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Reading Vocabulary

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This type of writing talks about similarities and differences between people, places, things, etc.

a)

Description

b)

Compare & Contrast

c)

Order & Sequence

d)

Cause & Effect

2.

In this type of writing, the reader will see words/phrases such as because, as a result of, and due to.

a)

Cause & Effect

b)

Problem & Solution

c)

Order & Sequence

d)

Compare & Contrast

3.

In this type of writing the reader will find words/phrases such as a problem is, solve,or solution.

a)

Cause & Effect

b)

Problem & Solution

c)

Order & Sequence

d)

Compare & Contrast

4.

This type of writing is usually in chronological order.

a)

Cause & Effect

b)

Problem & Solution

c)

Order & Sequence

d)

Compare & Contrast

5.

This type of writing includes many adjectives, examples, or characteristics.

a)

Description

b)

Compare & Contrast

c)

Order & Sequence

d)

Problem & Solution

6.

Point of view is...

a)

The opinion of the author

b)

The text structure of a story

c)

The perspective of who is telling/ narrating a story

d)

The reader's opinion

7.

In which point of view does the author use pronouns like ''your" and "you."

a)

Second Person

b)

Third Person

c)

First Person

8.
What POV is this passage?
Joey comes over to his friend's house. As he steps in, he sees Jack sitting on the stairs.
a)
Second Person
b)
First Person
c)
Third Person
9.
What POV is this passage?
As I stepped onto the shiny porch of my new house, I thought to myself,"This is gonna be a good day."
a)
Second Person
b)
First Person
c)
Third Person
10.
True or false:
Point is view is utilized in any piece of literature.
a)
True
b)
False
11.

One of the features of _________ is that an author takes a stand and ask the readers to agree with him/her.

a)

Narrative Text

b)

Historical Text

c)

Persuasive Text

d)

Descriptive Text

12.

A text which the purpose is to amuse or to entertain readers with a story is called ...

a)

Narrative Text

b)

Descriptive Text

c)

Informational Text

d)

Persuasive Text

13.

If a text has only facts, what kind of text is it?

a)

Instructive Text

b)

Informational Text

c)

Descriptive Text

d)

Persuasive Text

14.
A type of writing written to encourage feeling and create a thoughtful response. This type of writing often uses rhyme and rhythm to convey a message.
a)
Traditional Literature 
b)
Fantasy
c)
Poetry
d)
Mystery
15.

A book with wizards and magic would be considered...

a)

Realistic Fiction

b)

Autobiography

c)

Fantasy

d)

Historical Fiction

16.

A text about a newly discovered dinosaur that Paleontologists believe to have live on Earth 125-million years ago would be considered...

a)

Fantasy

b)

Realistic Fiction

c)

Biography

d)

Scientific Text

17.
You are reading about the life of Peyton Manning...Fiction or Non-Fiction?
a)
Fiction
b)
Non-Fiction
18.
You are reading a story about 3 talking pigs...Fiction or Non-Fiction?
a)
Fiction
b)
Non-Fiction
19.

What type of text is an account of someone's life written by someone else?

a)

Scientific Text

b)

Historical Text

c)

Biography

d)

Autobiography

20.
A story with suspects, clues, and usually a crime that needs to be solved.
a)
Mystery
b)
Realistic Fiction
c)
Adventure
d)
Historical Fiction
21.

A story set in a real place in the past with accurate and authentic information about the specific time period.

a)

Realistic Fiction

b)

Fantasy

c)

Biography

d)

Historical Text

22.

What type of text is an instruction manual for how to build your new birdhouse?

a)

Prose

b)

Realistic Fiction

c)

Historical Text

d)

Technical Text

23.

What type of text is an account of a person's life written by that person?

a)

Biography

b)

Autobiography

c)

Historical Text

d)

Technical Text

24.

What genre is a story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth.

a)

Fantasy

b)

Drama

c)

Poetry

d)

Folktale

25.

