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Coach Week ~ SOL Review ~ Vocabulary (Week 1)

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What the story or reading passage is mostly about.

a)

explain

b)

genre

c)

cause and effect

d)

main idea

2.

The order in which events happen in a story.

a)

persuade

b)

inform

c)

sequence

d)

explain

3.

The type of story is called _____ .

a)

main idea

b)

genre

c)

context clues

d)

entertain

4.

A pattern that shows how one event causes another event to happen is:

a)

scan or skim

b)

sequence

c)

cause and effect

d)

context clues

5.

Words or pictures that help you figure out the meaning of a word you may not know are called:

a)

cause and effect

b)

context clues

c)

main idea

d)

scan or skim

6.

To quickly read over something looking for the main points:

a)

scan or skim

b)

cause and effect

c)

genre

d)

context clues

7.

Something written for you to enjoy reading it:

a)

inform

b)

explain

c)

entertain

d)

persuade

8.

A writing to convince you to do something:

a)

explain

b)

inform

c)

persuade

d)

entertain

9.

A writing to tell you how to do something:

a)

explain

b)

inform

c)

persuade

d)

entertain

10.

A writing full of facts to teach you something about the topic:

a)

persuade

b)

explain

c)

entertain

d)

inform

11.

Kim is reading a novel. She loves solving mysteries. This is an example of what kind of writing?

a)

explain

b)

entertain

c)

inform

d)

persuade

12.

Grandma is reading a recipe to bake our favorite cake. A recipe is an example of what kind of writing?

a)

entertain

b)

inform

c)

explain

d)

persuade

13.

Our Sunday newspaper is full of advertisements for things on sale. Advertisements are an example of what kind of writing?

a)

persuade

b)

entertain

c)

inform

d)

explain

14.

Our class just finished reading several biographies. A biography is nonfiction. This type of writing is an example of writing to:

a)

explain

b)

persuade

c)

inform

d)

entertain