WorksheetsVocabulary
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Theme
The main idea of a story
The lesson learned in a story
Dialogue
When characters encounter conflict in a story
When characters are speaking to one another through verbal communication
Emphasize
Place importance on something
To explore
Author’s Purpose
Reason why an author writes a story
Lesson the author learns from the story
Main Idea
Fiction
Nonfiction
Infer/Conclude
To develop an opinion based on evidence provided
To develop a theme of a story
Nonfiction
Characters, Setting, Problem, Solution, Theme
Main Idea, Author’s Purpose, Text Structure
Context Clues
Clues to help the reader understand the meaning of a word.
The underlined or bolded word in a text
Imagery
Visual representation using figurative language
A visual representation using author’s purpose
Cause & Effect
Text Feature
Text Structure
Climax
The theme of the story
The turning point in a story
12. Convey
What the author is trying to express to a reader
The author’s intended purpose
13. Exposition
Introduces the characters and setting of a story
Introduces the problem and solution of a story
14. Plot
The events that make up a literary story
The characters in a literary story
Characters
Nonfiction
Fiction
Resolution
The beginning of a story
The conclusion of a story
Caption
Text Structure
Text Feature
Persuade
Authors Purpose
Text Feature
Fiction
Characters, Setting, Problem, Solution, Theme
Main Idea, Author’s Purpose, Text Structure
Text Features
Helps a reader to understand what they are reading
Helps a reader to understand the exposition of a story
Rising Action
Series of events that take place leading to the climax
The part of the story where the setting and important characters are introduced
Literary Nonfiction
Biographies, memoirs, autobiographies
Drama, poetry, fantasy
Setting
Place, time or environment where a story takes place
The author’s purpose
Falling Action
The events that take place leading up to the climax
The events after the climax that leads to the solution
Text Structure
Fiction
Nonfiction
Foreshadow
Clues in a literary text that indicates a future event
Clues in a literary text that talks about events from the past
Suspense
The resolution in the story
Anticipation of an outcome in a story that builds uncertainty or excitement
Stage Directions
The words the actors say
Describes the scenery and how the actors should move and speak.
Stanza
Drama
Poetry
Description
Text Structure
Text Feature
Narrator
The person who is telling the story
The illustrator
Lines
Poetry
Drama
Chronological Order (Sequence)
Authors Purpose
Text Structure
Autobiography
An account of a person's life written by someone else
An account of a person's life written by that person
Simile
This day will never end
It was as hot as the sun.
