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Grade 4 Fact and Opinion
Is it a fact or an opinion?

The sky is blue.
  1. Fact
  2. Opinion
Grade 4 Identifying Genre
I am a story that uses animals to teach a moral. I am passed down from generation to generation. What am I?
  1. Fable
  2. Legend
  3. Fairy tale
  4. Myth
Grade 4 Author's Purpose
An author can only have one purpose for writing.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Summarizing

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Why did ancient cultures make up stories about the Sun?
  1. to entertain one another
  2. to get children to fall asleep
  3. to help explain its movements
  4. to share the facts they had learned
Grade 4 Poetic Devices
Poetry is a type of writing that uses figurative language to
  1. create images and ideas.
  2. appeal to the five senses.
  3. appeal to emotions.
  4. all of the above
Grade 4 Sequence of Events CCSS: CCRA.R.3, RI.4.3
Read the following sentences about baking cookies. Choose the step you would complete first.
  1. Bake the cookies for 10 minutes.
  2. Place the cookies on a cookie sheet.
  3. Mix all ingredients.
  4. Prepare a grocery list of cookie ingredients.
Grade 4 Cause and Effect CCSS: CCRA.R.1, RL.4.1
Read the following and then choose the cause.
Nina overslept this morning. When she arrived at school, she remembered that she had forgotten her reading book on her desk at home
  1. Nina was tired.
  2. Nina overslept this morning.
  3. Nina forgot her book at school.
  4. Nina forgot her book on her desk.
Grade 4 Main Idea
The tortoise and the hare were going to have a race. The hare knew he was faster than the tortoise. After the race had begun, the hare decided he was fast enough that he could take a break and catch up to the tortoise later. The tortoise, even though he was slow, kept trying his hardest to win the race. When the hare tried to catch up and beat the tortoise it was too late. He had waited too long to try to win the race and the tortoise beat him.

Which statement provides the best moral for this story?
  1. Being fast means you always win.
  2. Slow and steady wins the race.
  3. You should give up if you are the slowest.
  4. Winning isn't everything.
Grade 4 Fact and Opinion
Is it a fact or an opinion?

Copying homework assignments is wrong.
  1. Fact
  2. Opinion
Grade 4 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
To make an educated guess, based on clues; come to a conclusion, based on facts you have been given is to                .
  1. infer
  2. explain
  3. trace
  4. evaluate
Grade 4 Supporting Details CCSS: CCRA.R.3, RI.4.3
If you will find a map of the West Indies in your atlas or geography, you will also find Puerto Rico. It is one of the four Greater Antilles Islands, and lies east of Haiti and farthest out in the Atlantic Ocean.

It is over four hundred miles from the east coast of Cuba, one thousand miles from Havana, and about one thousand four hundred and fifty miles from New York.

In size, it is the smallest of the group. Its area is about three thousand five hundred and fifty square miles. Its average length is about ninety-five miles; its average breadth about thirty-five miles.

In shape, it resembles the State of Connecticut, though it is only three-fourths the size of that State.

According to the passage, which statement best describes Puerto Rico?
  1. A small island in the Atlantic Ocean
  2. An island shaped like Connecticut found in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,450 miles from New York
  3. The smallest of the Greater Antilles Islands in the Atlantic Ocean
  4. A part of the United States that connects to the Atlantic Ocean
Grade 4 Text Elements CCSS: CCRA.R.7, RI.4.7

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Which visual element would most enhance this passage?
  1. A map of where the oyster catcher lives
  2. A diagram of an oyster
  3. A picture of an oyster catcher
  4. A chart showing where oyster catchers live
Grade 4 Figurative Language
A _____________ is a comparison that uses a word or phrase in place of another word or phrase to suggest a similarity between two things.
  1. simile
  2. metaphor
Grade 4 Author's Purpose
Dear Editor,
The litter in the park is becoming a problem. I believe the issue is there are not enough trash cans located around the park. The city council needs to place more trash cans in the park.

What is the author's purpose?
  1. persuade
  2. inform
  3. entertain
Grade 4 Main Idea
Wilbur and Orville Wright were brothers who were inventors, even from a young age when they built kites and bicycles. Many people credit the Wright Brothers with designing and building the first successful airplane. In 1903, their first flight only lasted 12 seconds, but it continues to inspire people all over the world to learn about science and math, to work hard to realize their dreams, and to use imagination to achieve success.

The main idea of this passage is inventors build kites and bicycles.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Text Structure CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RI.4.5
The sun is a powerful force. It enables plants to grow. Plants need sunshine. The sun empowers people to grow plants for food. It also enables people to live on the earth. If there were no sun, the earth would be too cold. It would also be dark. We need the sun to live. Many people enjoy the sun. It is nice to be outside on a sunny day. The sun's rays are strong. We must be safe in the sun. Scientists encourage us to wear sunscreen.

Which choice best describes how the passage is organized?
  1. proposition and support
  2. sequential order
  3. cause and effect
  4. persuasive organization
Grade 4 Compare and Contrast CCSS: CCRA.R.3, RL.4.3
Read the following selection and answer the question that follows.

Mary and Tracey are twin sisters. They are fourteen years of age. There are many things that they have in common. Mary loves to listen to music, and Tracy likes music also. Mary likes inspirational music, and Tracey hip hop. Both girls attend Mount Washington Lake Middle School. They get good grades and work hard to learn. Mary has a temper, and very often fights with her peers, but Tracey is very quiet and passive. Tracey never fights with anyone. Mary scores really well on tests, but Tracey gets very nervous during tests and sometimes doesn't score very well. Tracey can read and write fluently, but just struggles with taking test. Mary wants to be an astronaut when she is older, so she studies a lot of math and science. Tracey want to become a biologist, so she studies math and science also. Both girls live with their mother and father in a small family home.

Tracey and Mary compare because they:
  1. perform well on tests
  2. can read and write fluently
  3. like animals
  4. live in a small family home
Grade 4 Main Idea
Scrabble is a game that provides hours of challenging fun for you and your friends. In this game you use your letters to build new words from words already on the game board. Scrabble is a fun way to learn new words and meanings.

What is the main idea of the passage?
  1. Scrabble is challenging and fun.
  2. Scrabble is a good game for building vocabulary.
  3. It takes skill to play a good game.
  4. Scrabble can take hours to play.
Grade 4 Point of View CCSS: CCRA.R.6, RL.4.6
I hate Emily. She's so mean to me. She even gave us a scare at the picnic.

This sentence is written using which point of view?
  1. first person
  2. second person
  3. third person
Grade 4 Identifying Genre
One day a wizard cast a mystical spell and turned a princess into a frog.

What genre does this example represent?
  1. Mystery
  2. Historical Fiction
  3. Fantasy
  4. Realistic Fiction
  5. Science Fiction
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