Fourth Grade ELAR STAAR Vocabulary

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

the central idea or message of a work

giving human qualities to non-human things

the perspective from which a story is told

instructions for actors and stage crew, usually set in italics

the problem in the story

a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

the use of words that represent sounds

comparison using like or as

where and when the story takes place

similar to a sentence in a poem

the person who is telling the story; the speaker

the person who wrote the play or drama

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

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

a conversation between two people

the sequence of events that make up a story

finding a solution to a problem

type of literature

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

the repetition of consonant SOUNDS at the beginning of words

the items on the stage that the actors use

the turning point in the action of a story

the following of one event after another

elaborate exaggeration

the reason the author has for writing

to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented

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

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

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

a story written to be performed by actors; a play

time order in which events happened

similar to a paragraph but in a poem

the parts of a text that stand out

words and details that appeal to a reader's senses

writing that is true

combining several pieces of information to make an inference

a literary work that is not true

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