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Duplicate of STAAR 5th Grade Reading Vocabulary
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The story of a person's life written by someone else using 3rd person point of view is called -
Autobiography
Summary
Biography
Article
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To say that something is bigger or greater than it really is; "to stretch the truth" is called-
Lying
Alliteration
Storytelling
Exaggeration
3
A type of writing used to persuade the reader of the author's point-of-view is called -
Declarative
Informational
Explanatory
Persuasive
4
A story in which events create a feeling of terror in both the characters and the reader.
Fiction
Adventure
Suspenseful
Horror
5
The word
convey
means.....
To present.
To make important.
To discuss.
To tell.
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What is the events that make up a fictional story called?
Climax
Plot
Characters
Setting
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A story that presents a series of exciting events; often involves journeys or dangerous events.
Fairytale
Adventure
Mystery
Science fiction
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This type of text informs or explains an idea for a reader. It is called-
Organizational patterns
Narrative text
Expository text
Expressive text
9
Small text found near a picture that provides important information about that picture is---
a summary
a caption
subtitles
additional information about the passage
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What a piece of writing or paragraph is mainly about is called the ______________.
Story
Purpose
Summary
Main Idea
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A story written to be performed by actors; a play is called a-
Biography
Personal narrative
Fiction
Drama
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A story that is imagined and has characters and events that could not exist in the real world.
Legends
Non-fiction
Myths
Fairytale
13
Language that helps a reader to visualize the events from a text in a better way is called-
Figurative Language
The narrator
Point of view
Imagery
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Define:
Emphasize
to bring attention to or show
to support
to predict
to close read
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When a reader uses clues from the text + what they already know to draw a conclusion is called-
Inference
Summary
Conclusion
Prediction
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Define:
Procedural writing
a type of writing used to persuade or convince the reader
a type of writing used to explain something to the reader
a type of writing that tells "how to" do something.
a type of writing to inform a reader about a topic
17
Complete the sentence:
_______ is the ending or final outcome of a story.
The End
Resolution
Verdict
Happily Ever After....
18
Sentences that give you facts, descriptions & examples to help you understand the main idea is-
Subtitles
Main Purpose
Supporting facts
Supporting details
19
Name the genre:
a story with elements that are impossible; talking animals or magical powers
Folktale
Mystery
Legend
Fantasy
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This pattern puts events in their correct order based upon the TIME in which they happened.
Chronological order
Problem and solution
Cause and effect
Compare and contrast
21
Complete the sentence:
______ is when & where the story takes place.
Problem
Characters
Resolution
Setting
22
Which term compares two things by using the words "like" or "as"?
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
23
Fiction that involves an event in history. This genre is called-
Realistic fiction
Myth
Science fiction
Historical fiction
24
Define:
Dialogue
the story the narrator is telling
a third person speaking to the reader
a conversation between two characters in a story
a character inner monologue
25
A fictional story that uses supernatural beings to teach a moral or explain natural phenomena -
Folklore
Science Fiction
Fable
Myth
26
Authors use this structure when giving directions or explaining things. It is called-
Text structure
Description
Problem and solution
Sequential Order
27
The perspective from which a story is told is called ----
Point of View
Stalking
1st person
3rd person
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When an author uses clues to help you figure out what events will happen later in the story is-
Prediction
Psychic Flash
Flashback
Foreshadowing
29
This organizational pattern shows all the ways that 2 or more things are similar and different.
Problem and solution
Sequential order
Compare and contrast
Cause and effect
30
Words and phrases that create _____ by using the 5 senses.
Poetry
Imagery
Fiction
Figurative language
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This type of writing describe people & places that are 'real' and events that really happened.
Poetry
Personal narrative
Fiction
Non-fiction
32
What are the parts of a text (table of contents, index, etc) called?
Extra information
Non-ficiton
Words, commas, periods and dialouge
Text features
33
Complete the sentence:
______ is also known as the problem in the story.
Issue
Resolution
Conflict
disagreement
34
The message in a text that helps you understand more about life or human behavior is called ---
Main Idea
Theme
Summary
Purpose
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The way that a story is organized is called-
Text structure
Organizational pattern
Story form
Beginning, middle and end
36
The repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called---
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Similie
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Which of the following terms gives human qualities to non-human things?
Hyperbole
Assonance
Personification
Metaphor
38
Define:
Genre
a summary of passages
a type of book
a mode of reading
a type of literature
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What is a
metaphor
?
an extreme exaggeration
comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
a comparison of two unlike things
a repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
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The reason the author writes a certain type of text is known as---
Summary
Author's purpose
Point of view
The main message
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Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words is known as-
Close reading
Prediction
Context clues
An inference
42
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.
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A type of writing based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.
Non-fition
Drama
Fiction
Poetry
44
Define:
Onomatopoeia
uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things
the use of words that imitate sounds
an exaggeration
the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
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Name the genre:
a story that may happen in real life with fictional characters or settings
Realistic fiction
Traditional literature
Fiction
Historical fiction
46
Instructions for actors and stage crew to follow are called -
The narrator
Dialogue
Stage directions
Props
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The words & details that appeal to a readers 5 senses is known as-
Poetry
Figurative language
Imagery
Sensory language
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Combining inferences you have made about the characters, setting, or plot to make a statement.
Schema
Predictions
Summary
Drawing conlusions
