STARR Reading Terms with prefixes and suffixes- 5th grade

when someone NOT in the story tells the story, like an invisible observer

to cause to be, to put into or onto, to go into or onto ( looking for a prefix )

the person who wrote the story or article

act of/ state of/ result of ( looking for a suffix)

the detail in a passage that support, or back up, the main idea

short pharases used to organize information in a story or article

words or phrases that help give meaning to unknown words

briefly restates the main idea nad important details of a story

the time and place that a stroy happens

trying to make the reader believe a certain way, to influence

the intended readers for a piece of writing

words that are spelled the same but have more than one meaning

a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

self ( looking for a prefix)

can be done ( looking for a suffix)

inclined/ tending toward an action ( looking for a suffix )

giving directions how to do something or why something happened

the people or animals in a story or poem

the reason a character does or says something

a phrase that doesn't mean what it says word for word

a way to keep track of information-sometimes in picture form

two overlapping circles used to compare two things

to throw ( looking for the root word )

words that have opposite meanings

all the qualities that make up a character's appearance and personality

the trouble that the characters have in a story

to build (looking for a root word )

the organization the author uses to show how his ideas are connected

the main part of a word

letters added to the end of a word to make a new word

letters added to the beginning of the word to make a new word

opposite, against (looking for a prefix)

a TS showing how one thing leads to another-why something happened and the result

to see ( looking for a root word )

a TS showing what happens first, next and last in a story-sequencing

half (looking for a prefix)

a story or article that gives informationor news

how the author sees something and the way a narrator tells a story

words that have similar meanings

a POV in which the narator knows the thoughts and feelings of a single character

2 stories or articles that are meant to be read together to show comparison,similarites,differ

the reason the author wrote the story or article

circles connected by lines that show important information from the story

judge,oath law ( looking for a root word )

giving clues that suggest what might happen in the future

POV in which the narrators knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL the characters

the person in a story who tells the story

before, earlier ( looking for a prefix)

line showing dates in the order that events happened

under,beneath, below secondary (looking for a prefix)

see ( looking for a root word )

a comparison that shows a relationship between two things

when a character in the story tells the story

a story or article that you might read for fun

what a piece of writing is mostly about

the series of events that happen in a story

a TS showing how two or more things are alike and different

the turning point or point of greatest interest or suspense in a story

a comparison of two unlike thing NOT using the words "like" or "as"

an item that is the same as other things in a group

how the problem is solved in a story

is a story's message, it can be a lesson about life or how people behave (moral)