Required Fourth Grade Literacy Terms
Author’s Purpose (ORANGE)
Inform,
Entertain, Persuade
Connections (BLUE)
Connections,
text to text, text to self, text to world
Elements of a Novel (ECRU)
Theme,
plot, style, characters, setting, point of view
Figurative Language (YELLOW)
Alliteration, imagery, metaphor, simile,
personification, hyperbole/exaggeration, idiom
Genre (GREEN)
Genre, Fiction, legend, drama, fable,
folktale, myth, historical fiction, realistic fiction, tall tale, fairy tale,
fantasy, mystery
Nonfiction, biography, autobiography,
informational, documentary, poetry
Grammar (PINK)
Proper noun, pronoun, noun, subject,
predicate, article, adjective, appositive, prepositional phrase, participle,
verb, adverb, contraction, preposition, compound word
Reading Vocabulary (RED)
Cause, effect, compare, contrast, suffix,
prefix, root/base word, fact, opinion/bias, propaganda, prediction, homograph,
homonym, homophone, antonym, synonym, inference, order of events, proverb,
moral, visualization
Writing Vocabulary (WHITE)
Expository Writing, Narrative Writing, Persuasive Writing,
Descriptive Writing, dialogue, topic sentence, conclusion, problem/conflict,
solution/resolution, transition words, quotation marks, character development,
main idea, details, climax, summarize, introductory paragraph, title,
mood/voice