Duplicate of 5th Reading STAAR

the person who is telling the story, the speaker

the use of words to imitate sounds

a beginning or coming into being

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

the message, lesson, or central idea to a text

To communicate or express information

when a story goes back in time

A division or type of literature

Comparison without using like or as

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

giving human qualities to non-human things

Poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhyme

Comparison using like or as

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

where and when the story takes place

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

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

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

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

A conversation between two or more people