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STAAR Review: 5th Grade Reading Vocabulary
STAAR Review: 5th Grade Reading Vocabulary
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What are the events that make up a fictional story called?
Setting
Plot
Characters
Climax
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The message in a text that helps you understand more about life or human behavior is called ---
Summary
Main Idea
Purpose
Theme
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Fiction that involves an event in history. This genre is called-
Myth
Historical fiction
Science fiction
Realistic fiction
4
What is a
metaphor
?
an extreme exaggeration
a comparison of two unlike things
a repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
5
Combining inferences you have made about the characters, setting, or plot to make a statement.
Schema
Predictions
Summary
Drawing conlusions
6
Instructions for actors and stage crew to follow are called -
The narrator
Stage directions
Props
Dialogue
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A story that presents a series of exciting events; often involves journeys or dangerous events.
Mystery
Adventure
Science fiction
Fairytale
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The reason the author writes a certain type of text is known as---
The main message
Summary
Author's purpose
Point of view
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This organizational pattern shows all the ways that 2 or more things are similar and different.
Sequential order
Problem and solution
Compare and contrast
Cause and effect
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Complete the sentence:
______ is when & where the story takes place.
Characters
Resolution
Problem
Setting
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The story of a person's life written by someone else using 3rd person point of view is called -
Summary
Article
Autobiography
Biography
12
Which of the following terms gives human qualities to non-human things?
Hyperbole
Personification
Metaphor
Assonance
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What a piece of writing or paragraph is mainly about is called the ______________.
Story
Summary
Main Idea
Purpose
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Example:
peter piper picked a pair of pickled peppers---
Similie
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
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A story that is imagined and has characters and events that could not exist in the real world.
Fairytale
Legends
Non-fiction
Myths
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Define:
Genre
a type of book
a summary of passages
a mode of reading
a type of literature
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When a reader uses clues from the text + what they already know to draw a conclusion is called-
Prediction
Conclusion
Summary
Inference
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Language that helps a reader to visualize the events from a text in a better way is called-
Imagery
Figurative Language
Point of view
The narrator
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A story in which events create a feeling of terror in both the characters and the reader.
Adventure
Suspenseful
Fiction
Horror
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This pattern puts events in their correct order based upon the TIME in which they happened.
Compare and contrast
Cause and effect
Problem and solution
Chronological order
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To say that something is bigger or greater than it really is; "to stretch the truth" is called-
Lying
Exaggeration
Alliteration
Storytelling
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Define:
Summary
a short passage that describes the climax of the story.
a short paragraph that tells the main events from the story.
a long passage that describes the main idea of the story.
a passage that tells you the supporting details of the story
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This type of writing describe people & places that are 'real' and events that really happened.
Poetry
Fiction
Personal narrative
Non-fiction
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Words and phrases that create _____ by using the 5 senses.
Imagery
Poetry
Fiction
Figurative language
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Define:
Onomatopoeia
the use of words that imitate sounds
the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
an exaggeration
uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things
26
Define:
Emphasize
to bring attention to or show
to close read
to predict
to support
27
A type of writing based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.
Fiction
Drama
Non-fition
Poetry
28
Complete the sentence:
______ is also known as the problem in the story.
disagreement
Issue
Conflict
Resolution
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A type of writing used to persuade the reader of the author's point-of-view is called -
Explanatory
Persuasive
Declarative
Informational
30
The way that a story is organized is called-
Story form
Organizational pattern
Beginning, middle and end
Text structure
31
The perspective from which a story is told is called ----
3rd person
Stalking
Point of View
1st person
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A story written to be performed by actors; a play is called a-
Fiction
Drama
Personal narrative
Biography
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Sentences that give you facts, descriptions & examples to help you understand the main idea is-
Supporting facts
Supporting details
Subtitles
Main Purpose
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When an author uses clues to help you figure out what events will happen later in the story is-
Psychic Flash
Prediction
Flashback
Foreshadowing
35
Which term compares two things by using the words "like" or "as"?
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Alliteration
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Authors use this structure when giving directions or explaining things. It is called-
Problem and solution
Sequential Order
Text structure
Description
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The words & details that appeal to a readers 5 senses is known as-
Figurative language
Imagery
Poetry
Sensory language
38
Name the genre:
a story with elements that are impossible; talking animals or magical powers
Legend
Folktale
Mystery
Fantasy
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Define:
Dialogue
the story the narrator is telling
a third person speaking to the reader
a character inner monologue
a conversation between two characters in a story
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The word
convey
means.....
To present.
To make important.
To tell.
To discuss.
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Small text found near a picture that provides important information about that picture is---
a summary
a caption
subtitles
additional information about the passage
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Name the genre:
a story that may happen in real life with fictional characters or settings
Fiction
Historical fiction
Traditional literature
Realistic fiction
43
Complete the sentence:
_______ is the ending or final outcome of a story.
Happily Ever After....
Resolution
The End
Verdict
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Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words is known as-
An inference
Context clues
Prediction
Close reading
