something

important
that happens in
a story

a group that
listens to or
watches
an event

A) events

A) author

B) setting

B) characters

C) birthday party

C) audience

to fix and
change a piece
of writing
A) tear it up
B) edit
C) leave it alone

a person who
writes a story
A) characters
B) author
C) illustrator

a group of two or
more consonants
without a vowel

animals and/or
people in a story
or a play

A) noun

A) author

B) vowel

B) characters

C) blend

C) audience

to find things
that are alike
A) compare
B) vowel
C) contrast

to find things
that are
different
A) contrast
B) consonant
C) compare

small important
parts of a story
A) main idea
B) details
C) sequence

a make-believe,
imaginative story
with a magical
element
A) folktale
B) fantasy
C) non-fiction

a made-up story
A) author
B) non-fiction
C) fiction

a made-up story
that was handed
down
A) poem
B) folktale
C) event

type of writing or
reading - fantasy,
fiction, nonfiction, poems,
fables
and etc.
A) genre
B) audience
C) character
what the story is
mostly about

the person who

does the
artwork
to go with a
story
A) illustrator
B) author
C) fireman

A) audience

a snapshot in your
head to go
with a story

B) details

A) genre

C) main idea

B) edit
C) mental picture

a person, place,
thing or idea
A) adjectives
B) verbs
C) noun

commas, periods,
question marks, and
exclamation marks
which helps us to
understand a written
story

A) poem
B) punctuation
marks
C) rhymes

to figure out and

tell beforehand
A) sentence
B) retell
C) predict

to tell again in
your own words
A) retell
B) predict
C) characters

words that end

with the same
sound
A) folktale
B) rhymes
C) vowels

a group of words
that forms a
complete thought
A) noun
B) fantasy
C) sentence

the order of
events in a
story

where a story
takes place

A) characters

A) setting

B) sequence

B) illustrator

C) author

C) audience

a written story

words that
show action

A) author

A) adjective

B) text

B) nouns

C) illustrator

C) verbs

words that end

with the same
letters but have
different
beginnings

the big picture

of a story
A) poem

A) nouns

B) details

B) word family

C) theme

C) verbs

letters
a, e, i, o, u
A) noun
B) consonants
C) vowels

a part of a word
with one vowel
sound
A) edit
B) consonant
C) syllable

A word or group
of words at the
top of a piece of
writing.

Something said or
known to be true.
Something that is
real.

A) fantasy

A) grammar

B) heading

B) fact

C) solution

C) verb

Change from one

position, stage,
or situation, to
another.

The rules for

forming words and
sentences for
language.

A) problem

A) grammar

B) transition

B) context

C) opinion

C) retell

Knowledge or facts
that comes from a
source. Tells you
something.
A) setting
B) contrast
C) informational

A particular type,
sort, or category.
A) fact
B) genre
C) active listening

A part or quality of
something related
to the word
character.

small item; a
particular way to
describe
something.

A) features

A) voice

B) author's purpose

B) detail

C) punctuation

C) sequence

The use of certain

marks, such as
question marks,
commas, and
periods, to groups
of written words.

The act or
process of solving
a problem or
question.

A) genre

B) solution

B) fact
C) punctuation

A) compare

C) nouns

A story where
animals take on
human
characteristics.
A) features
B) contrast
C) fantasy

A word that can

be used to refer
to a person, place,
thing, or animal.

Information that
tells more about
the whole idea.
A) voice
B) main idea
C) setting

An action word.
A) genre

A) narrative

B) informational

B) noun

C) verb

C) realistic fiction

What a word or
phrase means.

A message that
tells about an
act or event.

A) solution
A) main idea
B) context
C) fantasy

B) compare
C) narrative

To tell when two

or more things
are the same or
similar.

To tell again.
A) informational

A) additions

B) retell

B) compare

C) active listening

C) punctuation

An issue that is
difficult to
understand or
deal with.

What you think.

