Reading STAAR Vocabulary

Two circles that overlap each other to show how a text is similar and different 

• genre
• main idea
• stanza
• Venn diagram 

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

Poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme

• exaggerate
• theme
• free verse
• sequence

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

The ending or final outcome of a story

• setting
• resolution
• related
• captions

A drawing that shows or explains something (usually includes labels and captions) 

• diagrams
• suggests
• differ
• drama

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.7

The events that make up a story

• result
• prefix
• plot
• fact

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.3A

Fiction that involves an event in HISTORY.  Contains historical facts, events, or people, but it is NOT true. 

• summarize
• historical fiction
• resolution
• realistic fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

Writing that is factual, not creative or fictional. 

• opinion
• conflict
• nonfiction
• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.W.4.2B

CCSS.W.4.2D

Language that means more than what it says on the surface; usually give us a feeling about its subject. 

• persuasive
• illustration
• free verse
• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.4.5B

The outcome of an experiment or problem

• plot
• result
• related
• genre

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

Effect = The problem in the story. 

• True 
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.3