4th Grade English Vocabulary Quiz

Context clues-

• he central point or topic that a text or a paragraph conveys

• hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.

• means giving a concise overview of a text's main points in your own words

Main idea-

• the central point or topic that a text or a paragraph conveys. It is the key point or message that the author is trying to communicate to the reader.

• P.I.E : P is for Persuade - the author shares their opinion with the reader. I for Inform - the author presents facts to the reader. E is for Entertain - the author amuses the reader.

• 1. hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.

Author's purpose-

•  the central point or topic that a text or a paragraph conveys

• 1. hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.

• P.I.E : P is for Persuade - the author shares their opinion with the reader. I for Inform - the author presents facts to the reader. E is for Entertain - the author amuses the reader.

Summarize-,

• means giving a concise overview of a text's main points in your own words.-----always much shorter than the original text.

• 1. the end or close; final part. the last main division of a discourse, usually containing a summing up of the points and a statement of opinion or decisions reached.

• hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.

Conclusion-

•  means giving a concise overview of a text's main points in your own words. A summary is always much shorter than the original text.

• the end or close; final part. the last main division of a discourse, usually containing a summing up of the points and a statement of opinion or decisions reached.

Narrator-

• - person who tells the story.

• 1. hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.

First person point of view-

• narrator is telling the story from their own point of view.

• the narrator exists outside the events of the story, and relates the actions of the characters by referring to their names or by the third-person pronouns he, she, or they.

Third person point of view-

•  narrator is telling the story from their own point of view.

• the narrator exists outside the events of the story, and relates the actions of the characters by referring to their names or by the third-person pronouns he, she, or they.

Fact and opinion-

• a fact is a statement that can be verified. It can be proven to be true or false through objective evidence. An opinion is a statement that expresses a feeling, an attitude, a value judgment, or a belief A .

• A fact is a statement that can't be verified. An opinion is a statement that does not expresses a feeling, an attitude, a value judgment, or a belief.

Root/base word-

• they can be stand-alone words

• they cannot be stand-alone words