4th Grade STAAR Reading Vocabulary Review

Question 1

Collection of words that appeal to the reader; using devices such as metaphor, simile, ect.

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Imagery

Question 2

The parts of a text that stand out: Diagram, table of contexts, index

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Text features

Question 3

Comparison using like or as.

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Similie

Question 4

Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and "we".

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First person

Question 5

The problem in the story.

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conflict

Question 6

The repetition of consonant SOUNDS at the beginning of words. EX. Sally sells seashells...

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Alliteration

Question 7

Where and when the story takes place.

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setting

Question 8

Practical lesson about right and wrong.

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Moral

Question 9

Combining several pieces of information to make an inference.

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Drawing conclusions

Question 10

Outfits actors wear during the play

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Costumes

Question 11

Signal words; Like; Unlike; in contrast

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Compare and Contrast

Question 12

Drawing that shows or explains something..

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Diagram

Question 13

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.

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Metaphor

Question 14

The ending or final outcome of a story.

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Resolution

Question 15

Reason author has for writing.

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Author's purpose

Question 16

words and phrases that create imagery by using the 5 senses.

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Sensory details

Question 17

The pattern of rhyme in a poem.

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Rhyme Scheme

Question 18

Writing that tells how to do something (like a recipe)

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Procedural

Question 19

The events that make up a story

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Plot

Question 20

To demonstrate that something is right; to defend with reason.

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Justify

Question 21

The story of a person's life written by that person in first person POV.

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Autobiography

Question 22

In the time order in which events happened.

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Chronological Order

Question 23

Similar to a paragraph but in a poem

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Stanza

Question 24

A division or type of literature.

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Genre

Question 25

Finding a solution to a problem

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resolution

Question 26

Small text found near a picture that provides information about the picture.

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Caption

Question 27

Person who wrote the play/drama

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Playwright

Question 28

Brief statement of the main events of a story.

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Summary

Question 29

To make a brief statement of the main events of the story

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Summarize

Question 30

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

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Fiction

Question 31

Used to convince the reader of the writer's point of view

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Persuasive

Question 32

Instructions for actors and stage crew, usually in italics

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Stage directions

Question 33

Signal words; This led to; As a result;

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Problem and Solution, Cause and Effect

Question 34

A conversation between two people

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Dialogue

Question 35

To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented.

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Infer

Question 36

Expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the individual meaning.

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Idiom

Question 37

A story written to be performed by actors; a play

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Drama

Question 38

Giving human qualities to non-human things. Ex. Sun smiled down on me.

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Personification

Question 39

Fiction that involves an event in history.

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Historical Fiction

Question 40

Turning point in the action of a story- the problem is solved.

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Climax

Question 41

Signal words; First, Second, Third

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Sequence, Chronological

Question 42

The perspective from which a story is told.

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Point of view

Question 43

What a piece of writing is mainly about.

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Main Idea

Question 44

Poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme.

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Free verse

Question 45

Writing that is factual.

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Nonfiction

Question 46

To communicate or express.

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Convey

Question 47

The person who is telling the story; the speaker

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Narrator

Question 48

Clues in surrounding text to help reader understand an unknown word

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Context Clues

Question 49

Central idea or message of a work.

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Theme

Question 50

Elaborate exaggeration. EX. I could eat 100 hot dogs!

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Hyperbole

Question 51

Items on stage that actors use.

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Props

Question 52

The use of words that represent sounds. Ex. BOOM!

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Onomatopeia

Question 53

The reason why something happens.

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Cause

Question 54

The following of one event after another.

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Sequence

4th Grade STAAR Reading Vocabulary Review

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4th Grade STAAR Reading Vocabulary Review

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