STAAR Vocabulary

pictures, labels, captions, headings, bold words - we call those...?

a shortened version of the story that tells the main events of the story.

the person who drew or sketched the pictures

the major events that happen in a story

something important that happens in a story

a word or phrase that helps to understand what another word means.

the moral of the story. It is the message/lesson that the author is trying to tell you.

a person in the story.

something that has gone wrong in the story. Something that needs to be solved.

how a character thinks about things, feels about things, and/or sees things

the person who the story is mainly about.

what the story is mainly about

just like a dictionary, but found in the back of a book - textbooks usually have one.

a book that gives a word's definition and is always in alphabetical order

the story or article you read and usually answer questions about

a type of story that is not real but written in a way that seems like it could be real

a type of story that is not real

information that is true and can be proven

something that is written in the passage that can help your prove your answer

how 2 "things" are alike and how they are different

the order in which the events happen in the story. (what happens 1st, 2nd, 3rd in the story)

the end of the story

something that someone thinks or believes but cannot be proven.

the person who wrote a story, article, poem, email, report, skit, etc.

an article or piece of writing that is real and contains facts.

a story that is written about another person's life

the reason why the author wrote what they did (PIE)

the time and place in which the story occurs

a genre of literature that is usually written in a rhythm that repeats.

a person who tells the story to the audience.

a story that is written about your own life

parts of the story that support the main idea

a genre that is written with parts and can be acted out like a play or musical

the different categories of literature

words that an author uses to paint a picture in the reader's mind. (appeal to the senses)

the event that takes place in the story that solves the problem