5th Grade STAAR Vocab

Front

Story location

Back

setting

Front

Comparison using 'like' or 'as' (e.g., my dog is as smelly as dirty socks)

Back

simile

Front

Info or instructions for actors in a play or script

Back

stage directions

Front

Lesson learned from the story; overall idea (Family, honesty, friendship, tolerance)

Back

theme

Front

Groups of lines in a poem

Back

stanza

Front

Words starting with the same sound (e.g., Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers)

Back

alliteration

Front

Order of events; sequence

Back

chronological order

Front

Problems a character faces in a story; arguing or fighting.

Back

conflict

Front

speaking or conversation

Back

dialogue

Front

What is a play?

Back

Drama