4th grade STAAR Reading Vocab

Drawings or photographs that help explain the text

Writing that is factual, not creative or fictional

author's purpose

a event that follows and is caused by some previous event

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

stanza

anxious

to demonstrate that something is right; to defend with reasons

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

first person point of view

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

The reason why something happens

paraphrase

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

A practical lesson about right and wrong

affect  

a conversation between characters set off by quotation marks

valid

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

myth

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

stage directions

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

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

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

explicit

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

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

in the time order in which events happened

implicit

words and details that appeal to a reader's senses

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

audience

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

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

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

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

theme

what a piece of writing is mainly about

a story written to be performed by actors; a play

figurative language enchances, or makes better, the mood o

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

to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented

the pattern of rhyme in a poem (ex. ABAB)

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

similar to a sentence but in a poem

elaborate or extreme exaggeration

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

the problem in the story

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

simile

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

alliteration