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#fifthgradestaar #vocabulary #reviewstaarterms 5th grade
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The word
convey
means.....
To make important.
To present.
To discuss.
To tell.
2
The message in a text that helps you understand more about life or human behavior is called ---
Summary
Purpose
Main Idea
Theme
3
A story that presents a series of exciting events; often involves journeys or dangerous events.
Science fiction
Mystery
Adventure
Fairytale
4
To say that something is bigger or greater than it really is; "to stretch the truth" is called-
Lying
Exaggeration
Alliteration
Storytelling
5
Complete the sentence:
______ is when & where the story takes place.
Resolution
Problem
Characters
Setting
6
Fiction that involves an event in history. This genre is called-
Myth
Historical fiction
Science fiction
Realistic fiction
7
A type of writing used to persuade the reader of the author's point-of-view is called -
Persuasive
Declarative
Informational
Explanatory
8
What a piece of writing or paragraph is mainly about is called the ______________.
Main Idea
Story
Summary
Purpose
9
The words & details that appeal to a readers 5 senses is known as-
Poetry
Figurative language
Imagery
Sensory language
10
Authors use this structure when giving directions or explaining things. It is called-
Problem and solution
Sequential Order
Text structure
Description
11
This type of text informs or explains an idea for a reader. It is called-
Narrative text
Expressive text
Expository text
Organizational patterns
12
Instructions for actors and stage crew to follow are called -
Dialogue
Props
The narrator
Stage directions
13
The reason the author writes a certain type of text is known as---
Author's purpose
Summary
Point of view
The main message
14
When a reader uses clues from the text + what they already know to draw a conclusion is called-
Summary
Prediction
Inference
Conclusion
15
A story written to be performed by actors; a play is called a-
Personal narrative
Drama
Biography
Fiction
16
What is a
metaphor
?
comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
a repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
a comparison of two unlike things
an extreme exaggeration
17
Define:
Summary
a long passage that describes the main idea of the story.
a short paragraph that tells the main events from the story.
a passage that tells you the supporting details of the story
a short passage that describes the climax of the story.
18
Language that helps a reader to visualize the events from a text in a better way is called-
The narrator
Figurative Language
Imagery
Point of view
19
Sentences that give you facts, descriptions & examples to help you understand the main idea is-
Subtitles
Supporting details
Supporting facts
Main Purpose
20
Name the genre:
a story that may happen in real life with fictional characters or settings
Realistic fiction
Fiction
Traditional literature
Historical fiction
21
Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words is known as-
Context clues
Close reading
An inference
Prediction
22
Combining inferences you have made about the characters, setting, or plot to make a statement.
Summary
Schema
Drawing conlusions
Predictions
23
A story in which events create a feeling of terror in both the characters and the reader.
Horror
Fiction
Adventure
Suspenseful
24
What is the events that make up a fictional story called?
Characters
Climax
Plot
Setting
25
The repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called---
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Similie
26
Words and phrases that create _____ by using the 5 senses.
Imagery
Poetry
Fiction
Figurative language
27
Which of the following terms gives human qualities to non-human things?
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Assonance
28
Complete the sentence:
______ is also known as the problem in the story.
Resolution
Issue
disagreement
Conflict
29
This type of writing describe people & places that are 'real' and events that really happened.
Poetry
Fiction
Non-fiction
Personal narrative
30
Define:
Genre
a type of character
a mode of reading
a summary of passages
a type of literature
31
A type of writing based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.
Non-fition
Fiction
Poetry
Drama
32
Define:
Emphasize
to close read
to support
to predict
to bring attention to or show
33
Small text found near a picture that provides important information about that picture is---
a caption
a summary
additional information about the passage
subtitles
34
Which term compares two things by using the words "like" or "as"?
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
35
The perspective from which a story is told is called ----
3rd person
1st person
Point of View
Stalking
36
Define:
Onomatopoeia
uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things
the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
the use of words that imitate sounds
an exaggeration
37
Define:
Dialogue
the story the narrator is telling
a third person speaking to the reader
a character inner monologue
a conversation between two characters in a story
38
What are the parts of a text (table of contents, index, etc) called?
Extra information
Words, commas, periods and dialouge
Text features
Non-ficiton
39
This pattern puts events in their correct order based upon the TIME in which they happened.
Compare and contrast
Chronological order
Cause and effect
Problem and solution
40
Complete the sentence:
_______ is the ending or final outcome of a story.
Happily Ever After....
Verdict
The End
Resolution
41
This organizational pattern shows all the ways that 2 or more things are similar and different.
Cause and effect
Sequential order
Compare and contrast
Problem and solution
42
The story of a person's life written by someone else using 3rd person point of view is called -
Article
Biography
Summary
Autobiography
