Fourth Grade STAAR Reading Vocabulary

words and details that appeal to a reader's senses

clues in the surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of the word

comparison using like or as

a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

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

combining several pieces of information to make an inference

the use of words that represent sounds

a conversation between two people

a brief statement of the main events of a story. Has a beginning, middle, and end.

similar to a paragraph but in a poem

the person who wrote the play or drama

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

the turning point in the action of a story

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

to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented

a literary work that is not true

the central idea or message of a work

a story written to be performed by actors; a play

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

the parts of a text that stand out

the items on the stage that the actors use

the following of one event after another

who or what the paragraph is about; what about the who or what?

finding a solution to a problem

the reason the author has for writing

the perspective from which a story is told

giving human qualities to non-human things

instructions for actors and stage crew, usually set in italics

the repetition of consonant SOUNDS at the beginning of words

the person who is telling the story; the speaker

time order in which events happened

the problem in the story

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

the sequence of events that make up a story

where and when the story takes place

writing is true

elaborate exaggeration

type of literature

similar to a sentence in a poem