Finley-Oates STAAR Reading Vocabulary

a struggle between opposing forces

the order of events in a story

details

the result of something happening

something that can be proven true (Can you verify it?)

determined

the main body of a book or other piece of writing

the bits and pieces of information that support the main idea

the pattern of rhyming words in a poem

to convince others to do something

A drawing that shows or explains something, usually includes labels and captions.

a character trait used to describe someone who doesn't give up easily

Author's Purpose

dialogue

the reason something happens, such as an event or action

a reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong

one of the people or animals in a story, poem or play.

summary

when the story is told directly by a character (I, me, my)

a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is

an inscription at the top of a paragraph, chapter, page, section, etc.

the lesson or message in a text that a character learns, or that the author wants the reader to learn

to show

to give information

an account of someone's life written by someone else

taking facts and background knowledge together to determine something untold in the story

what happens in the story

what the author wants you to know/to teachyou /or learn through his or her writing

a section of a poem similar to a paragraph

a common technique in narrative writing, where the author strives to make emotional connections with the reader

what the author wants to teach you through his or her writing

extras in a nonfiction text that add info for the reader (bold words, photographs, diagrams, subtitles, graphs, etc.)

resolution

a combination of statements, ideas, or features of a situation that are opposed to one another

where one line ends in a poem

specific information that supports the main idea (gives more information about it)

a form of writing that tells a story

when the story is told by someone outside of the story's characters(they, she, he)

setting

a conversation between characters set off by quotation marks

something you think, feel, or believe (It cannot be proven true for everyone.)

what the story or paragraph is mainly about

to make the reading enjoyable

words in the text that help the reader understand an unknown word.(synonym, antonym, definition, example)