Vocabulary
What is author’s purpose?
A) A story about volcanoes
B) The reason why the author writes
C) Text features in a story
D) A pie
Correct Answer: B) The reason why the author writes
What is a narrative poem?
A) A poem that has NO rhyming words
B) A poem that is funny and hilarious
C) A poem that is like a story
D) A poem that has rhyme, meter, rhythm, repetition
Correct Answer: C) A poem that is like a story
Means the same:
A) synonym
B) antonym
C) cause & effect
D) theme
Correct Answer: A) synonym
What is the theme of a story?
A) Theme is a lesson, moral, or message
B) Theme is a short summary
C) Theme causes something to happen
D) Theme is reading sentences around a word
Correct Answer: A) Theme is a lesson, moral, or message
What structure shows how things are alike and different?
A) chronological
B) compare/contrast
C) cause and effect
D) problem and solution
Correct Answer: B) compare/contrast
What does the vocabulary word selection mean?
A) a written or spoken text or story
B) repeating patterns of sound
C) digital resource
Correct Answer: A) a written or spoken text or story
What does cause mean?
A) Cause means WHAT happened
B) Cause means WHY something happened
Correct Answer: B) Cause means WHY something happened
Means the opposite:
A) synonym
B) antonym
C) theme
D) main idea
Correct Answer: B) antonym
What are context clues?
A) a lesson or moral
B) a short summary
C) what causes something to happen
D) sentences around a word to find meaning
Correct Answer: D) sentences around a word to find meaning
What structure organizes text by telling events in order?
A) problem and solution
B) sequence
C) cause and effect
D) description
Correct Answer: B) sequence
What does the vocabulary word event mean?
A) fairy tale stories
B) a set of rules
C) a happening in a written selection
Correct Answer: C) a happening in a written selection
What is a humorous poem?
A) A poem that has NO rhyming words
B) A poem that is funny and hilarious
C) A poem that is like a story
D) A poem that has rhyme, meter, rhythm, repetition
Correct Answer: B) A poem that is funny and hilarious
The reason something happens and the outcome is called:
A) cause and effect
B) theme
C) bold print
D) character traits
Correct Answer: A) cause and effect
What is the time and place a story occurs?
A) setting
B) procedures
C) problem
D) order and sequence
Correct Answer: A) setting
What is the author's purpose for informational text?
A) to explain
B) to inform
C) to teach
D) all of the above
Correct Answer: D) all of the above
What does the vocabulary word completes mean?
A) to finish something
B) a story about science fiction
C) a text feature
Correct Answer: A) to finish something
What is a free verse poem?
A) A poem that has NO rhyming words
B) A poem that is funny and hilarious
C) A poem that is like a story
D) A poem that has rhyme, meter, rhythm, repetition
Correct Answer: A) A poem that has NO rhyming words
A 'paragraph' in a poem is called:
A) main idea
B) theme
C) stanza
D) narrative
Correct Answer: C) stanza
What is the lesson or message of a story called?
A) fable
B) expository
C) fiction
D) theme
Correct Answer: D) theme
What words give actors instructions in a play?
A) dialogue
B) dialect
C) stage directions
D) procedures
Correct Answer: C) stage directions
What does the vocabulary word explain mean?
A) to make clear and provide the reason for something
B) a group of words in large print
C) a map with horizontal lines
Correct Answer: A) to make clear and provide the reason for something
What is a lyrical poem?
A) a poem that has NO rhyming words
B) a poem that is funny and hilarious
C) a poem that is like a story
D) a poem that has rhyme, meter, rhythm, and repetition
Correct Answer: D) a poem that has rhyme, meter, rhythm, and repetition
The order of events in a story:
A) theme
B) main idea
C) character traits
D) sequence
Correct Answer: D) sequence
A story includes ALL of the following EXCEPT:
A) characters that talk
B) a setting – a time and place
C) information or facts about a topic
D) events in the story
E) a problem and sometimes a solution
Correct Answer: C) information or facts about a topic
What is the reason an author writes a story called?
A) audience
B) author's purpose
C) text structure
D) tone
Correct Answer: B) author's purpose