STAAR 5th Grade Reading Vocabulary

In literature, ______ is also known as the problem in the story.

This type of text informs or explains an idea for a reader with details. It is called---

Writing to convince the reader of the author's point-of-view, using many opinions, is called -

A story that is imagined and has characters and events that could not exist in the real world.

Which word means rhyming words on the same line of a poem?

What a piece of writing or paragraph is mostly about is called the ______________.

A type of narrative writing based on imagination and not necessarily on facts.

What do the following do not appeal to the reader's sense of hearing?

The repeating of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called---

A summary is ---

The events that make up a narrative story called---

Genre is a word that describes ---

Authors use this text structure when giving directions, or explaining how to do things---

A story based on a series of exciting events, often involving quests, or dangerous journeys.

The final outcome of a story can be called --- (choose 2)

What is a metaphor?

Language, often fancy, that helps a reader visualize the text---

Fictional story from the past that uses supernatural beings to teach a moral or explain nature

Onomatopoeia is ---

What are the parts of a text (table of contents, index, captions, subheadings, etc) called?

Sentences that give you facts, descriptions & examples to help you understand the main idea is-

When an author uses clues to help you figure out what events will happen later in the story---

The word convey means.....

This pattern puts events in their correct order based upon the TIME in which they happened.

A narrative written to be performed by actors, also known as a play---

Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words---

The words & details that appeal to a readers 5 senses are known as---

Which term compares two things by using the words "like" or "as"?

The message in a text that helps you understand more about life or human behavior is called ---

A story with elements that are impossible, like talking animals or magic, is which genre?

Fiction that is based around a person or an event in history is called-

This organizational pattern shows the ways that two or more things are similar and different.

When a reader uses clues from the text + what they already know it is called-

To say that something is bigger or greater than it really is, or to stretch the truth---

A story in which events create a feeling of terror in both the characters and the reader.

Words and phrases that create description by using the 5 senses---

Which type of text will NOT be presented in chronological order?

Instructions for actors and stage crew to follow are called -

Small text found near a photograph or illustration that provides important information---

Procedural writing is---

The reason the author writes a certain type of text is known as---

Which of the following are NOT a type of figurative language---

Dialogue is ---

A character struggling to make a difficult decision is facing which type of conflict---

A story with fictional characters or settings, that could actually happen, is called---

The way that a story or text is organized is called---

Emphasize means ---

This type of writing gives facts and information about people, places & events that are real---

The perspective from which a story is told is called ----

The story of a person's life written by someone else using 3rd person point of view is called -

Which of the following terms gives human qualities to non-human things?

Words that describe when, where, and what it is like in a story ---

To contrast means---

Combining inferences you have made about the characters, setting, or plot to make a statement.