5th Grade Reading Vocabulary - for STAAR
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| Imagery | figurative language that appeals to the reader's senses. It can describe any object, thought, or idea. Ex: A host of golden daffodils beside the sparkling lake; fluttering and dancing in the warm breeze.
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| Author's Purpose | to persuade, inform, entertain or express (P I E E)
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| Haiku | a three line poem that does not have to rhyme. Line one is 5 syllables.
Line two is 7 syllables.
Line three is 5 syllables.
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| Metaphor | Compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as". Ex: Lucy was sunshine to her family.
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| Protagonist | main character of a story
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| Personification | Gives human characteristics to objects, animals, or ideas. Ex: The sun greeted me this morning.
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| Resolution | when the problem or conflict is solved, or when the characters come to an agreement that ends the conflict.
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| Simile | Describes by comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as".
Ex: Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonig to get.
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| Cause | WHY something happens.
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| Effect | WHAT happens
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| Rising Action | In a story's plot are the events where the character attempts to solve the problem (struggles). It may also have events where the problem can become more complicated.
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| Dynamic Character | they change in the story. They are well developed and described in detail.
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| Flat Character | Seldom change in the story and are not fully developed or described.
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| Limerick | five line poem that is often humorious. Lines 1, 2, 5 rhyme. Lines 3 and 4 rhyme.Alliteration
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| Allertation | literary technique where beginning consonant sounds are repeated in neighboring words.
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| Sonnet | A 14 line poem that follows a set rhyming pattern.
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| Onomatopoeia | the use of words that sound like their meaning, or sounds. Ex: The burning wood hissed and crackland
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| Flashback | A literary device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal sequence of the story
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| Antagonist | The character or force that creats the conflict or problem in the story
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| Hyperbole | A literary technique where exaggeration is used to make a point.
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