GMAS ELA 4th Grade Vocabulary

Front

What is the lesson or message in a passage, story, or poem?

Back

Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

Front

What word means to come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the passage?

Back

Infer

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

Front

What are passages that are stories, dramas, or poems called?

Back

Literary passages

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Front

What are the words that actors are supposed to say or read aloud when they are acting out a drama?

Back

Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Front

What are the events that happen in the beginning, middle, and end of a passage?

Back

Plot

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Front

What is the term for the main character in a story?

Back

Protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Front

What is the term for a character who opposes the main character?

Back

Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Front

What do we call the time and place in which a story takes place?

Back

Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Front

What is a genre?

Back

A category of literature, such as fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or drama.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Front

What is a summary?

Back

A brief statement that presents the main points of a text.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2