Elle - 5th Grade STAAR Poetry/Reading Vocab

characters who respect and accept others differences and beliefs

When you repeat a letter sound over and over again

The _____ of the poem is the lesson or message the author is trying to convey.

when a poem compares two objects without using “like” or “as.” One object is something else

When poems create an “image” in your head and you are able to “see” things

Words that have the same ending sound

these are the lines of text that the characters speak in the play

characters who work together to achieve a goal or complete a task

What Is Poetry?

a group of lines that are together in a poem are called a

characters who have the strength to overcome a fear or accept a risk

A poem's pattern of rhyming lines

characters who trust each other and are loyal towards one another

the people and animals that are part of the story

When a poem compares two objects using the words “like” or “as”

tells what happened and why it happened

A ____ is one line in a poem.

Information that tells the actors what to do

shows similarities and differences between two or more things

the intended goal of a piece of writing; the reason a person writes

Giving non-human things (like chairs, desks, and even animals and plants) human characteristics

The ___ of a drama is the lesson or message the author is trying to convey.

The feeling the author is trying to convey

The number of syllables in a line and how they are accented creates the poem's beat or rhythm.

Words that make writing more interesting! They help us “hear” sound in writing.

characters who want to make those who are suffering feel better

characters who feel it is best to always tell the truth

characters who are generous and considerate of others

where the story takes place

Words or phrases that are repeated

text written with the intent to persuade or convince the reader of something

tells the order in which events occur in a text

provides a problem and describes how it can be solved

what happens in the story

characters who never give up, even when facing difficult situations

characters who learn to do the right thing even when no one is watching