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Worksheets5th Grade ALL OF ELA Vocabulary
Total questions: 71
Worksheet time: 36mins
What is a setting?
The moral, life lesson, or message of the story
Talking about a character's feelings and traits
Where or when the story takes place
The character's perspective or opinion about something
What are events?
Things that happen in the story
The character's perspective or opinion about something
Talking about a character's feelings and traits
The moral, life lesson, or message of the story
What is a conflict?
The solution or answer to a problem
A problem or disagreement in the story
Things that happen in the story
All of the events in the whole story
What is characterization?
A person, animal, or creature in a story
Talking about a character's traits and/or feelings
The solution or answer to a problem
A problem or disagreement in the story
What is the definition of contribute?
Means to add to
Means to show
Means to explain
Means to tell
What is the definition of plot?
The solution or answer to a problem
A problem or disagreement in the story
The most important event in the story
All of the events that happen in the whole story
What is a character?
A person, animal, or creature in a story
Talking about a character's traits and/or feelings
The solution or answer to a problem
A problem or disagreement in the story
What is the definition of "develop" as used in literary contexts?
To show how the author shows something
To explain how the author explains something
To tell how the author tells something
To add to how the author adds to something
What does "theme" refer to in a story?
The solution or answer to a problem
A problem or disagreement in the story
The most important event in the story
The message, lesson, or moral of the story
Which of the following are common themes in literature? (Select all that apply.)
Never give up
Practice makes perfect
Don't bite your pencil eraser
Never judge a book by its cover
What is meant by a character's "perspective"?
The character's opinion or point of view
The author's personal beliefs
A detailed description of the setting
The plot of the story
What is the definition of "figurative language"?
Using words in their literal meanings
A non-literal common phrase
When a word or phrase is exaggerated
When something does not mean exactly what it says, many different types
What is an "idiom"?
A non-literal common phrase
A huge exaggeration
The reason the author wrote the text
A comparison between two or more things
Which of the following is an example of an idiom?
It's raining cats and dogs.
My cat ate her dinner.
My pencil fell.
It's raining hard.
What is the definition of personification?
Talking about a human like it's an object
Comparing two things by using the words "like" or "as"
What a person or character is thinking/feeling
Talking about an object like it's a person or is alive
What is an example of personification?
The pencil rolled off my desk
My alarm was loud and woke me up
The house was settling
My pencil jumped off my desk
What is the definition of a metaphor?
Comparing two or more things while using "like" or "as"
Comparing two or more things without using "like" or "as"
A phrase commonly known in English, but it does not literally make sense
Comparing and contrast text structure
What is an example of a metaphor?
I felt like a zombie this morning
I'm as hungry as a horse
I'm like a sloth
I am a zombie in the early morning
What is the definition of a simile?
Contrasting 2 or more things without using "like" or "as"
A phrase commonly known in English, but it does not literally make sense
Comparing 2 or more things without using the words "like" or "as"
Comparing 2 or more things using the words "like" or "as"
What is an example of a simile?
I am as bright as the sun
He is a couch potato she has a heart of gold
That party was the bomb
They are a night owl
What is the definition of a hyperbole?
My backpack is heavy
It's raining super hard
Comparing two things using the words like or as
A huge exaggeration
What is an example of hyperbole?
My backpack weighs 500 tons.
My backpack is very heavy.
It's raining cats and dogs.
A huge exaggeration
What is the definition of alliteration?
The repetition of the same sound at the start of words or phrases that are close together
When two or more words are spelled the same but have different meanings
Talking about an object like it is a person
Talking about something using one of the five senses
What is an example of alliteration?
Billy brought blueberries.
Sam thought her friend ran like a cheetah.
My pencil fell off my desk
Bat and bat are spelled the same but can have 2 different meanings
What is the definition of imagery?