What type of text is a script for Romeo & Juliet that will be performed in front of an audience.

a)

Nonfiction

b)

Drama

c)

Mystery

d)

Historical Text

26.

What is the type of text that is considered "ordinary writing" and is made up of sentences and paragraphs, without any rhyming structure.

a)

Poetry

b)

Prediction

c)

Prose

d)

Persuasive Text

27.

What genre consists of stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting? These stories resemble real life, and characters within these stories react similarly to real people.

a)

Realistic Nonfiction

b)

Realistic Fiction

c)

Unrealistic Nonfiction

d)

Unrealistic Fiction

28.

Which type of poem does an author express personal emotion or feelings?

a)

Narrative Poem

b)

Realistic Poem

c)

Lyric Poem

d)

Dramatic Poem

29.

The struggle that the main character tries to overcome.

a)

Conflict

b)

Main Idea

c)

Mood

d)

Plot

30.

The series of events that make up a story.

a)

Context Clues

b)

Plot

c)

Stanza

d)

Mood

31.

What does it mean to analyze a piece of text?

a)

To evoke feelings in readers through words and descriptions.

b)

To tell a story of events or experiences.

c)

To read the stanzas of a poem.

d)

To break apart and study the pieces.

32.

What is a narrator?

a)

The quality of being important and meaningful.

b)

A person who gives an account or tells a story of events or experiences.

c)

Who the events in the story happen to.

d)

The feelings that are evoked by what is being told in the story.

33.

What is dialogue?

a)

The person who is telling the story.

b)

The quality of being important and meaningful.

c)

The things that are said by the characters in a story, movie or play.

d)

The inferences that a reader makes by what is said by the characters.

34.

Mood is an element of literature that does what?

a)

Evokes feelings in readers through words.

b)

Breaks apart and studies the pieces.

c)

Connects what you are reading to other stories.

d)

Tells the most important parts of the story.

35.

What is a group of lines in a poem?

a)

Context Clues

b)

Mood

c)

Narrator

d)

Stanza

36.

A piece of visual information that includes a drawing with labeled parts to explain something is called what?

a)

Stanza

b)

Diagram

c)

Mood

d)

Plot

37.

What are the hints that an author gives you to help you understand information in a text?

a)

Significance

b)

Narrator

c)

Context Clues

d)

Mood

38.

Feelings, actions, choices, words, and thoughts display the ________ of a character.

a)

Character Traits

b)

Theme

c)

Main Character

d)

Drama

39.

The author's underlying message is the...

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Antagonist

d)

Theme

40.

The time and place of a story is the...

a)

Inference

b)

Setting

c)

Summary

d)

Lyrical

41.

By using the clues from the text and the schema I already have I can...

a)

Main Idea

b)

Drama

c)

Infer

d)

Summarize

42.

What is the most important point the author wants to make?

a)

Main Idea

b)

Setting

c)

Theme

d)

Character Traits

43.

The author uses thoughts and feelings to write about themselves or a personal event they experienced.

a)

Firsthand Account

b)

Evidence

c)

Reason

d)

Secondhand Account

44.

The author uses research to write about someone else or an event that someone else experienced.

a)

Reasons

b)

Firsthand Account

c)

Secondhand Account

d)

Opinion

45.

Choose the example of a Secondhand Account.

a)

Diary

b)

Speech

c)

Nonfiction Book

d)

Autobiography

46.

Choose the example of a Firsthand Account.

a)

Speeches

b)

Encyclopedia

c)

Textbook

d)

Nonfiction Books

47.

A diary is an example of which type of account?

a)

Secondhand Account

b)

Firsthand Account

48.

An encyclopedia is an example of which type of account?

a)

Firsthand Account

b)

Secondhand Account

49.

In a piece of text, what is a word or phrase that gives important information about an event like who, what, when, where, why. This word or phrase gives the reader a clue about the meaning of an unfamiliar or new word.

a)

Annotation

b)

Supporting Details

c)

Main Idea

d)

Author's Purpose

50.

