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5th grade STAAR reading review #staar #reading #5thgrade #vocabualry
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Real reading means...
Reading and watching TV
Reading passages
Thinking about what you are reading and making connections
Reading for fun
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Why is it important to read stage directions in a drama?
To see how to pronounce words
To understand the setting
To know what the problem and solution are
To know who the characters are
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A piece of text that stands out and gives additional information
Inform
Text Feature
Non-Fiction
Drawing
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Figurative language is...
Words that mean more than what they say literally
Words that persuade the reader to do something
Words that help the reader infer
Words that tell a story
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Three ways to figure out what an unknown word means are...
Use a dictionary, use a thesaurus, context clues
Read it again, use a dictionary, ask your neighbor
Use a thesaurus, context clues, draw conclusions
Context clues, root words, prefixes and suffixes
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A plot technique that goes back in time to tell a part of the story
Rising Action
Climax
Flashback
Foreshadow
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To give special attention to (question verb)
Supporting Detail
Result
Valid
Emphasize
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The central message in a piece of writing
Lesson learned
Theme
Beefy statement
Character Change
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To disagree or say the opposite
Contradict
Antonym
Argue
Perusade
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Expository text is...
Fiction text that entertains the reader
Where the reader shares thoughts or feelings
Non-fiction text that explains a topic to the reader
Non-fiction text that tries to get the reader to agree
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Words or phrases an author uses to make their writing more interesting (and an example).
adjectives (red)
character traits (anxious)
Sensory details (simile)
literary devices (alliteration)
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A myth is a traditional story that has supernatural elements and...
explains how to do something
explains a natural phenomenon or historical event
is also a folktale
informs the reader of legends
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What a piece of writing is mainly about
Main Idea
Character
Theme
Summary
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A brief statement of the main events in the story
Summary
Setting
Plot
Retell
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I have been studying my vocabulary cards each night and reviewing my concepts and passages..
TRUE
FALSE
I don't care
I don't know...
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From which perspective a story is told
Objective
Omniscient
Narrator
Point of view
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Which two vocabulary words mean "to show"
Demonstrate and Display
Impact and Related
Attribute and Contradict
Convey and Justify
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A picture with labels that explains the parts of something.
Lable
Inform
Diagram
Photograph
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The reason why an author writes a piece of text.
Motivation
Author's purpose
Point of View
Audience
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An organizational patter of expository text that shows how things are alike or different
Compare/Contrast
Cause/Effect
Description/Example
Problem/Solution
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Perspective from which the story is told where narrator knows the thoughts of one character
3rd person limited
3rd person omniscient
First person
3rd person objective
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Analyze means...
to highlight or emphasize
to examine or look closer
to answer or justify
to wonder or question
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The reason why a character does or says something.
Rising action
Motivation
Confident
Determined
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To use your schema and what the text is telling you to make a reasonable conclusion...
Read
Answer
Infer
Reason
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How do you know how an author feels about a topic?
The way it is organized (organizational pattern)
Share thoughts/feelings
Facts and details
Words author chooses to use (literary devices) and opinions
26
Key description of a character that explains their personality, thoughts and feelings.
Character Trait
First person
Physical description
Likeable
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To show how things are alike or different or how one thing is better than the other
Impact
Genre
Comparison
Cause and Effect
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Which of these is NOT a text feature?
Diagram
Subheading
Illustration
Alliteration
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To hint at something
conclude
convince
imply
persuade
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A type of literature or what category a piece of text fits into.
Classify
Non-fiction
Genre
Fiction