Talking using one or more of the 5 senses (sight, touch, taste, smell, hear)
Comparing two things by using the words like or as
Talking about an object like it is a person
Comparing two things without using the words like or as
What is an example of imagery?
The cake tasted like sweet chocolate.
My pencil fell off my desk.
Billy brought blueberries.
I run fast like a cheetah.
What is the definition of onomatopoeia?
Sound effects
Comparing two things by using the words "like" or "as"
Talking about an object like it is a person
Talking about something using one of the five senses
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
Boom, pow, pop, crash, sizzle, kaboom
My pencil jumped off my desk
Ouch! The backpack hurts my back because it weighs 500 pounds.
I run fast like a cheetah.
What is the definition of poetic elements?
Things in the poem such as stanza, line breaks, shape, imagery
Where the lines end
The amount of beats in one line
The way a poem is built or organized
What is the definition of rhyme in poetry?
Words that make the same sound
Where the lines end
The amount of beats in one line
The beat
What is the definition of rhythm in poetry?
Where the lines end
When words make the same sound
The amount of beats in one line
The beat
What is the definition of meter in poetry?
The amount of beats in one line
Where the lines end
When words make the same sound
The rhythm or beat of a poem
What is the definition of line breaks in poetry?
Where the lines end
The shape you can find by tracing the side of the poem
The amount of beats in one line
Words that make the same sound
What is the definition of shape in poetry?
Made by line breaks, it shows when you trace the side of the poem
Words that make the same sound
The amount of beats in one line
Where the lines end
What is the definition of repetition in poetry?
When a word repeats itself
The amount of beats in one line
Where the lines end
The rhythm or beat of a poem
What is the definition of a stanza?
a. a paragraph
b. the shape is made by line breaks, it shows when you trace it
c. the amount of beats in one line
d. a group of lines
What is the definition of text structures?
a. things in a text other than the paragraphs that help you understand it
b. caption, heading, timeline, title, diagram, table of contents, index, and more
c. what the text is mostly about, including relevant details
d. the way the text is built or organized
What is the definition of compare and contrast text structure?
a. time order, order of events
b. talks about the reason why something happens
c. telling a cause and then the effect of what happens next
d. talks about the differences and similarities between 2 or more things
What is the definition of description text structure?
a. time order, order of events
b. talks about the reason why something happens
c. telling a cause and then the effect of what happens next
d. tells you many details about something
What is the definition of problem and solution text structure?
a. tells you about a problem and tells how to fix it
b. talks about the reason why something happens
c. telling a cause and then the effect of what happens next
d. describing many details about a topic
What is the definition of cause and effect text structure?
a. time order, order of events
b. talking about a problem and then telling the solution to that problem
c. telling a cause and then the effect of what happens next
d. describing many details about a topic
What is the definition of chronology text structure?
a. time order, order of events
b. talking about a problem and then telling the solution to that problem
c. telling a cause and then the effect of what happens next
d. describing many details about a topic
What is the definition of sequence text structure?
time order
talking about a problem and then telling the solution to that problem
telling a cause and then the effect of what happens next
talking about how two or more things are similar or different
What is the definition of text features?
things in a text other than the paragraphs that help you understand it
how the text is organized or built
description, chronology, cause and effect, problem solution, and compare contrast
the message, moral, or life lesson of the story
What is the definition of a caption?
tells you what the illustration or photograph is about
tells you what the paragraph is about
Labels what parts or pieces are called or what it is, using arrows
shows you what parts or pieces are called or what it is, using arrows
What is the definition of a heading?
tells you what the paragraph is about
Labels what parts or pieces are called or what it is, using arrows
tells you what the text is about
shows you what parts or pieces are called or what it is, using arrows
What is the definition of a diagram?
Labels what parts or pieces are called or what it is, using arrows
tells you what the text is about
shows you what parts or pieces are called or what it is
tells you what the paragraph is about
What is the definition of a timeline?
shows you the important events that happened in time order
tells you what the text is about
shows you what parts or pieces are called or what it is
tells you what the paragraph is about
What is the definition of a title?
