STAAR 5th Grade Reading Vocabulary 17/18

Define: Onomatopoeia

What a piece of writing or paragraph is mainly about is called the ______________.

Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words is known as-

A story written to be performed by actors; a play is called a-

Which of the following terms gives human qualities to non-human things?

The word supports means.....

Complete the sentence: _______ is the ending or final outcome of a story.

When a reader uses clues from the text + what they already know (schema) to make a guess-

A story in which events create a feeling of terror in both the characters and the reader.

What is a metaphor?

This organizational pattern shows all the ways that 2 or more things are similar and different.

The words & details that appeal to a readers 5 senses is known as-

Which term compares two things by using the words "like" or "as"?

Complete the sentence: ______ is when & where the story takes place.

Name the genre: a story with elements that are impossible; talking animals or magical powers

Sentences that give you facts, descriptions & examples to help you understand the main idea is-

The message in a text that helps you understand more about life or human behavior is called ---

Define: Summary

Name the genre: a story that may happen in real life with fictional characters or settings

A type of writing used to persuade the reader of the author's point-of-view is called -

The perspective from which a story is told is called ----

A story that is imagined and has characters and events that could not exist in the real world.

Fiction that involves an event in history. This genre is called-

The repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called---

This type of text gives information about a topic. It is called-

What are the parts of a text (table of contents, index, etc) called?

Small text found near a picture that provides important information about that picture is---

This pattern puts events in their correct order based upon the TIME in which they happened.

Complete the sentence: ______ is also known as the problem in the story.

The reason the author writes a certain type of text is known as---