4th Grade Study Guide: Key Vocabulary Words

What is a short statement that tells the main points?

• Summary

• Introduction

• Conclusion

• Thesis

What does it mean to use clues and what you already know to figure something out?

• Inference

• Observation

• Prediction

• Experimentation

Finding how things are alike is known as:

• Contrasting

• Comparing

• Analyzing

• Summarizing

Finding how things are different is known as:

• Comparing

• Contrasting

• Analyzing

• Synthesizing

The way a character or narrator sees and understands events is known as:

• Perspective

• Plot

• Setting

• Theme

A group of lines that go together, like a paragraph in a poem, is called a:

• stanza

• verse

• couplet

• line

What is the reason something happens?

• Cause

• Effect

• Result

• Consequence

What are words or phrases around an unfamiliar word that help you understand its meaning?

• Context clues

• Definitions

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

Words or phrases that mean something different from their literal meaning are known as:

• Idioms

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Homophones

A comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as' is called:

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Analogy

• Hyperbole