5th Grade Reading STAAR Vocabulary

Where the story takes place

• setting
• simile
• stanza

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

• stanza
• theme
• simile

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

• theme
• lessons
• simile

Groups of lines in a poem

• stanza
• theme
• lines

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

• chronological order
• personification
• alliteration

the order that things happen; sequence

• chronological order
• conflict 
• alliteration

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

• conflict
• war
• dialogue

speaking or conversation

• conflict
• dialogue
• drama

a play

• alliteration
• personification
• drama

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

• foreshadowing
• genre
• imagery