A) details

A) voice

B) realistic fiction

B) problem

C) opinion

C) narrative

To tell when
two or more
things are
different.
A) main idea
B) contrast
C) fact

The time and place

where the story
takes place.
A) genre
B) setting
C) author's
purpose

The order events

happen in a story.

A story that could

happen.

A) character

A) realistic fiction

B) headings

B) transitions

C) sequence

C) context

How the author

makes his/her
writing sound.

What the audience

does when someone
is speaking or
reading.

A) solution

A) fantasy

B) voice

B) problem

C) sequence

C) active listening

The reason the

author writes.

A person or animal
in a story.

A) author's purpose

A) active listening

B) fact

B) transition

C) grammar

C) character

The act of adding

something.

A feature that
helps identify a
person or thing.

A) additions
A) characteristics
B) opinion
B) transition
C) contrast
C) narrative

People who give

attention to
something said,
done, or written.
A) teachers
B) audience
C) writers
D) presenters

The reason an
author writes
something.
A) author's purpose
B) entertain
C) inform
D) persuade

The most
important idea
about a topic.

A list of items
that a good writer
uses to check
their writing.

A) setting

A) headings

B) central/main
idea

B) notes

C) theme
D) character

C) checklist
D) supporting
details

To discover
similarities.
A) contrast

Small pieces of
information that
tell about the main
idea.

B) create

A) supporting
details

C) compare

B) main idea

D) find

C) summaries
D) headings

The big idea in a

story where the
characters learn
a lesson.
A) opinion

Not the same.

B) point-of-view

C) compare

C) theme

D) plot

D) central idea

A) different
B) other

To discover
differences.

The first written

form.

A) create

A) draft

B) similar

B) edit

C) contrast

C) sentence

D) compare

D) paragraph

To prepare for
presentation by
checking and
correcting
grammar and
spelling.

A fictitious story
where animals
speak and act like
humans to teach a
lesson.

A) create

A) poem

B) publish

B) fable

C) draft

C) plot

D) edit

D) fiction

Information that
can be proved true
or false.
A) fact
B) author's purpose
C) opinion
D) point-of-view

A form of writing,
music, or other
composition.

A fictitious story
or legend passed
down from
generation to
generation.
A) fantasy
B) nonfiction
C) folktale
D) poem

A) poetry

The title or topic

at the top or
beginning of a
chapter, paragraph,
or letter.

B) nonfiction

A) beginnings

C) fiction

B) endings

D) genre

C) headings
D) main idea

A factual written
piece.

A story that is
told or written.

A) plot

A) narrative text

B) rubric

B) setting

C) fiction
D) informational
/nonfiction

C) selection
D) topic

Information that
tells someone's
ideas or feelings.

A small piece
of writing.

A) opinion

A) passage

B) supporting
details

B) topic

C) fact

C) rubric

D) fable

D) detail

The important
events that
happen in the
beginning, middle,
and end of a story.

The way a
narrator,
character, reader,
or author thinks
about something.

A) theme

A) topic

B) setting

B) point-of-view

C) plot

C) ideas

D) topic

D) genre

A) fantasy

To change or
modify a piece of
writing by adding
and deleting
information.

B) nonfiction

A) brainstorm

C) poetry

B) draft

D) realistic fiction

C) create

A fictitious story
that could really
happen.

D) revise

A summary used
to assess a
person's work.
A) genre
B) rubric
C) heading
D) draft

A small piece of
writing.
A) theme
B) selection
C) setting
D) plot

When and where

a story takes
place.

The same or
almost the same.

