4th Grade STAAR Reading Vocabulary Review

The problem in the story.

Writing that is factual.

Elaborate exaggeration. EX. I could eat 100 hot dogs!

Brief statement of the main events of a story.

Poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme.

The ending or final outcome of a story.

The perspective from which a story is told.

A division or type of literature.

The reason why something happens.

The use of words that represent sounds. Ex. BOOM!

To demonstrate that something is right; to defend with reason.

What a piece of writing is mainly about.

Expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the individual meaning. 

In the time order in which events happened.

The pattern of rhyme in a poem.

The events that make up a story

Outfits actors wear during the play

The story of a person's life written by that person in first person POV.

Fiction that involves an event in history.

Reason author has for writing.

The parts of a text that stand out: Diagram, table of contexts, index

Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and "we".

Practical lesson about right and wrong.

Collection of words that appeal to the reader; using devices such as metaphor, simile, ect.

Finding a solution to a problem

The following of one event after another.

The person who is telling the story; the speaker

words and phrases that create imagery by using the 5 senses.

A literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact. 

The repetition of consonant SOUNDS at the beginning of words. EX. Sally sells seashells...

Combining several pieces of information to make an inference.

Person who wrote the play/drama

Drawing that shows or explains something..

A story written to be performed by actors; a play

Writing that tells how to do something (like a recipe)

Signal words; This led to; As a result;

Signal words; Like; Unlike; in contrast

Central idea or message of a work.

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.

Instructions for actors and stage crew, usually in italics

Items on stage that actors use.

To make a brief statement of the main events of the story

Where and when the story takes place.

Clues in surrounding text to help reader understand an unknown word

To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented.

Similar to a paragraph but in a poem

Used to convince the reader of the writer's point of view

Signal words; First, Second, Third

To communicate or express.

Small text found near a picture that provides information about the picture.

Comparison using like or as.

A conversation between two people

Turning point in the action of a story- the problem is solved. 

Giving human qualities to non-human things. Ex. Sun smiled down on me.