ELA Vocabulary 1

What is an antonym?

• A word that means the same as another word

• A word that means the opposite of another word

• A word that describes a noun

• A word that is a name of a person.

Fill in the blank: An article is a ______.

• passage or story

• type of food

• kind of animal

• piece of clothing

Match the following descriptions with their roles in a story.

• Audience

• The people the author chooses to write the story for

• Artist

• The illustrator of the story

• Writer

• The author of the story

Fill in the blank: The author's main claim is what the author wants you to ______ from the story.

(a)  

• forget

• learn
• ignore

• dislike

What is the author's voice?

• The author's feeling in the story

• The sound of the narrator

• The dialogue of the characters

• The background music.

Fill in the blank: Cause and effect is when one thing makes something else ______.

• disappear

• happen

• stop

• shrink

What is the central idea of a story?

• The least important message

• The most important message the author wants you to learn

• The title of the story

• The name of the main character.

Fill in the blank: A character is a ______ in a story.

• place

• person

• object

• color

What does it mean to combine sentences with FANBOYS?

• To separate them

• To join two sentences

• To delete them

• To rewrite them.

Fill in the blank: A conclusion is the ______ of a story.

• beginning

• middle

• end

• title