4th Grade ELA Vocabulary Fast Study Guide

perspective

• attitude toward a way of regarding something

• moral or lesson of the story

• main part of the story

• 1st vs 3rd person narration

Point of View

• attitude toward a way of regarding something

• moral or lesson of the story

• main part of the story

• 1st vs 3rd person narration

theme

• most important

• message, moral of the story, lesson

• what is going on in the story

• an attitude about something

central idea

• most important

• message, moral of the story, lesson

• what is going on in the story

• an attitude about something

plot

• most important

• message, moral of the story, lesson

• what is going on in the story

• an attitude about something

types of text structure

• cause and effect

• chronological

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

Another type of text structure is descriptive

• True

• False

a statement that something is true or a fact, although others may not believe it

• text

• context clue

• fact

• claim

If I come across a word that I don't know I should...

• skip it and keep going

• look inside the word

• look around the word

the main points of the story or text

• author's claim

• summary

• point of view

• perspective