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Grade 4 Main Idea
Yesterday was my birthday. When I woke up, I noticed my brother Josh hung up a big sign that said,"Happy Birthday, Charles!" Mom made spaghetti for dinner.
It's my favorite food in the whole world. My friend Dave came over and handed me a wrapped gift. I wondered what it was. It was a new basketball! I had a great day.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?
  1. Josh got lots of gifts
  2. Charles got a lot of gifts
  3. Charles had a great birthday
  4. Josh had a great birthday
Grade 4 Story Elements
Which is NOT part of the setting?
  1. Day
  2. Time
  3. Problem
  4. Location
Grade 4 Identifying Genre
I am a story that blends fact and fiction with futuristic technology. What am I?
  1. mystery
  2. poetry
  3. realistic fiction
  4. science fiction
Grade 4 Identifying Genre
In which genre would an author be more likely to try to convince you to do something or to share his/her beliefs?
  1. fiction
  2. myth
  3. non-fiction
  4. fable
Grade 4 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions

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Which statement about the brain would the author of the article agree with?
  1. Some people are missing the Werinicke's area.
  2. There are other, lesser known lobes of the brain.
  3. Each part of the brain has an important role to play.
  4. The occipital lobe is the most important part of the brain.
Grade 4 Identifying Genre
I am a story that is used to explain things that happen in nature. I can include gods and goddesses. What am I?
  1. Fairy tale
  2. Myth
  3. Fable
  4. Legend
Grade 4 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions CCSS: CCRA.R.1, RL.4.1
Mrs. Johnson works at a bakery. She is a nice, but elderly lady, who really needs to retire from the bakery. One Monday afternoon Robert went to the bakery after school to order a cake for his mom's wedding. Robert needed the cake on Thursday afternoon by 3:00 P. M. Mrs. Johnson said she would have it ready for him. On Tuesday she started making the cake but she put too much flour in the cake and it rose up too much in the middle. Mrs. Johnson started over making the cake. This time she put too much sugar in the cake and it cracked right down the middle. Finally, by Thursday morning, Mrs. Johnson had the cake ready to decorate. As she was picking it up to place it on the table where she decorated her cakes, she almost dropped it on the floor.

What do you think was the cause of Mrs. Johnson having so much trouble with the cake?
  1. Mrs. Johnson was really too old to still be working in the bakery.
  2. The weather was making the dough separate.
  3. Robert did not order the cake early enough.
  4. Mr. Johnson had trouble with the cake.
Grade 4 Figurative Language
Courtney was sad. She had lost her favorite bracelet. Her best friend was going away for the entire summer. She just found out she was going to summer school. As a result, Courtney felt down in the dumps.

"Down in the dumps" is an example of
  1. a metaphor.
  2. personification.
  3. a simile.
  4. an idiom.
Grade 4 Identifying Genre
I could not believe I was actually standing next to Benjamin Franklin himself. "Mr. Franklin", I said, "I am Tobias, and I will be you apprentice for the next two years".

What genre does this example represent?
  1. Mystery
  2. Historical Fiction
  3. Fantasy
  4. Realistic Fiction
  5. Science Fiction
Grade 4 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, RF.4.4, RF.4.4b, L.4.5
The use of words that appeal to the five senses is                .
  1. theme
  2. mood
  3. purpose
  4. imagery
Grade 4 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.4.5, L.4.5b
Read the sentence below.

Several students in the fourth grade are in hot water after cheating on their spelling test.

What does the idiom IN HOT WATER mean?
  1. Made good choices
  2. Are smart
  3. Are in trouble
  4. Were absent
Grade 4 Fact and Opinion
Is it a fact or an opinion?

Halloween is in October.
  1. Fact
  2. Opinion
Grade 4 Main Idea
Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. They will look and behave much like real humans. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind! Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience. They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose only goal will be to make our lives easier.

What is this selection mainly about?
  1. Someday we will have robots that will be our personal servants.
  2. We will be able to talk to robots and they will be able to respond.
  3. Robots will look and behave much like real humans.
  4. Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience.
Grade 4 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.4.5, L.4.5b
Language that uses comparisons such as metaphors and similes is called                        figurative language.                       
Grade 4 Compare and Contrast
To show differences; point out how things are different is to               .
  1. compare
  2. contrast
  3. describe
  4. summarize
Grade 4 Identifying Genre CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RL.4.5
An anonymous, timeless, placeless story that was originally told rather than written.
  1. Fantasy / Fairy Tale
  2. Folk Tale
  3. Poetry
  4. Historical fiction
Grade 4 Summarizing

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Many ancient cultures thought of the Sun as a
  1. god.
  2. hero.
  3. animal.
  4. brother.
Grade 4 Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
                                is what you already know about something, which can be applied to what you read.
  1. Stage directions
  2. Context clues
  3. Prior knowledge
  4. Plot lines
Grade 4 Text Elements CCSS: CCRA.R.7, RI.4.7
Oscar has a magazine about animals. To see if his issue has an article about koala bears, he should look at the
  1. letters to the editor.
  2. editorial section.
  3. pictures.
  4. table of contents.
Grade 4 Alliteration CCSS: RF.4.4b
                 "Alliteration"                  is the repetition of consonants: "wild and whirling words."
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