A) character

A) story

B) setting

B) contrast

C) central idea

C) Venn Diagram

D) theme

D) similar

To tell the
important events
in a story.
A) edit
B) summarize
C) create
D) revise
adjective
A) a word that is
capitalized
B) a word that
shows action
C) a person, place,
or thing
D) a word that
describes a noun

The expression
in writing.
A) voice
B) details
C) setting
D) genre
adverb
A) a word that
describes a noun
B) a word that
describes an action
verb
C) a person, place,
or thing
D) a word that links
the subject to the
predict

cause
A) an ending to bring to
a close
B) the sentence that
tells the main idea of a
paragraph
C) the beginning, or
first part
D) someone or
something that makes
something happen
compare
A) to look and
describe how two or
more things are
different
B) to look and
describe how two or
more things are alike
C) retelling a story in
your words; making it
shorter
D) the opening of a
written work

common noun
A) any person,
place, or thing
B) a word that
shows action
C) a word that
describes a noun
D) the writer's
unique style of
expression
conclusion
A) to make changes in
something
B) to tell how two
ideas, people, or
things are different
C) to bring about or
come to an end
D) a word that links
the subject to the
predicate

context clue
A) tells about people,
things, and events of
places that are real
B) a hint in the
sentence that helps
you figure out what
another word means
C) when and where a
story takes place
D) a reason why
something happens

direct quote
A) the author of
a play
B) an illustration
C) where or when
the story takes
place
D) the exact
spoken word of a
character

contrast
A) something that a
person believes or feels
but it cannot be proven
B) a word that links the
subject to the
predicate
C) to look and describe
how two or more things
are different
D) the writer's unique
style of expression

edit
A) to make changes
in something that is
written
B) a word used to
describe a noun
C) sequence of
events in a story
D) a story that is
not real but could
happen

revise
A) names a person
place or thing
B) a sequence of
events in the story
C) a picture or movie
D) to make changes
in something; the
third step of the
writing process
fiction
A) a word used to
describe a noun
B) to make changes
in something
C) a story that is
not real but could
happen
D) tells us who or
what the sentence
is about

effect
A) tells us who or what
the sentence is about
B) something that
happens because
something else happens
C) when or where a
story takes place
D) a hint in the
sentence that helps you
figure out what the
bold face words mean

genre
A) a word used to
describe a noun
B) act so as to bring
about
C) a picture or movie your
mind forms when you are
reading
D) a certain kind or type
of literature such as
fiction, non-fiction, autobiography, biography,
science fiction, and
poetry

inference
A) a educated guess
about something that is
not directly stated in a
passage but is strongly
hinted at or implied
B) parts of a narrative
story
C) tells about people
things and places that
are real
D) story that is not real
irregular plural noun
A) nouns that
change form without
following the rules
B) an educated
guess about
something you read
C) a reason why
something happens
D) a word used to
describe a noun

introduction
A) punctuation marks
used at the end of
sentences
B) retelling of story
in your own words
C) the opening; the
part that explains
what will follow in a
story
D) to make changes in
something that is
written

linking verb
A) a reason why
something happens
B) parts of a
narrative story
C) a word that links
the subject to the
predicate
D) names any person,
place or thing

nonfiction
A) a writing that is
true, real, and full of
facts
B) a word used to
describe something
about a verb
C) nouns that change
form without following
the rules
D) names any person,
place, or thing

plot
A) the sentence that
tells the main idea of
the paragraph
B) the beginning or
first part
C) a reason why
something happens
D) the action or
sequence of events in
a story

opinion
A) to tell how two ideas
or things are different
B) sentence that tells the
main idea of a paragraph
C) as so as to bring about
D) something that a
person believes or feels
but is not based on actual
facts

possessive noun
A) names an person,
place, or thing
B) punctuation marks
that are used at the
end of sentences
C) a word used to
describe something
about a verb or clause
D) a noun that shows
ownership

subject
A) a certain kind of
literature
B) who or what the
sentence or story is
about
C) a word that links
the subject to the
predicate
D) a reason why
something happens

punctuation

setting
A) an ending to bring
to a close
B) punctuation
marks used at the
ends of sentences
C) a word used to
describe a noun
D) where or when
the story takes
place

