4th Grade Vocabulary
referring to what someone else said
according to
a person's feelings or attitudes about a topic
opinion
a reason for doing something
purpose
a short story that may be fiction or non-fiction
passage
the time and place in which a story takes place
setting
another word for opposite
antonym
to finish something; meaning the entirety of something
complete
to select based on a person's or object's unique qualities
identify
words, phrases, or sentences often written with a particular pattern to create rhyme or rhythm
poem
to choose something; another name for a particular story that is usually part of a collection of stories
selection
this means the same as the start
beginning
the central idea of a story
theme
the people or animals of a story; the quality of someone's personality
character
to use background knowledge, story knowledge to guess about the coming events in a story
predict
to overcome a challenge or problem in a story
solve
facts about a particular topic
information
incidents that occur throughout a story
events
short phrase beneath a heading that is designed to explain what a reader will read about in the coming paragraphs
subheading
the challenge that a character is trying to overcome in a story
problem
a short or succinct retell of a story
summary
unique qualities of a person or object
characterisitics
proof that something is true
evidence
words that can be used interchangeably; two words that have similar meanings
synonyms
a person that wrote a story
author
a group of sentences that all talk about or add to information in the topic sentence, it is usually preceded by and indentation
paragraph