STAAR Vocabulary Review

Type of writing based on stories that have been passed down through generations by story teller

Part of a story where events are building in chronological order toward the turning point

The voice a reader hears when reading a poem

Type of non-fiction writing when an author is providing information, explaining, or persuading

The turning point of a selection

How the author feels or writes about his subject, characters, or events

A letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a root to change its meaning

The base word, prefix(es) and suffix(es) can be added to this part of a word to change meaning

A universal lesson about life the author shares through his words

The reason an author writes a particular piece of text

A word that means the opposite of another word

List at the beginning of a play/drama that provides the names & descriptions of each characrer

Type of writing where author uses a spatial text structure to help the reader "see" scene/event

Part of the story where characters are introduced and the setting is established

Overall feeling created by an author in his writing; how the writing makes the reader feel

The repeating of an initial consonant over and over to create rhythm and meter in writing

The pattern of rhyming words at the end of each line that creates a pattern of rhythm in a poem

When one of the characters tells the story; uses pronouns such as I, me, we, us

When something (like an object) in a story represents something else

A story based on an actual event or person, typically a hero; contains more fiction than fact

Information provided in a play or drama that explains how a character should speak/move

Lengthy speech made by a single character during a drama or play

The lesson a reader learns from events in a fable

The person who writes a poem

Repeating of words, phrases or sentences over and over again to create rhythm or emphasis

The struggle a character has with other people or outside forces

Giving human qualities and characteristics to a non-human

A person/object with magical powers that serve to move the plot of a story along (magic wand)

The struggle a character has within himself

A story is told by an outside narrator who doesn't focus on one characters experiences/emotions

Writing events in the order they occurred; sequence

A comparison between two unlike things; saying one thing is another

The way an author thinks, feels or writes about a particular topic; positive,negative, nuetral

Part of a plot where a solution is found and/or the actions come to a close

The organizational pattern an author uses to write a selection or passage

Putting together what you know with what an author/character says to come to a conclusion

Letter/group of letters added to the end of a root to change the meaning or part of speech

A word created to represent a sound

Stretching the truth; exaggeration

The text or writing that surrounds an unknown word; often provides clues to the word meaning

Visual representation of numbers/data; may be shown using lines, bars, circles, ect.

Story is told by outside narrator- focuses on events through experiences/emotions of 1character

The part of a story where events are leading toward the resolution or end of a plot

It's like a chorus in a song; the lines of stanza repeated throughout a poem

Style of writing in which characters speak in a way that represents a particular region/culture

A story that tells about the adventures of gods and goddesses or explains things in nature

Conversation that occurs between two or more characters

In traditional literature, authors often create events or characters in sets of three

A story with animals as the main characters; these stories were written to teach a lesson

A story that reflects the culture and beliefs of a particular region or group of people

The words in text that provides the information to support a conclusion or answer to a question