summary

A) end marks or
symbols at the end of
a complete sentence

A) something that a
person believes in or
feels

B) parts of a
narrative story

B) a brief retelling
of the story in your
own words

C) tells who or what

the sentence is about
D) an educated guess
about something

C) the beginning or
first part
D) names a person,
place, or thing

topic sentence

voice

A) an ending or to
bring to a close

A) a certain type or
kind of literature

B) a certain type of
literature

B) to bring about
change

C) something that a
person believes or
feels

C) a hint in the
sentence that helps
you

D) the sentence that

states the main idea

D) the writers unique

style of writing

visualization
A) a certain type of
literature
B) a picture or movie
your mind forms when
you are reading
C) sequence of events
in a story
D) parts of a
narrative story

story element
A) parts of a story;
narrative
B) names a person,
place, or thing
C) nouns that change
form without
following the rules
D) a form of a noun
that shows ownership
or possession

advertising

atlas

A) bill boards
B) come to a
satisfying ending
C) good friends
D) promote,
publicize, and
propagate

author's viewpoint
A) promotion
B) end, finale
C) trusting the
characters
D) the way an author
thinks about the
subject of his or her
writing

A) highways and rivers

B) "why" something
happens
C) people
D) a book of maps

cause
A) a book of maps
B) "why" something
happens
C) the tail of a
whale
D) an ocean's
bottom

climax

conclusion

A) high point in
the story

A) end, finale

B) conversation,
speaking, and
talking

B) bring forward,
beginning

C) clouds in the
sky

C) the start

D) a lemonade
stand

D) a highway

describe
A) explain,
communicate,
impart, or
exemplify
B) a book of maps
C) a movie
D) a robot

details
A) "why" something
happens
B) point, example,
tells more abut the
main idea
C) suspense
D) places to visit

dialogue
A) what happens,
result
B) screaming
C) conversation,
speaking, or
talking
D) a rock band

effect

editorials
A) freezer bags
B) periodical
C) a fruit
D) editor's
opinion found in a
newspaper or
magazine

examples

A) promote,
publicize or
propaganda

A) books

B) what happens,
result

C) model, provide
practice

C) energy

D) a type of
clothing

D) fish

B) universal, earth

expository text
A) fiction,
stories that are
not true
B) nonfiction,
writing based
upon true facts
C) tall tales
D) fairy tales

global
A) universal,
throughout the
earth
B) narrow

genre
A) classification
of writing
B) generations
C) something
used for cleaning
D) sports
equipment
historical fiction
A) make-believe
stories based
upon true facts in
history

C) type of
basketball

B) stories based
upon things in the
future

D) round shape

C) legends
D) newspaper

inference
A) problem
solving
B) to reach a
reasonable
conclusion

introduction
A) ending
B) bring forward,
beginning

C) reference

C) conclusion

D) periodical

D) ice cream
sauce

outcome
A) middle
B) introduction
C) effect, or
ending in a story
D) complex

plot
A) main idea
B) details
C) important
events that make
up a story
D) an apple

proofread
A) edit for
mistakes
B) free write
C) draft
D) final copy

rising action
A) a beach ball
B) conclusion
C) introduction
D) events that add
interest or
suspense to the
conflict

revision
A) draft
B) make new,
improve the
content
C) sloppy copy
D) sailboat
role
A) character
or appearance
B) bread
C) writer
D) prop

root
A) plant

simile
A) make new, improve
content
B) middle

B) a vegetable
C) base word
D) harvest

table of contents
A) a spaceship
B) showing differences
or an assortment
C) proofread
D) section of a
nonfiction writing that
shows the chronological
order of the book's
contents. Usually
located at the beginning
of the writing

