STAAR 5th Grade Reading Vocabulary

Complete the sentence: ______ is also known as the problem in the story.

A fictional story that uses supernatural beings that explain natural phenomena -

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

Authors use this structure when giving directions or explaining things in an order.

Name the genre: a story with elements that are impossible; talking animals or magical powers.

What is a metaphor?

____________ is the book store located.

Define: Summary

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is an amazing person They studied him in their history class.

" Break a Leg" is an example

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

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

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

Complete the sentence: ______ is when & where the story takes place.

An exaggerated statement; "I could sleep for 1,000 years".

Fictional story that involves an event in history. This genre is called-

The waterfall raced down the cliff's edge

Define: Onomatopoeia

This writing describe people & places that are 'real' and events that really happened. FACTS

This TEXT STRUCTURE that shows all the ways that 2 or more things are similar and different.

A story that presents a series of exciting events; often involves journeys or dangerous events.

A short story where animals teach a lesson or moral.

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

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

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

The way that a story is organized is called? EX: Cause and Effect, Sequencing, Chronological

Name the genre: a story that may happen in real life with fictional characters or settings

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

The 5 events that make up a fictional story are called?

A type of writing used to persuade the reader of the author's point-of-view is called -

A story thathas imagined or magical characters or events that could not exist in the real world

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

Complete the sentence: _______ is the ending or final outcome of a story.

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

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

Define: Genre

Words and phrases that create _____ by using the 5 senses.

Descriptive language that helps the reader visualize the writing. The picture has examples.

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

Define: Dialogue

A book about a persons life, written by that person. Example "The Diary of Anne Frank"

This type writing informs or explains an idea for a reader. It is called-

A story written to be performed by actors; a play is called a-

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

What are the parts of a text ( diagrams or pictures) called?