5th Reading STAAR

in the time order in which events happened

the problem in the story

A division or type of literature

where and when the story takes place

To communicate or express information

told by an all-knowing narrator from outside story who reveals what everyone thinks and feels

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

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

the person who is telling the story, the speaker

A conversation between two or more people

giving human qualities to non-human things

the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot

to make an educated guess using your schema and text evidence

a fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or the causes of natural phenomenon

Poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhyme

when a story goes back in time

the use of words to imitate sounds

told from the point of view of one character's using the pronouns "I" and "we"

a beginning or coming into being

the message, lesson, or central idea to a text

Instructions for actors and stage crew, written in italics

what the text is mainly about

Comparison using like or as

Comparison without using like or as

the reason the author has for writing (persuade, inform, entertain)

the perspective from which a story is told

the repetition of consonant sounds at beginning of words "Sarah sat in the salty sea"

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