3rd Grade Reading Academic Vocabulary - STAAR

The _________ is the result of an event (the second event); it happens because of the cause.

Make the reader think of the 5 senses (sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste): __________

Which one is NOT a possible PURPOSE that an author might have for writing a selection? 

Elements of a fictional story include _________.

A text that is written with the purpose of explaining steps in a procedure is ________.

The _______ support the main idea by telling how, when, what, where, and why.

The purpose of texts such as newspaper articles and textbooks is __________.

________ is a word with a similar meaning as another word.

________ is a word that means the opposite of another word.

A word part placed after the root word that changes the meaning of the word is _________.

The details found in text that support my inference is the _____________.

photographs, diagrams, charts, tables, illustrations, graphs, captions, italics, glossary...

_________ is an idea based on clues from the text and background knowledge.

Poetry composed of lines that have no set pattern; causal/irregular rhythm:

Whether the narrator/speaker of a selection is 1st or 3rd person is called _________.

The central idea of a fictional text or what the author wants you to learn is the ______.

A fictional story is written in _________ order. 

The basic sequence of events in a story, including problem and solution is ___________.

Identical/similar final sounds in words is ___________.

_______ are words that sound the same, but are NOT spelled the same (ex: bear/bare, week/weak).

The overall message of a text or paragraph is the ___________.

_________ poems that express personal feelings; may be set to music; regular meter.

A word part placed before the root word that changes the meaning of the word (dis-, pre-) is

The true story of a real person's life written by another person (3rd person point of view) is

The life story of a person as told by himself/herself (1st person point of view) is

A genre of text with the purpose to persuade or convince the reader of something is _________.

A genre of text that is written to give the reader facts and information is _________.

A word that has more than one meaning (like: trunk, bat) is a ___________.

_____________ is the intended goal of a piece of writing; the reason it was written.

A ___________ reduces large sections of text to their essential points and main idea.  

A _________ is an event (the 1st event); something that makes another event happen.

A ___________ text tells a story to entertain.

This kind of text can include biographies, autobiographies, diaries, and letters.  

A ________ poem is poetry that deals with amusing happenings that make you laugh.

__________ briefly communicate key information or main ideas in logical order: B, M, and E.

A form of poem that tells a story to entertain is the _______ poem.