4th Grade Language Arts Module 4 Exam Study Guide

When you write a sentence exactly as it appears in a story or other published writing, you are using a what?

A direct quote

Why is the narrator important?

A reader's understanding of the events and why they happen is shaped by the narrator.

When you have an opinion about a story or any text, people will expect you to do what?

Back it up with a reason.

What things do you figure out when you analyze a narrator?

How much the narrator knows, the narrator's point of view, and the narrator's attitude towards what happened.

When writing, the last paragraphs should show what?

How the conflicts were resolved.

What is a sentence fragment?

It is only a part of a sentence and does not express a complete thought or is missing a subject or verb.

Some titles are more about the story's plot or characters than its themes. If a title seems plain and direct what will happen?

It probably won't help you figure out the theme.

How do stories show their themes?

Most stories show their themes through events or characters.

Should you worry about correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation when you are drafting your story?

No, you may forget some of your ideas. Just get your thoughts down during drafting.

Is "The end" or "I woke up" a good way to end your stories?

No, your writing deserves a strong finish!

How are short story themes different than themes in novels?

Short stories usually express just one theme, though the theme may be written in different ways by different readers. Most novels express several different themes

Can a story have more than one theme?

Some stories have just one theme, but most have several. Novels, especially, can have many themes.

What is a subject?

Someone or something in the sentence.

What is a story's theme?

The big idea that the story is about.

The main reason to use quotation marks with direct quotes is to show what?

The main reason to use quotation marks is to show what part of a sentence is a direct quote.

What is a narrator?

The person telling the story.

Where is one of the best places to look for help with a story's theme and why?

The story's title because authors often give a story its title after they've finished writing the story and have a clearer sense of what its theme might be. .

What kinds of titles are more likely to provide clues about the story's theme?

Titles that are more mysterious, or ones that include a word with multiple meanings. (If you're not sure what the title means, there's a good chance it's related to the story's theme.)

What is the purpose of a clarifying question?

To clarify, or clear up, what someone else meant--or what that person thinks.

What does clarify mean?

To clear up

How is paraphrasing different from a direct quote?

Unlike paraphrasing, using a direct quote means that you don't put the sentence in your own words.

What is a predicate?

What someone is actually doing in the sentence.

What does quote mean?

What someone says.

What is a limited narrator?

When the audience hears how that character feels, but we don't know what other characters are thinking or feeling.

There is a big difference between plot and theme. The plot is what happens. The theme is?

Why it happens.

What does direct mean?

Without changing a word

How is finding theme like solving a mystery?

You have to look for clues left by the writer, such as how problems are solved and what characters learn.

When you include a direct quote from someone else in your own writing, you should do what?

You should use punctuation to show readers that the words were written by another writer, not by you.

What types of words show up in story titles that are related to the story's theme?

multiple-meaning words

What does analyze mean?

to take something apart so that you can understand it better.

What are omniscient narrators?

(Omniscient means all -knowing.)The third-person omniscient point of view is a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story