Reading Vocabulary - 5th Grade

Concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others

Verse written to create a response of thought & feeling. It often uses rhythm & rhyme.

To say what is the same between two or more things.

The pattern (or beat) of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.

People who speak for people who aren't present

To make great efforts to achieve or obtain something

To say what is the same between two or more things.

To continue to try to do something even though it is difficult

To say what is the same between two or more things.

To say what is the same between two or more things.

Why someone does what they do.

a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

To say what is the same between two or more things.

A short true story from the author’s own life.

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.

The events in a story.

Characters in the story who are not the main point of the story

Letters or syllables added to the beginning of a word that change the meaning of the word.

Use what you already know and evidence from the text to figure out what the author is saying.

To tell all about someone or something, including all the important characteristics, qualities, or events.

What happens as a result of a cause.

Characters who are in the story often, or who the story is about.

A word that means nearly the same thing as another word.

To say what will happen in the future.

How the problem is solved in a story.

To say how things are different.

A kind or category of something.

A word that is the opposite of another word.

To tell all about something, including all the important characteristics, qualities, or events.

An argument or disagreement

Using the same word, phrase, line, or stanza two or more times in a poem.

The main point of a piece of writing.

To come together.

Writing that is based on facts, real people, and real events.

The main word without a prefix or suffix added.

Letters or syllables that come at the end of a word and change the meaning of the word.

To win a victory over.

A comparison of two unlike things that says one thing is another

The ability to understand and share the feelings of another

When people overthrow a government and replace it with a new government

Overcome or take control of.