C) comparison between
something known and
something unknown.
Always uses either
"like" or "as"
D) main idea

theme
A) an underlying
meaning or message
of a story;
a lesson the author
wants you to learn
from his/her writing
B) character or
appearance
C) breakfast
D) a bowl of soup

transition
A) a parachute
B) events adding
interest or suspense
to the conflict
C) a notebook
D) changing from
one state, stage,
place or subject to
another
the relationship
between two things
when one thing
makes something
happen
A) cause and
effect
B) purpose
C) opinion
D) influence

variety
A) happy
B) the same
C) tired
D) showing
differences or an
assortment

to give attention to
A) details
B) tone
C) fact
D) to entertain

the influence of
one person,
thing, or action
on another

something that
is told or facts
that are
learned; news or
knowledge

A) significance

A) fact

B) impact

B) information

C) convince

C) to inform

D) communicate

D) main idea

meaning or
sense, showing
the importance
of connecting

the most
important fact
that the selection
is about

A) communicate

A) summary

B) impact

B) main point

C) convince

C) main idea

D) significance

D) main problem

to give facts or
information about
A) to inform
B) influence
C) details
D) facts

that which tells

what the main
selection is about
A) main idea
B) summary
C) narrative
D) main problem

the reason for

which something
is done or
written

to have power over

A) details

B) rule

A) influence

B) reason
C) tone

C) to inform

D) purpose

D) facts

a special quality
of a person or
thing
A) opinion
B) personality
C) idea
D) characteristics

what a person
thinks
A) fact
B) opinion
C) idea
D) details

a way of speaking
or writing that
shows a certain
feeling

something that
can be proven to
be true

A) personality

A) opinion

B) sweet

B) details

C) pretty

C) ideas

D) tone

D) fact

individual feature,
facts or items
used to further
describe

the major
harmful situation
needing to be
dealt with

A) tone

A) main idea

B) purpose

B) main problem

C) mood

C) main point

D) details

D) impact

the way a story is

written to show
emotions or
feelings, such as
happy, sad
exciting

a person who
writes a story or
selection

A) personality
B) tone
C) mood
D) significance

A) author
B) biography
C) nonfiction

the meaning of a
word, phrase
A) definition

personally
encountering or
doing
something

B) sentence

A) experience

C) word

B) reference
C) situation

another word used

for a short reading
passage - a poem,
recipe, or article

a book, passage,
etc., to which
one is directed

A) sentence

A) reference

B) selection

B) quotation

C) phrase

C) phrase

group of words
that is used to tell,
ask, command, or
exclaimed
something having a
subject, verb and
punctuation

the blank space

around the
printing on a
page
A) ends

A) sentence
B) selection
C) word

B) margin
C) corner

several
sentences that
express an idea
and deals with a
specific subject

a group of words
that does not
form a complete
sentence, but
gives a single idea

A) selection

A) paragraph

B) phrase

B) sentence

C) paragraph

C) phrase

punctuation marks
that show what
someone said

a critical,
problematic, or
striking set of
circumstances

A) quotation
marks

A) conclusion

B) parentheses

B) situation

C) brackets

all the words in

a language
A) vocabulary
B) phrase
C) sentence

C) experience

This is known as
the result or
consequence of an
event that
happens in a story.
A) theme
B) cause
C) effect
D) plot

This is known as
a reason why an
event happens in
a story.
A) cause

These are the

parts of the
story that help
you find the main
idea.

B) effect

A) supporting
details

C) main idea

B) causes

D) theme

C) effects
D) comparisons

This is known as
the reason why
someone writes a
story.

This is known as
the "meat" of
the story.

A) effect

A) theme

B) relevance

B) main idea

C) author's
purpose

C) cause

D) cause

D) effect

When looking for

similarities and
differences, what
are you working
on?
A) comparisons

Theme
A) naming of a thing or
action by
imitation of natural
sounds
B) images that can be
seen or that are
imagined

C) effect

C) arranged according to
the order
of time

D) main idea

D) view about life and

how people behave

B) cause

Metaphor
A) the repetition of a
sound
B) a figure of speech in
which things are
compared by the use of
the word like or as
C) a careful plan or
method
D) an object or idea
used in place of another
to suggest a similarity
between them

Climax
A) the point of highest
dramatic interest or a
major turning point in
the action
B) events in a story
C) the last part of
something or a final
result
D) a history of a
person's life

Dialogue
A) a way of looking at
or thinking about
something
B) a passage quoted
from a book
C) a conversation
between two or more
persons
D) the chief
character in a play