Reading STAAR Review

That is or can be argued about; debatable; not accepted by all

Clever in an amusing way

Small text found near apicture that provides important information about the picture

Pretty or lovely in a delicate way; petite

The central idea or message of a work; theinsight it offers into life

Careful, vigilant, wary,watchful, alert

Self-conscious,uncomfortable, shy, ashamed

Writing that tells how todo something

Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters in the story

Poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme

Give the wrong idea; to deceive; to lead someone in the wrong direction

Disapprove of condemn,pass judgment on

The pattern of rhyme in a poem

When a portion of thestory goes back in time

A listing of words with synonyms and antonyms

In the time order in which events happen

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

Conceited, proud, arrogant

Puzzled, perplexed,baffled, bewildered

Comparison of two things but NOT using like or as

Self-assuredly, with poise, with certainty,boldly

Inquisitive, interested, nosy, questioning

Language not intended to be taken literally and can include: similes, metaphors, imagery, etc.

To say that something is larger or greater that it really is; “to stretch the truth”

Kind-hearted, supportive, compassionate, caring,considerate

A literary work based on the imagination and notnecessarily on fact

Pleased, satisfied, full of pride, arrogant,conceited, bigheaded

Comparison using like or as

The various methods of communicating information

Naïve, easy to fool, trusting, susceptible

The use of clues to suggest events that willhappen later in the plot

The use of words that imitate sounds

Genre used to convince the reader of the writer’s point of view

A practical lesson about right and wrong

A conversation between two people

Drawing or photographs that help explain thetext

When and where the story takes place

With great skill, competently, expertly

Obstinate, immovable,inflexible, mulish

Modest or meek; not proud, bold or conceited;never brags

To demonstrate that something is right; to defend with reasons

Giving human qualities to non-human things

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

A special quality or characteristic

told by an all-knowing narrator from outside the story who reveals what every character thinks

Enthusiastic, excited,ready, raring to go, willing

The reason why something happens

Causing some slight harm or annoyance, often infun; full of playful tricks; teasing

Words and phrases that create imagery by usingthe 5 senses

What a piece of writing ismainly about

Ill at ease, uncomfortable, clumsy, gawky

Full of energy; active

A beginning or coming into being

Adjust, change, revise, get used to, becomeaccustomed, get a feel for

The reason the author has for writing; think PIE(persuade, inform, entertain)

The narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character

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

Acknowledge, be familiarwith, know

A fictional tale that explains the actions ofgods or the causes of natural phenomena

To draw a reasonableconclusion from the information presented

Hesitant, unwilling

Feeling or showing shyness or fear

The person who is telling the story

To communicate or express

A division or type of literature

A story written to be performed by actors; a play

The problem in the story

The perspective from which a story is told

Finding a solution to aproblem

Instructions for actors and stage crew; usuallyset in italics

When two words rhyme in the same line of poetry

A disagreement;  to say the opposite

Brief statement of the main events of a story

A drawingthat shows or explains something; usually includes labels and captions

Feeling shame, humiliated, sorry, embarrassed

Fiction that involves an event in history and contains historical facts, but is not true

Willing to give or share;not selfish or stingy; great in amount

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

The story of a person’s life written by another person

Writing that is factual and true