1. Georgia Milestone End-of-Year Assessment
Vocabulary

2. A piece of writing
selection

3. Words of a selection
text

4. Writing that is heavy
bold

5. Writing that is thin and slanted
italics

6. Titles within a selection
headings

7. The writer of a selection
author

8. An artist who makes illustrations
illustrator

9. A piece of artwork
illustrations

10. A person/animal who plays a part in the story
character

11. When and where a story takes place
setting

12. The action of a story
plot

13. An action that makes something else happen
cause

14. What happens as a result
effect

15. Information which can be proven or disproven
fact

16. A visual aid to help organize information
Graphic organizer

17. A person’s belief
opinion

18. Giving human characteristics to objects
personification

19. comparing 2 unlike things by saying one is the other
metaphor

20. comparing 2 unlike things using “like” or “as”
simile

21. alike
similar

22. a word part added to the beginning of a word changing the meaning
prefix

23. a word part added to the end of a word changing the meaning
suffix

24. the reason for writing
Author’s purpose

25. enjoyment
To entertain

26. To give facts
To inform

27. To share opinions
To persuade

28. the group of people for whom the piece is written
audience

29. to make a smart guess about what might happen next
predict

30. to repeat or copy the words of another
quote

31. tell how 2 things are alike
compare

32. tell how 2 things are different
contrast

33. tell in your own words
summarize

34. to be backed up or proven
supported

35. a graphic organizer with 2 overlapping circles that compares and contrasts items
Venn diagram

36. a story
narrative

37. an announcement or remark
statement

38. Extra or added information
additional

39. directions
instruction

40. A group of sentences on the same topic
paragraph

41. brackets used around words to set them off from a sentence
parentheses

42. Story that has been made up
Make believe

43. the focus of a selection
Main idea

44. to imply or signify
indicate

45. to think about
reflects

46. a connection between things
relationship

47. to label or pick out
identify

48. to tell about something
describe

49. a reason
purpose

50. a part of a sentence
phrase

51. the beginning
origin

52. a question and answer session with a person
interview

53. unlike
difference

54. a plan or drawing that helps explain how something works
diagram

55. characteristics or features
qualities

56. A plan
strategy

57. referred to or noticed
mentioned

58. writing that is true
nonfiction

59. The true story of a person’s life, written by the person
autobiography

60. A book of maps
atlas

61. the person doing the talking in a poem
speaker

62. a long fiction story, usually a chapter book
novel

63. a composition in verse
poem

64. a part of a poem
stanza

65. the act of repeating something done or said
repetition

66. Folk tales that have a moral
fables

67. Folk tales about people or events from history
legends

68. A set of instructions for making something
recipe

69. Writing that is made up
fiction

70. A nonfiction piece of text usually found in newspapers or magazines
article

71. A book that tells what words mean
dictionary

72. A public notice published in a newspaper or magazine
advertisement

73. a book containing statistical information for a time period
almanac

74. Make believe
fantasy

75. writing that often has rhythm and rhyme
poetry

76. the feeling you get from a piece
mood

77. the writer of a poem
poet

78. fiction stories which have been told for generations
Folk tales

79. folk tales full of exaggeration
Tall tales

80. a make believe story that could happen
realistic fiction

81. folk tales which often include royalty, magic, and good over evil
Fairy tales

82. the beat of a poem
rhythm

83. a make believe story which could have happened a long time ago based on historical fact
Historical fiction

84. A lesson taught in a fable
moral

85. when words in a poem sound alike
rhyme

86. words that imitate sounds
onomatopoeia

87. An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience
tone

88. A meaning beyond the explicit meaning of a word.
inference

89. Lesson or message of a literary text
theme

90. The solution to the problem or the end of the main dramatic conflict
resolution

91. Perspective from which a story is told.
Point of view

92. A category of passages, such as fiction and nonfiction
A category of passages, such as fiction and nonfiction. Each has a particular style, form, and content.
genre

93. A category of passages, such as fiction and nonfiction
A category of passages, such as fiction and nonfiction. Each has a particular style, form, and content.
genre

94. A meaning beyond the explicit meaning of a word
A meaning beyond the explicit meaning of a word. Meanings inferred from certain words.
Connotative meaning

95. The way in which a piece of writing is structured.
organization

96. Something that proves or demonstrates the truth of something else.
evidence

97. The order in which a series of events happened
Chronological order