Vocabulary Assessment 5/9

What is a cause-and-effect structure?

• A text organization that shows what happens and why

• A type of story with animals as characters

• A list of facts in a story

• A way to describe a character’s feelings

What do context clues help a reader do?

• Understand the meaning of unknown words

• Draw pictures in a book

• Write a poem

• Count the number of words in a sentence

What are details in a narrative or presentation?

• Information that backs up the main idea or opinion

• The title of the story

• The name of the author

• The last sentence in a paragraph

What is drama?

• A special kind of fiction story, often performed on stage or in front of a camera

• A type of poem

• A list of facts

• A story about animals only

What does evidence do in a story or presentation?

• Supports a claim

• Describes the setting

• Names the characters

• Tells the ending

What is a genre?

• A kind of writing, such as a fable or myth

• A type of food

• A place in a story

• A character’s name

What is a heading?

• A word or phrase that tells what a section of a text is about

• The last sentence in a story

• A type of animal

• A kind of food

What is the main idea of a piece of writing?

• The most important idea, usually stated at the beginning

• The name of the author

• The last word in the story

• The color of the book cover

What does point-of-view mean in a story?

• The outlook someone has about the world or in a story; also called perspective

• The number of pages in a book

• The color of the main character’s clothes

• The time the story takes place

What does it mean to recount a story?

• To remember and retell a story

• To draw a picture of the story

• To write a poem about the story

• To change the ending of the story