Duplicate of STAAR Reading Vocab

get good night's rest, eat a good breakfast, take your time, do your best

what a piece of writing is mainly about

stanza

paraphrase

audience

What is an inference?

when a portion of the story goes back in time

the use of words that represent sounds "Pow", "Bang", "Splat", "Buzz", "Swish", "Purr", etc.

to demonstrate that something is right; to defend with reasons

Writing that is factual, not creative or fictional

signal words: like;unlike;but;in contrast;on the other hand;however; both; also; too;as well as

words and details that appeal to a reader's senses

The use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot

small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture

when two words rhyme in the same line of poetry

the story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

a story written to be performed by actors; a play

signal words: therefore; consequently; so; as a result; because; if...then; since; so that;

first person point of view

third person limited point of view

author's purpose

theme

in the time order in which events happened

a fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or the causes of natural phenomena

the turning point in the action of a story--the problem is solved

an expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the individual words

Drawings or photographs that help explain the text

collection of word pictures that appeal to reader; uses devices such as metaphor, simile, etc.

the various methods of communicating information, such as radio, t.v., billboards, etc.

the story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view

explicit

combination of ideas learned from two or more texts

the smaller title that goes before a new section of the text.

third person omniscient

the ending or final outcome of a story; finding a solution to a problem

the reason the character says or does something

stage directions

a conversation between characters set off by quotation marks

valid

Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

affect  

anxious

myth

fiction involving an event in history. has historical facts, events, or people, but not true.

a beginning or coming into being

implicit

elaborate or extreme exaggeration

the problem in the story

to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented

A practical lesson about right and wrong

The reason why something happens

alliteration

a word part that can be added at the beginning of a word to make a new word

a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.

A drawing that shows or explains something...usually includes labels and captions.

similar to a sentence but in a poem

language that means more than what it says on the surface; not actual or literal meaning

simile