4th Grade ELA Terms

words and phrases around

an unknown word that give

clues to the word's

meaning

• context clues

• simile

• metaphor

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

a comparison of two things that

are not normally related using

the words "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• climax

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

a direct comparison of two

things that are not normally

related

• metaphor

• simile

• resolution

• event

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

a main problem

that drives an

entire story

• conflict

• climax

• plot

• theme

the turning point in the

character's problem; the

point where the reader

can tell that the problem

is on its way to getting

solved

• climax

• resolution

• event

• context clues

the way the

problem in a story

gets resolved

(how it turns out)

• resolution

• plot

• theme

• conflict

the details

about the time

and place of a

story

• setting

• plot

• theme

• context clues

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

the events that keep the story moving along

• plot

• theme

• resolution

• setting

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CCSS.W.4.3A

a lesson about life

that the reader learns

by paying attention to

what a character in a

story goes through

• theme

• event

• simile

• context clues

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

something that happens in a story

• event

• theme

• setting

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3