4th Grade Staar Reading Vocabulary

told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and We"

Example: He is a bear in the morning.

fiction that involves an event in history.historical facts, events, or people, but is not true.

A practical lesson about right and wrong

the central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life

small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture

the turning point in the action of a story--the problem is solved

what a piece of writing is mainly about

to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented

The reason the author has for writing. (Inform, persuade, express, & entertain)

a division or type of literature

combining several pieces of information to make an inference

where and when the story takes place

word that appeal to a reader's senses (sight, touch, taste, hearing, smell, emotion)

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

the person who is telling the story; the speaker

the problem in the story

the events that make up a story

elaborate exaggeration. Example: I could eat a 100 hot dogs!

Writing that is factual, not creative or fictional.

the story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view

the use of words that represent sounds. Example: Boom!

comparison using like or as. Example: The car was as cold as ice.

the reason why something happens

the repetition of consonant SOUNDS at the beginning of words.

Example: It's raining cats and dogs.

Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

giving human qualities to non-human things. Example: The sun smiled down on me.

poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme

the parts of a text that stand out (diagram, table of contents, index, etc)