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4th Grade Reading SOL Review

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the base or main part of a word?

a)

prefix

b)

suffix

c)

root

d)

ending

2.

What do you call a word part added to the beginning or ending of a base word that changes the meaning?

a)

article

b)

affix

c)

conjunction

d)

preposition

3.

What is an affix that is added to the beginning of a base word called?

a)

suffix

b)

prefix

c)

infix

d)

postfix

4.

What is an affix that is added to the end of a base word called?

a)

prefix

b)

suffix

c)

infix

d)

root

5.

What are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings called?

a)

homophones

b)

synonyms

c)

antonyms

d)

homonyms

6.

What do you call words that have similar meanings?

a)

antonyms

b)

homophones

c)

synonyms

d)

adjectives

7.

What do you call words that have opposite meanings?

a)

synonyms

b)

homonyms

c)

antonyms

d)

acronyms

8.

What is a reference tool used to look up the meaning of a word, often at the end of a textbook or text selection?

a)

glossary

b)

index

c)

atlas

d)

thesaurus

9.

What is used to show different meanings of a word, along with correct spelling, pronunciation, part of speech, and a sample sentence?

a)

Dictionary entry

b)

Encyclopedia article

c)

Thesaurus entry

d)

Glossary term

10.

What is used to find synonyms and antonyms of a word?

a)

Dictionary

b)

Encyclopedia

c)

Thesaurus

d)

Atlas

11.

What is a lesson, message, or idea that the author is trying to get across to the reader in a fiction story called?

a)

theme

b)

plot

c)

setting

d)

character

12.

What is the problem or trouble that occurs in a fiction story called?

a)

setting

b)

resolution

c)

conflict

d)

theme

13.

What is it called when the problem gets resolved, or fixed, in a fiction story?

a)

climax

b)

resolution

c)

conflict

d)

exposition

14.

What is the sequence of different events that make up a story, which can be divided into beginning, middle, and end?

a)

character

b)

plot

c)

setting

d)

theme

15.

What do you call retelling the main events of the story using the sequence: Somebody → wanted → but → so → then?

a)

Making predictions

b)

Describing the setting

c)

Summarizing fiction

d)

Identifying the theme

16.

What are details about a character’s personality, thoughts, actions, and emotions called?

a)

Character attributes

b)

Plot devices

c)

Setting details

d)

Theme statements

17.

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?

a)

Summarizing the plot

b)

Describing the setting

c)

Analyzing characters

d)

Predicting the ending

18.

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?

a)

Plot twist

b)

Author’s craft

c)

Theme

d)

Foreshadowing

19.

What is the term for where and when a story happens?

a)

plot

b)

setting

c)

theme

d)

character

20.

What is the talking that happens between characters called?

a)

dialogue

b)

monologue

c)

narration

d)

soliloquy

21.

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?

a)

fiction

b)

biography

c)

autobiography

d)

non-fiction

22.

Which genres include folktales, realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, mystery, and humor?

a)

Non-fictional genres

b)

Poetic forms

c)

Fictional genres

d)

Scientific theories

23.

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 --

a)

fiction

b)

poetry

c)

nonfiction

d)

fantasy

24.

Functional texts (fliers, forms, recipes, etc), biographies, autobiographies, and informational texts are all different types of --

a)

Drama genres

b)

Nonfiction genres

c)

Poetry genres

d)

Fictional genres

25.

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

a)

biography

b)

poetry

c)

novel

d)

essay

26.

What is the term for 'Stories that are performed as plays'?

a)

novels

b)

poems

c)

dramas

d)

essays

27.

What is the term for 'Someone who is telling the story'?

a)

editor

b)

protagonist

c)

narrator

d)

audience

28.

What is the term for 'The narrator or voice talking in a poem'?

a)

speaker

b)

author

c)

editor

d)

listener

29.

If you are telling or showing how two or more things are alike, you are most likely---

a)

contrasting

b)

comparing

c)

summarizing

d)

predicting

30.

If you are telling or showing how two or more things are different, you are

a)

contrasting

b)

summarizing

c)

predicting

d)

describing

31.

The main idea is best described as

a)

The character names in a text

b)

What the text is mostly about

c)

Your opinion about the text you read

d)

The author's purpose for the text

32.

Which of the following backs up the main idea by giving more specific information about it'?

a)

Conclusion

b)

Supporting detail

c)

Main idea

d)

Topic sentence

33.

A summary of a nonfiction text would most likely include which of the following?

a)

character traits in a list

b)

somebody, wanted, but, so, then

c)

Who/what, when, where, and why from the text

d)

an essay that explains all the details you read in your own words.

34.

What is the term for something that can be proven as true or false?

a)

opinion

b)

fact

c)

myth

d)

belief

35.

A thought, belief, or feeling about something that cannot be proven as true or false would describe -

a)

fact

b)

opinion

c)

evidence

d)

hypothesis

36.

Why someone thinks something is true or important is most likely a -

a)

evidence

b)

summary

c)

reason/claim

d)

prediction

37.

What is it called when someone gives proof through facts, examples, and details that back up reasons and claims?

a)

opinion

b)

evidence

c)

prediction

d)

summary

38.

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?

a)

Description

b)

Narration

c)

Persuasion

d)

Exposition

39.

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.'?

a)

compare and contrast

b)

sequence/chronological order

c)

cause and effect

d)

problem and solution

40.

What does 'Cause and effect' mean?

a)

Explains a problem and how it can be solved.

b)

The reason an author writes.

c)

Shows why something happened and what happened because of it.

d)

Tells who two or more things are alike and how they are different.

41.

Which text structure tells who two or more things are alike and how they are different?

a)

Cause and effect

b)

Problem and solution

c)

Compare and contrast

d)

Author's purpose - Fiction

42.

Which text structure explains a problem and how it can be solved?

a)

Cause and effect

b)

Compare and contrast

c)

Problem and solution

d)

Author's purpose - Nonfiction

43.

What is usually the reason an author writes fiction?

a)

To answer a question

b)

To explain something

c)

For entertainment

d)

To describe something

44.

Which of the following is NOT a reason an author writes nonfiction?

a)

To answer a question

b)

To explain something

c)

For entertainment

d)

To describe something