5th Grade Reading STAAR Vocabulary

Where the story takes place

• setting
• simile
• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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

• stanza
• theme
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

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

• theme
• lessons
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Groups of lines in a poem

• stanza
• theme
• lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

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

• chronological order
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

the order that things happen; sequence

• chronological order
• conflict 
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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

• conflict
• war
• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

speaking or conversation

• conflict
• dialogue
• drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

a play

• alliteration
• personification
• drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

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

• foreshadowing
• genre
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5