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Grade 5 Vocabulary Clues

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Grade 5 Vocabulary Clues

Solve each vocabulary clue. Write the answer on the line provided. Word bank: ADVERB, ANTONYM, CHARACTER, METAPHOR, NOUN, PLOT, PREFIX, RHYME, SETTING, VERB, SYNONYM, ADJECTIVE.

Vocabulary Clues

Word bank: ADVERB · ANTONYM · CHARACTER · METAPHOR · NOUN · PLOT · PREFIX · RHYME · SETTING · VERB

1.A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea (4 letters)
2.A word that tells what someone or something does (4 letters)
3.A word that describes how, when, or where an action happens (6 letters)
4.The time and place where a story happens (7 letters)
5.A person or creature who takes part in a story (9 letters)
6.The connected events that make up a story (4 letters)
7.A word with the opposite meaning of another word (7 letters)
8.A group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning (6 letters)
9.The repetition of similar ending sounds in words (5 letters)
10.A comparison that says one thing is another, without using “like” or “as” (8 letters)

Word Work

Use vocabulary clues and examples to explain your thinking.

11.Which word from the word bank is a literary comparison? Write a sentence that uses it.
12.Choose two words from the word bank and explain what each means.
13.Explain how a synonym differs from an antonym. Give one example of each.
14.In the sentence “Chloé carefully carried the glass bowl,” what part of speech is “carefully”?
  • Noun
  • Verb
  • Adverb
  • Adjective
15.Select every feature that could appear in a poem.
  • Stanzas
  • Rhythm
  • A table of contents
  • Rhyme
  • A bibliography
  • Metaphors

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