What is the process of taking notes directly on the literary text while reading?

a)

Author's Purpose

b)

Point of View

c)

Text Structure

d)

Annotating

51.

Which best describes a form of visual information that displays a graphic representation of the passage of time?

a)

Diagram

b)

Photograph

c)

Timeline

d)

Chart

52.

What refers to how a piece of text is organized?

a)

Text Structure

b)

Stanza

c)

Chronology

d)

Elements

53.

Which word can best be defined as any person, animal, or figure represented in a piece of literature?

a)

Person

b)

Character Traits

c)

Character

d)

Author

54.

Which is a method of organization in which actions or events are presented as they occur or occurred in time?

a)

Text Structure

b)

Chronology/Chronological Order

c)

Reason

d)

Evidence

55.

What is an author doing when they use reason and evidence to make someone believe the same way they do?

a)

Evaluating

b)

Integrating

c)

Inferring

d)

Persuading

56.

What is a reader doing when they say what they "think" will happen in a story before it happens.

a)

Persuading

b)

Prose

c)

Predicting

d)

Solving a problem

57.

What skill is a reader doing when they describe a piece of text by condensing the information and just telling the most important parts of a story?

a)

Summarizing

b)

Connecting

c)

Inferring

d)

Evaluating

58.

Which best describes the reason an author decides to write about a specific topic?

a)

Moral

b)

Theme

c)

Author's Purpose

d)

Main Idea

59.

Stated or Implied: The author tells what the theme is at the end of a fable.

a)

Stated

b)

Implied

60.

Stated or Implied: You have to use the setting and events to determine the theme of the story.

a)

Stated

b)

Implied

61.

Combining information from 2 different pieces of text can be called ________.

a)

Motivation

b)

Mood

c)

Integrate

d)

Infer

62.

_________ is generally conveyed through the choice of words, or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject.

a)

Motivation

b)

Setting

c)

Theme

d)

Tone

63.

In a story, a poem, or an event, what is the lesson learned?

a)

Moral

b)

Motivation

c)

Problem

d)

Evidence

64.

Plot, theme, character and tone are all literary ________.

Hint: Another word for this is parts.

a)

Text Structures

b)

Techniques

c)

Elements

d)

Processes

65.

In literature, what is defined as a reason behind a character's specific action or behavior.

a)

Moral

b)

Theme

c)

Motivation

d)

Main Idea

66.

The major turning point in a story is called the _________.

a)

Falling Action

b)

Rising Action

c)

Exposition

d)

Climax

67.

What is a reader doing when they take information from a text and compare it to what they already know, in order to come up with a conclusion?

a)

Summarizing

b)

Reasoning

c)

Evaluating

d)

Informing

68.

To answer this: "I know this because...." a reader must use specific ____________ from the text.

a)

Evidence

b)

Inferences

c)

Dialouge

d)

Questions

69.

In order to persuade your parents to buy you a dog, you must use:

a)

Reason & Begging

b)

Begging & Evidence

c)

Reason & Evidence

d)

Begging & Crying

70.

Which word is best defined as: to note or describe the similarities/things that are the same.

a)

Contrast

b)

Compare

c)

Combine

d)

Collaborate

71.

Which word is best defined as: to note or describe the differences/things that are not the same.

a)

Contrast

b)

Compare

c)

Combine

d)

Collaborate

72.

When a piece of text is written in a "normal" way of talking, what type of language is being used?

a)

Computer Language

b)

Natural Language

c)

Written Language

d)

English Language

73.

In a story, a situation that needs to be dealt with/solved is called what?

a)

Solution

b)

Contrast

c)

Compare

d)

Problem

74.

In a story, how a difficult situation is dealt with/solved is called what?

a)

Solution

b)

Compare

c)

Contrast

d)

Problem

75.

A prepositional phrase includes a preposition, its object, and any modifiers of the object.


Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence: Be sure to review your facts before the quiz.

a)

to review

b)

before the quiz

c)

be sure

d)

review your facts