Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Text Features
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
100

What does the word imagine mean in the sentence below?

Sherry liked to imagine that she could run faster than a cheetah.

A.brag

B.practice

C.pretend

D.say

What is...

C.pretend

100

Which word is a SYNONYM for the word below in the sentence below?

Mom put her shoes below the table.

A.beside

B.under

C.on

D.above

What is...

B.under

100

A list of the topics and people in the text that is listed in alphabetical order. It is found at or near the end of a text and tells you page numbers for important words.

a. index

b. glossary

c. Table of Contents

What is...

Index

100

What do illustrators do FIRST?

A. Write the words

B. Decide what scene they want to illustrate

C. Make the cover of the book

D. Change the story

What is...

B. Decide what scene they want to illustrate

100

How do the pictures of the man and the woman help the reader understand the information in the book?

A. They show what each illustrator is thinking and doing.

B. They show how each illustrator looked.

C. They show how illustrators and authors are alike.

D.They show which books needed illustrators.

What is...

A.They show what each illustrator is thinking and doing.

200

What does the word tracing mean in the sentence below?

Robert did a tracing of the comic strip.

A.reading

B.short play

C.copy

D.original picture

What is...

C.copy

200

Which word is a SYNONYM for the word view in the sentence below?

We can view the mountains from here.

A.see

B.choose

C.paint

D.climb

What is...

A.see

200

It tells what important words mean

a. Table of Contents

b. heading

c. glossary

What is...

glossary

200

How does the woman illustrator change Jack?

A. She makes Jack a girl.

B. She makes Jack a giant.

C. She makes Jack very mean.

D. She makes Jack very small

What is...

A.She makes Jack a girl.

200

Why are there four pictures of Jacqueline’s face on one page of the article?

A. It is difficult to draw Jack as a girl.

B. They show how Jacqueline would look if the illustrator used different tools.

C. The illustrator liked to draw Jacqueline.


What is...

B. They show how Jacqueline would look if the illustrator used different tools.

300

What does the word illustrate mean in the sentence below?

My father can illustrate any story.

A.draw pictures for

B.tell

C.confuse

D.make it better

What is...

A.draw pictures for

300

Which word is a SYNONYM for the word enormous in the sentence below?

That enormous animal is an elephant.

A.scary

B.gray

C.tiny

D.large

What is...

D.large

300

Important words that are darker than the text around them

a. glossary

b. bold text

c. map

What is...

bold text

300

How did the man illustrator use the cat?

A. To show how the reader should draw cats

B. To show the cats liked beanstalks 

C. To show how the cat helped the beanstalk grow

D. To show how the beanstalk grew bigger over time

What is...

D. To show how the beanstalk grew bigger over time

300

How do the cat and dog help you?

A. By illustrating the books

B. By showing the reader 32 pages

C. By showing the reader how to do research

D. By asking questions and giving the reader facts

What is...

D. By asking questions and giving the reader facts

400

What does the word sketches mean in the sentences below?

My sketches were in a pile on the floor.

A.shoes

B.quick drawings

C.colored pencils

D.clothes

What is...

B.quick drawing

400

Which word is a SYNONYM for the word enjoys in the sentence below?

Willow enjoys making cookies.

A.likes

B.hates

C.practices

D.teaches

What is...

A.likes

400

An image that was taken with a camera, not drawn by an illustrator

a. illustration

b. graph

c. photograph

What is...

photograph

400

Why are illustrations important?

They help you to understand the story.

400

What does the reader find out at the end of the article?

A. What the covers of the book look like

B. Which book the publisher likes the best

C. The cat and dog drew the last picture

D. The man and woman started new drawings

What is...

A. What the covers of the book look like

500

What does the word research mean in the sentence?

Who did the research for the book?

A.writing

B.pictures

C.fact finding

D.read aloud

What is...

C.fact finding

500

Which word is a SYNONYM for the word ocean in the sentence below?

The fish swim in the ocean.

A.pool

B.sea

C.tank

D.school

What is...

B.sea

500

The words next to or below a picture that tell what it is or what it is about

a. caption

b. Table of Contents

c. bolded words

What is...

caption

500

How does the woman illustrator figure out how to show her characters’ feelings? 

A. She looks at pictures of her daughter.

B. She uses ideas from another book.

C. She looks in a mirror to try different faces.

D. She gets an idea from the dog.

What is...

C. She looks in a mirror to try different faces.

500

What do the pictures in the article help the reader understand?

A. That Jack was a little boy

B. That illustrators are in the same family

C. That children should not talk while their parents are working

D. That pictures for the same story can look very different

What is...

D. That pictures for the same story can look very different

600

careful study of a subject or problem

What is...

research

600

the ways that surfaces look and feel

What is...

textures

600

Gives the heading and beginning page number for each section of the book. It is found at the beginning of the book and includes the headings.

a. Table of Contents

b. glossary

c. map

What is...

Table of Contents

600

Name two tools an artist might use to draw different types of lines.

What is...

pencil, brush, pen with flexible point, felt tip pen, crayon, marker, paint, etc.

600

What does an illustrator do?

They create the pictures for a story.