5th Grade STAAR Vocab

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

To say that something is larger or greater than it really is. Stretching the truth.

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

A drawing that shows or explains something...usually includes labels and captions.

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

To disagree; to say the opposite.

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

An extreme exaggeration.

The repeated message in a text that helps the reader understand more about life or behavior.

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

How the problem is solved or fixed; the ending or final outcome of the story.

True or false? A drama is NOT a story written to be performed by actors.

A type of writing used to convince the reader of the author's point of view.

Writing that is true. Describes people and places that are "real".

When a portion of the story goes back in time.

A fictional story that used supernatural beings to teach a moral or explain natural phenomena.

Characteristics of a particular group of people. 

An event that comes after and is caused by some previous event.

The problem in the story.

True or false? A phenomenon is an event which CANNOT be seen or written about.

A resource used to find a list of a word's synonyms and antonyms.

Where and when the story takes place.

When an author uses clues to help the reader to figure out what events will happen later.

giving human qualities to non-human things.

To tell.

The story of a person's life written by someone else using third person point of view.

A conversation between two characters in a story.

Comparing two things by using the words "like" or "as".

When a reader uses clues from the text plus what they already know to draw a conclusion.

The turning point in the action of a story; the most exciting point of the story.

The reason the author has for writing.

The perspective from which a story is told.

The repeating of consonant at the beginning of words.

A type of writing that tells "how to" do something.

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

The events that make up a fictional story.

An important lesson that teaches the reader about right and wrong.

Clues in the text that help the reader figure out the meaning of an unknown word.

To get in the way of...

Poetry that does NOT contain patterns of rhythm or rhyme.

A beginning or coming into being.

Drawings or photographs that help explain what is going on in the text.

To prove; to show that something is right; to defend with reasons.

Told from the viewpoint of the characters using the pronouns "I", "me", "my", and "we".

A type of literature.

True or False? Fiction is a type of writing based on the imagination and not necessarily fact.

To influence

True or False? A metaphor is a comparison of 2 things WITHOUT using "like" or "as".

What a piece of writing is mainly about.