Ortiz ELA 5th Grade Vocab

To disagree; to say the opposite.

When a reader uses clues from the text plus what they already know to draw a conclusion.

An expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the individual words.

A drawing that shows or explains something...usually includes labels and captions.

Told by an all-knowing narrator from outside the story who reveals what every character thinks.

The repeating of consonant at the beginning of words.

What a piece of writing is mainly about.

The narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character.

The perspective from which a story is told.

A conversation between two characters in a story.

A type of literature.

The story of a person's life written by someone else using third person point of view.

The events that make up a fictional story.

The problem in the story.

Writing that is true. Describes people and places that are "real".

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

The reason the author has for writing.

How the problem is solved or fixed; the ending or final outcome of the story.

An extreme exaggeration.

A resource used to find a list of a word's synonyms and antonyms.

To tell.

Clues in the text that help the reader figure out the meaning of an unknown word.

Comparing two things by using the words "like" or "as".

Where and when the story takes place.

Drawings or photographs that help explain what is going on in the text.

Give the wrong idea; to lead someone in the wrong direction.

The repeated message in a text that helps the reader understand more about life or behavior.

To influence

Are you going to pass the STAAR Reading test?

Characteristics of a particular group of people. 

A fictional story that used supernatural beings to teach a moral or explain natural phenomena.

A type of writing that tells "how to" do something.

To say that something is larger or greater than it really is. Stretching the truth.

True or False? Fiction is a type of writing based on the imagination and not necessarily fact.

An important lesson that teaches the reader about right and wrong.

The turning point in the action of a story; the most exciting point of the story.

True or false? A drama is NOT a story written to be performed by actors.

When an author uses clues to help the reader to figure out what events will happen later.

When a portion of the story goes back in time.

Poetry that does NOT contain patterns of rhythm or rhyme.

A beginning or coming into being.

True or false? A phenomenon is an event which CANNOT be seen or written about.

To prove; to show that something is right; to defend with reasons.

To get in the way of...

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

giving human qualities to non-human things.

True or False? A metaphor is a comparison of 2 things WITHOUT using "like" or "as".

A type of writing used to convince the reader of the author's point of view.

An event that comes after and is caused by some previous event.

Told from the viewpoint of the characters using the pronouns "I", "me", "my", and "we".