Worksheets4th Grade Reading SOL Review
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 44mins
What is the base or main part of a word?
prefix
suffix
root
ending
What do you call a word part added to the beginning or ending of a base word that changes the meaning?
article
affix
conjunction
preposition
What is an affix that is added to the beginning of a base word called?
suffix
prefix
infix
postfix
What is an affix that is added to the end of a base word called?
prefix
suffix
infix
root
What are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings called?
homophones
synonyms
antonyms
homonyms
What do you call words that have similar meanings?
antonyms
homophones
synonyms
adjectives
What do you call words that have opposite meanings?
synonyms
homonyms
antonyms
acronyms
What is a reference tool used to look up the meaning of a word, often at the end of a textbook or text selection?
glossary
index
atlas
thesaurus
What is used to show different meanings of a word, along with correct spelling, pronunciation, part of speech, and a sample sentence?
Dictionary entry
Encyclopedia article
Thesaurus entry
Glossary term
What is used to find synonyms and antonyms of a word?
Dictionary
Encyclopedia
Thesaurus
Atlas
What is a lesson, message, or idea that the author is trying to get across to the reader in a fiction story called?
theme
plot
setting
character
What is the problem or trouble that occurs in a fiction story called?
setting
resolution
conflict
theme
What is it called when the problem gets resolved, or fixed, in a fiction story?
climax
resolution
conflict
exposition
What is the sequence of different events that make up a story, which can be divided into beginning, middle, and end?
character
plot
setting
theme
What do you call retelling the main events of the story using the sequence: Somebody → wanted → but → so → then?
Making predictions
Describing the setting
Summarizing fiction
Identifying the theme
What are details about a character’s personality, thoughts, actions, and emotions called?
Character attributes
Plot devices
Setting details
Theme statements
What is it called when you look closely at who characters are, what they do in the story, and why they act the way they do?
Summarizing the plot
Describing the setting
Analyzing characters
Predicting the ending
What is the term for how the author writes a story to make it more interesting, exciting, or emotional, often using characters, settings, and specific language to move the story forward?
Plot twist
Author’s craft
Theme
Foreshadowing
What is the term for where and when a story happens?
plot
setting
theme
character
What is the talking that happens between characters called?
dialogue
monologue
narration
soliloquy
What do you call texts that are written to tell a made up story, which can include characters in a setting, a beginning, middle and end, conflict and resolution, and theme?
fiction
biography
autobiography
non-fiction
Which genres include folktales, realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, mystery, and humor?
Non-fictional genres
Poetic forms
Fictional genres
Scientific theories
Texts that are read for information and can include text features like photos, captions, headings, diagrams, maps, graphs, and a glossary would most likely be referring to --
fiction
poetry
nonfiction
fantasy
Functional texts (fliers, forms, recipes, etc), biographies, autobiographies, and informational texts are all different types of --
Drama genres
Nonfiction genres
Poetry genres
Fictional genres
Artistic writing that shares ideas and feelings with the reader and has individual lines with numbers and is often broken into sections called stanzas is most likely describing
biography
poetry
novel
essay
What is the term for 'Stories that are performed as plays'?
novels
poems
dramas
essays
What is the term for 'Someone who is telling the story'?
editor
protagonist
narrator
audience
What is the term for 'The narrator or voice talking in a poem'?
speaker
author
editor
listener
If you are telling or showing how two or more things are alike, you are most likely---
contrasting
comparing
summarizing
predicting
If you are telling or showing how two or more things are different, you are
contrasting
summarizing
predicting
describing
The main idea is best described as
The character names in a text
What the text is mostly about
Your opinion about the text you read
The author's purpose for the text
Which of the following backs up the main idea by giving more specific information about it'?
Conclusion
Supporting detail
Main idea
Topic sentence
A summary of a nonfiction text would most likely include which of the following?
character traits in a list
somebody, wanted, but, so, then
Who/what, when, where, and why from the text
an essay that explains all the details you read in your own words.
What is the term for something that can be proven as true or false?
opinion
fact
myth
belief
A thought, belief, or feeling about something that cannot be proven as true or false would describe -
fact
opinion
evidence
hypothesis
Why someone thinks something is true or important is most likely a -
evidence
summary
reason/claim
prediction
What is it called when someone gives proof through facts, examples, and details that back up reasons and claims?
opinion
evidence
prediction
summary
Which text structure uses specific details to describe something or tell about what something is like. Example: an article about the beauty of the rainforest?
Description
Narration
Persuasion
Exposition
Which text structure lists and describes events or steps in order as they happen. Example: a history text describing the timeline of the Civil War.'?
compare and contrast
sequence/chronological order
cause and effect
problem and solution
What does 'Cause and effect' mean?
Explains a problem and how it can be solved.
The reason an author writes.
Shows why something happened and what happened because of it.
Tells who two or more things are alike and how they are different.
Which text structure tells who two or more things are alike and how they are different?
Cause and effect
Problem and solution
Compare and contrast
Author's purpose - Fiction
Which text structure explains a problem and how it can be solved?
Cause and effect
Compare and contrast
Problem and solution
Author's purpose - Nonfiction
What is usually the reason an author writes fiction?
To answer a question
To explain something
For entertainment
To describe something
Which of the following is NOT a reason an author writes nonfiction?
To answer a question
To explain something
For entertainment
To describe something
