Grade 5 Reading: Vocabulary and Comprehension Review

This set of vocabulary flashcards covers key terms and comprehension concepts from the Grade 5 reading worksheet, including literary terms, story details, and idioms.

Rely

To depend on someone or something to do a job.

Assume

To believe that something is true according to clues or available information.

Weakling

Someone who is easy to push around and needs to stand up and fight.

Obviously

In a way that is clear and easy to understand, having both advantages and disadvantages.

Sympathy

Heartfelt concern or sorrow for victims or those in trouble.

Nominate

To suggest or name someone to represent a group at a meeting.

Guarantee

To provide a formal assurance or promise that a story or statement is true.

Supportive

Being helpful and always close to the heart of those in need.

Setting

The place where a story's events occur, such as New York or Washington.

Minor Character

A character in a story who plays a smaller role compared to the main characters, such as Ricky in the Rollet family story.

Sullen

Describing someone who is quiet, sad, and spent, as seen in Dad's character at the dinner table.

Concerned

To feel worry or anxiety about someone or something.

Compare and Contrast

A comprehension skill used to analyze how two people, places, or things are alike and different.

Homestead Act

A law signed by President Lincoln that offered free land in Kansas and other western states to settlers.

Land Deed

A paper that gives ownership of land to a person after they have lived on it for five years and improved it.

Mixed feelings

An idiom describing the state of wanting to both go and stay, or feeling both excited and sad about a change.

A piece of cake

An idiom used to describe a task or trip that is very easy to accomplish.

All hands on deck

An idiom meaning that every person available is needed to help with a big job.