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Mrs. Mata205
5th grade reading STAAR vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| affix | A group of letters or letter such as a prefix or suffix, that occurs before or after a root or a base word to modify its meaning. Example: the prefix un- and the suffix -able in unbelievable |
| genre | The style of a writing. Example: expository, narrative, poetry, drama, fiction. |
| Summary | Beginning, Middle, and End and includes the conflict and solution. Also the Who, Wanted, But, So, Then. A fiction story will always have a problem and solution |
| figurative language | Fancy writing or fancy language Ex: Dolly Madison won the hearts of the people. Examples are similies, metaphors, imagery, omnamonapea, alliteration, personification..etc |
| Imagery | Words that create mental images or pictures in your mind and sensory impressions. Ex: The sweet aroma of the pie made my mouth water. |
| plot | The sequence of events in a story. Plot has 3 main parts: rising action, climax, and falling action. |
| Theme | The central or universal idea. A message about life or human nature. Ex: never judge a book by it's cover. It could also be the lesson/moral in the story |
| Setting | When and where a story takes place. Place and time of a story |
| Characters | The people and animals in a story. |
| irony | When the opposite of what is expected occurs. Example: Someone says they're a vegetarian but eat pepperoni pizza. Sarcasm usually includes a lot of irony. Another example would be " the directions were as clear as mud." |
| Autobiography | The life story of a person, as told by himself or herself. |
| Biography | The life story of a person told by someone else. |
| Foreshadowing | To predict what will happen in the future. |
| Nonfiction | NOT FAKE.Text that is true and based on facts. The author's purpose is to inform, explain, describe and sometimes persuade. |
| Fiction | FAKE. Text that is not true based on imagination such as novels, fables, and comics. The author's purpose is to entertain. |
| Alliteration | The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of two or more words usually words will be together. Ex: She sold sea shells by the sea shore. the "s" and "sh" sound is repeated. |
| Graphic elements of poetry | Capital letters, line length, and word position; aslo called the "shape" of a poem, |
| free verse poem | A poem that does not rhyme |
| internal rhyme | A rhyme within the same line of verse. Ex: "once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary." |
| lyric poetry | A short poem expressing personal feelings and emotions. |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words that sound like what they mean. EX: POW, BUZZ, PURR |
| pattern of verse | The regular or predictable arrangement of sections or lines of poetry. |
| rhyme scheme | The pattern of rhyming lines |
| Sound Effect | any sound other than speech or music made artificially for use in a drama or movie |
| Stanza | A group of lines within a poem |
| Hyperbole or overstatement | An exaggeration. Ex: I was so hungry I could eat a horse. |
| Personification | Giving human qualities to something nonhuman. Ex: the leaves danced in the wind. |
| Simile | A comparison of 2 things things that may or may not be alike using words "like" or "as" Example: Bob is as hungry as a wolf. |
| Metaphor | A comparison of 2 unlike things without using like or as. Example: Sue is a rose filling the room with her sweet scent. |
| expository text | Nonfiction text. The authors purpose will be to inform, explain or describe. |
| Author's purpose | The reason a person writes. Reasons could be to inform, persuade, entertain, describe, influence or give steps. |
| narrative text | tells a story |
| Narrator | The person telling the story |
| overstatement | An exaggerated statement is made also called a hyperbole. |
| Persuasive text | Text written with the purpose to persuade or convince the reader or an audience. Usually a letter, advertisement, flyer, political sign, or propaganda. |
| rhetorical device | A technique that an author or speaker uses to influence or persuade an audience |
| Fact | Something that is true and can be proven. |
| Opinion | What someone thinks or feels |
| Dialogue | Spoken words. In quotations. " " |
| Stage directions | Provides information for the reader to visualize events. Will always be in parenthesis. Also tells an actor how to read their lines or what to do. Examples; (Actors exit stage and curtain closes) |
| Script | a written dialogue. What the actors read in a play. |
| Protagonist | The main character usually the "good guy" Example: Batman |
