STAAR 5th Grade Reading Vocabulary #1

Front

Where the story takes place

Back

setting

Front

A comparison using like or as (Ex.: my dog is as smelly as dirty socks)

Back

simile

Front

The lesson you learn from the story; the overall idea in the story (Family, honesty, friendship, tolerance)

Back

theme

Front

Groups of lines in a poem

Back

stanza

Front

several words together that begin with the same sound (Ex: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers)

Back

alliteration

Front

the order that things happen; sequence

Back

chronological order

Front

The problems a character faces in the story; arguing or fighting

Back

conflict

Front

speaking or conversation

Back

dialogue

Front

a play

Back

drama

Front

clues about what will happen later in the story (hints, allusions)

Back

foreshadowing