4th Grade STAAR Reading Vocabulary Review

Similar to a paragraph but in a poem

Comparison using like or as.

Reason author has for writing.

Writing that is factual.

Person who wrote the play/drama

Expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the individual meaning. 

The parts of a text that stand out: Diagram, table of contexts, index

Turning point in the action of a story- the problem is solved. 

Finding a solution to a problem

Elaborate exaggeration. EX. I could eat 100 hot dogs!

A division or type of literature.

Central idea or message of a work.

Where and when the story takes place.

Outfits actors wear during the play

Giving human qualities to non-human things. Ex. Sun smiled down on me.

The pattern of rhyme in a poem.

The use of words that represent sounds. Ex. BOOM!

Combining several pieces of information to make an inference.

The problem in the story.

Writing that tells how to do something (like a recipe)

To communicate or express.

Practical lesson about right and wrong.

Clues in surrounding text to help reader understand an unknown word

The following of one event after another.

To make a brief statement of the main events of the story

Signal words; Like; Unlike; in contrast

To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented.

The reason why something happens.

The ending or final outcome of a story.

In the time order in which events happened.

Items on stage that actors use.

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

Drawing that shows or explains something..

The perspective from which a story is told.

Fiction that involves an event in history.

words and phrases that create imagery by using the 5 senses.

Collection of words that appeal to the reader; using devices such as metaphor, simile, ect.

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.

The events that make up a story

To demonstrate that something is right; to defend with reason.

Brief statement of the main events of a story.

Used to convince the reader of the writer's point of view

A literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact. 

Poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme.

The repetition of consonant SOUNDS at the beginning of words. EX. Sally sells seashells...

Signal words; This led to; As a result;

What a piece of writing is mainly about.

A conversation between two people

Instructions for actors and stage crew, usually in italics

A story written to be performed by actors; a play

Signal words; First, Second, Third

Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and "we".

The person who is telling the story; the speaker

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