4th Grade STAAR Reading Vocabulary Review

Finding a solution to a problem

In the time order in which events happened.

Signal words; Like; Unlike; in contrast

Reason author has for writing.

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

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

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

Clues in surrounding text to help reader understand an unknown word

Signal words; First, Second, Third

Outfits actors wear during the play

The reason why something happens.

The events that make up a story

Items on stage that actors use.

What a piece of writing is mainly about.

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

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

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

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

To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented.

Instructions for actors and stage crew, usually in italics

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

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

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

Comparison using like or as.

The pattern of rhyme in a poem.

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

Combining several pieces of information to make an inference.

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

The following of one event after another.

The perspective from which a story is told.

Fiction that involves an event in history.

Similar to a paragraph but in a poem

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

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

The problem in the story.

The ending or final outcome of a story.

The person who is telling the story; the speaker

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

Writing that is factual.

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

A story written to be performed by actors; a play

Practical lesson about right and wrong.

Signal words; This led to; As a result;

Central idea or message of a work.

Where and when the story takes place.

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

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

Brief statement of the main events of a story.

A conversation between two people

A division or type of literature.

Person who wrote the play/drama

To communicate or express.

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

Drawing that shows or explains something..