Pardue's Copy of 5th Reading STAAR

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

where and when the story takes place

when a story goes back in time

a beginning or coming into being

Comparison using like or as

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

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

the person who is telling the story, the speaker

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

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

the use of words to imitate sounds

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

the message, lesson, or central idea to a text

To communicate or express information

giving human qualities to non-human things

A conversation between two or more people

A division or type of literature

Poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhyme

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

Comparison without using like or as