving... answers may vary
800

What process should you use when answering multiple-choice questions?

Process Of Elimination. 

800

This is what we call a short statement of the main points of a story.

What is main idea or central idea?

800

To describe how things are alike and how they are different

What is compare and contrast?

900

How the author feels about a topic is known as...

What is the author's point of view or perspective?

900

What MUST you do before submitting your test?

What is going back and making sure you answered every question? 

900

What does the theme tell you?

The lesson learned or the author's message 

900

What are the paragraphs in a poem called? and what are the sentences called?

Stanzas and Lines

1000

Give an example of both a simile and a metaphor

Answers may vary

1000

Name a type of breakfast to eat on the morning of a test day.

healthy breakfast, non sugary 

1000

Setting tells what two things?

Time and Place

1000

Name one type of text feature.

headings/title/subtitles/pictures/graphs/sidebars/captions

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