| Antagonist | The bad guy in a story. Example: the Joker |
| Cast | the characters in a play or drama. |
| Synonym | Words that mean the same thing. Example: hyperbole, overstatement and exaggeration all mean the same thing. |
| Antonym | The opposite such as hot and cold, big-small, up-down |
| narrator | Who's telling the story. You will see "I" |
| Author's point of view | the way the author tells a story, usually written in 1st person or 3rd person point of view. |
| 1st person point of view | The narrator is a character. You will see "I" "me" in the story. Diaries, journals, and letters are written in the 1st person point of view |
| 3rd person point of view | Someone else is telling the story or talking. You will see words like he, she, them, they in the story. Only what they see. You only know 1 characters thoughts and feelings |
| 3rd person omniscient point of view | Someone all knowing is telling the story. This all knowing being knows all the characters' thoughts and feelings. |
| Inform | An author's purpose.The text will give information and facts such as newspapers, textbooks, articles, nonfiction |
| Persuade, Convince or Influence | An author's purpose. The text wants you to believe or do something or buy something. Example advertisement, editorials, letter, political signs or campaigns, labels. |
| Explain or describe | An author's purpose. Directions, recipe, how to manual |
| Entertain | An author's purpose. A short story, novel, comic, even a drama, fiction |
| humor | funny |
| moral | a lesson learned in a story. The story will usually be a fable, folktale, or myth. Example: the tortoise and the hare: Moral is slow and steady wins the race. You shouldn't brag. Could also be a theme. |
| Chronological, sequence, Sequencially | Put in order |
| Imply | To say something indirectly. |
| Caption | Words under or beside an illustration(picture) that tell the reader what the picture is about. |
| Prefix | A letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word to make a new word. Example: pre- pretest |
| Suffix | Is a letter or group of letters added to to the end of a word to make a new word. -able. Loveable |
| Italic or italicizes | Words written in slanted print to call attention to the word or idea. *used to show what the character is thinking |
| conflict | the problem in a story |
| resolution/solution | how the problem in the story is solved |
| summary | Beginning, Middle, and end of a story or paragraph. Who, Wanted, But, So, Then. If fiction, will include the problem and solution. In nonfiction B,M,E |
| Climax | The most exciting part of the story. Part of the plot. The story's turning point. |
| Mood | the feeling the author wants the reader to get from the story. |
| Tone | the author's or writer's attitude toward the subject. (humorous, serious) |
| Suspense | A feelng of tension or excitement that bulds the readers interest. |
| props | items used in a play. Used to make the play more realistic. Like furniture, fake trees, etc |
| Scene | The setting of play. Different scene=different setting |
| Resolved | to solve the problem |
| excerpt | one or more sentences taken from the selection. |
| playwright | the author of the play or drama. The person who wrote the play. |
| Subtitles | Titles that are bolded within the selection and they Give the main idea of a section |
| Senses | Seeing, touching, hearing, tasteing, smelling |
| appeal | something you like or are interested in. |
| suggests | TELLS you something |
| emphasize | TELLS you what is important. |
| Convey | To tell. To make known or express |
| Indicate | to point out or show |
| Reveal | To show |
| Evidence | Proof |
| speaker | the narrator or person telling the story |
| compare | how things are the same |
| Contrast | how things are different |
| show | to tell |
| persuasive texts | advertisements, personal letters, speeches, editorials and political cartoons |
| media literacy | text from a website, text in the form of text message, text from a newspaper |
| Argument | Express a position on a problem and support it with reasons and evidence. |
| Insight | a clear understanding of the true nature of something |
| Illustrate | to make clear by describing it so the reader can picture it |
| Infer | to make a logical guess based on your knowledge and clues from the text. Prior knowledge + Clues = INFERENCE |
| Quotation | " " |
| Predict | Using clues from the story to make a guess on what will happen next. |
| Support | helps prove your point |
| Empathy or Empathize | To understand how others feel |
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Mrsmata
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