Tells you what the whole text is about
shows you the important events that happened in time order
shows you what parts or pieces are called or what it is
tells you what the paragraph is about
What is the definition of an index?
Alphabetically lists all the major topics, events, people, and places discussed in the book and provides page numbers that direct you to each reference.
A special section in a text that provides definitions for complicated words.
A page or section at the front of your book that lists the chapters or sections of the book and their corresponding page numbers.
Shows you the important events that happened in time order.
What is the definition of a table of contents?
A page or section at the front of your book that lists the chapters or sections of the book and their corresponding page numbers.
A special section in a text that provides definitions for complicated words.
Alphabetically lists all the major topics, events, people, and places discussed in the book and provides page numbers that direct you to each reference.
Shows you the important events that happened in time order.
What is the definition of a glossary?
A special section in a text that provides definitions for complicated words.
A page or section at the front of your book that lists the chapters or sections of the book and their corresponding page numbers.
Alphabetically lists all the major topics, events, people, and places discussed in the book and provides page numbers that direct you to each reference.
Shows you the important events that happened in time order.
What is the definition of central idea?
What the text is mostly about.
The details that help support it.
All of the parts of a story.
A page or section at the front of your book that lists the chapters or sections of the book and their corresponding page numbers.
What is the definition of relevant details?
Details in the text that support the central idea.
What the text is not mostly about.
A special section in a text that provides definitions for complicated words.
What the author is trying to prove to you.
What is the definition of support?
Prove.
Add to.
Show.
Hold.
What is the definition of author's purpose?
the author's opinion about something
what the text is mostly about
the author was there for the event they are writing about
the reason why the author wrote the text
What is the definition of author's perspective?
the reason why the author wrote the text
PIE Persuade, Inform, Entertain
to persuade the reader to agree with the author
the author's opinion about something
What is the definition of claim?
the point the author is trying to make
reasons we should not support the author's claim
evidence that proves something
what the author is trying to prove
What is the definition of argument?
evidence that supports a claim
reasons we should not support the author's claim
what the text is mostly about
when an author is trying to convince/persuade you about something
What is the definition of reasoning?
evidence that supports a claim
reasons we should not support the author's claim
what the text is mostly about
reasons why we should believe an author's claim
What is the definition of evidence?
fake situations that could prove your point
what the text is mostly about
proof that supports your claim
real facts that prove your point
What is the definition of a counterclaim?
the point someone is trying to prove
reasons that support the claim
examples that support the claim
an opposite or disagreeing claim
What do you include in a summary of a nonfiction text?
The most important parts of the text
Include a short overview of the plot, and theme
The message, moral, or life lesson of the story
What the text was mostly about
What do you include in a summary of a fiction text?
Include a short overview of the plot, and theme
Non-relevant details
Include the theme only
A timeline
What is the definition of summary?
Retells the story/text in a shorter version
A small text turned into a big text
Relevant details that support the central idea
How the text is organized
What is the definition of compare?
To show how things are similar
To show how things are different
A huge exaggeration
Talks about something happening and then the effect of what happened because of the cause
What is the definition of contrast?
To show how things are different
To show how things are similar
When words repeat
Writing in a way that appeals to our 5 senses
What is the definition of a primary source?
The person who made the source was there for the event
The message, moral, or life lesson of the story
Compares 2 things using the words "like" or "as"
The person who made the source was not there for the event
What is the definition of a secondary source?
The person who made the source was not there for the event
When words mean something different from their literal meaning
Comparing 2 things without using the words "like" or "as"
The person who made the source was there for the event
What is the definition of a firsthand account?
The person who made the source was there for the event
The person who made the source was not there
To make a big text short
The author's opinion
What is the definition of a secondhand account?
The person who made the source was not there for the event
The person who made the source was there
Details that are important
How the text is organized
