3rd grade reading vocabulary - STAAR

words that make the reader think of 1 of the 5 senses (sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste)

a word part placed BEFORE the root word that changes the meaning of the word (dis-, un-, pre-)

a word part placed AFTER the root word that changes the meaning of the word

the intended goal of a piece of writing; the reason it was written

a word that has more than one meaning (ex: trunk, bat)

captions, italics, sub titles, table of contents, glossary, index, title, heading...

the true story of a real person's life written by another person (3rd person point of view)

words that SOUND THE SAME, but are NOT spelled the same (ex: bear/bare, week/weak)

they form of poem that tells a story to entertain

the result of an event (the second event); it happens because of the cause

poetry composed of rhymed or unrhymed lines that have NO SET PATTERNS; causal/irregular rhythm

the basic sequence of events in a story, including problem and solution 

Which one is NOT a possible PURPOSE that an author might have for writing a selection? 

a word that means the OPPOSITE  of another word

The purpose of texts such as NEWSPAPER ARTICLES and TEXTBOOKS is...

Elements of a fictional story include...

a word with a SIMILAR / SAME meaning as another word

photographs, diagrams, charts, tables, graphic organizers, illustrations, graphs...

the overall message of a text or paragraph

A genre of text with the purpose to PERSUADE/CONVINCE the reader of something.

an event (the 1st event); something that makes another event happen

short poems expressing personal feelings; may be set to music; regular meter

This kind of text can include biographies, autobiographies, diaries, and letters.  

whether the narrator/speaker of a selection is 1st or 3rd person, the perspective

the life story of a person as told by himself/herself (1st person point of view)

poetry that deals with amusing happenings (ha ha ha!)

identical/similar FINAL sounds in words

A genre of text that is written with the purpose of explaining STEPS in a PROCEDURE.  (recipe)

details found in text that support my inference (help you prove that your answer is correct)

brief sentences that communicate they key information in logical order, main ideas from B, M, E

A FICTIONAL STORY is written in _________ order. 

the coolest, smartest, awesomest 3rd grader who is totally going to rock the STAAR test is...

the central idea of a fictional text; what the author wants you to learn; the moral

A genre of text that is written to give the reader facts and information.  

support the main idea by telling how, when, what, where, why, how much and how many

tells a story to entertain

an idea based on clues from the text (clues from the text + background knowledge

reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea.