Reading STAAR Review

To say that something is larger or greater that it really is; “to stretch the truth”

A story written to be performed by actors; a play

Writing that is factual and true

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

To demonstrate that something is right; to defend with reasons

When two words rhyme in the same line of poetry

Language not intended to be taken literally and can include: similes, metaphors, imagery, etc.

Hesitant, unwilling

To communicate or express

The use of clues to suggest events that willhappen later in the plot

Puzzled, perplexed,baffled, bewildered

Willing to give or share;not selfish or stingy; great in amount

Obstinate, immovable,inflexible, mulish

Ill at ease, uncomfortable, clumsy, gawky

Naïve, easy to fool, trusting, susceptible

The person who is telling the story

With great skill, competently, expertly

Causing some slight harm or annoyance, often infun; full of playful tricks; teasing

The story of a person’s life written by another person

A conversation between two people

Clues in surrounding textthat help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

The use of words that imitate sounds

A special quality or characteristic

Full of energy; active

When a portion of thestory goes back in time

A drawingthat shows or explains something; usually includes labels and captions

Kind-hearted, supportive, compassionate, caring,considerate

Instructions for actors and stage crew; usuallyset in italics

Conceited, proud, arrogant

Feeling shame, humiliated, sorry, embarrassed

That is or can be argued about; debatable; not accepted by all

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

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

A beginning or coming into being

To draw a reasonableconclusion from the information presented

The pattern of rhyme in a poem

The central idea or message of a work; theinsight it offers into life

Comparison using like or as

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Brief statement of the main events of a story

A listing of words with synonyms and antonyms

Fiction that involves an event in history and contains historical facts, but is not true

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

Self-conscious,uncomfortable, shy, ashamed

Words and phrases that create imagery by usingthe 5 senses

A disagreement;  to say the opposite

Poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme

A practical lesson about right and wrong

Inquisitive, interested, nosy, questioning

Pleased, satisfied, full of pride, arrogant,conceited, bigheaded

Enthusiastic, excited,ready, raring to go, willing

Careful, vigilant, wary,watchful, alert

What a piece of writing ismainly about

A fictional tale that explains the actions ofgods or the causes of natural phenomena

Genre used to convince the reader of the writer’s point of view

A division or type of literature

When and where the story takes place

Self-assuredly, with poise, with certainty,boldly

Comparison of two things but NOT using like or as

Disapprove of condemn,pass judgment on

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

The reason the author has for writing; think PIE(persuade, inform, entertain)

Drawing or photographs that help explain thetext

Modest or meek; not proud, bold or conceited;never brags

The perspective from which a story is told

The reason why something happens

In the time order in which events happen

Pretty or lovely in a delicate way; petite

A literary work based on the imagination and notnecessarily on fact

Clever in an amusing way

Giving human qualities to non-human things

The various methods of communicating information

Small text found near apicture that provides important information about the picture

Finding a solution to aproblem

Feeling or showing shyness or fear

Acknowledge, be familiarwith, know

The problem in the story

Writing that tells how todo something

Adjust, change, revise, get used to, becomeaccustomed, get a feel for

Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters in the story