STAAR Review: Reading Vocabulary

Comparing two unlike things using LIKE or AS.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• homograph

This is an issue or conflict.

• problem

• contrast

• context clues

• personification

The reason something happens

• cause

• plot

• synonym

• falling action

A group of letters at the end of a word that changes the meaning.

• suffix

• prefix

• antonym

• climax

To show how 2 or emore things are similar.

• compare

• effect

• theme

• inference

When you give a nonliving thing human characteristics

• personification

• solution

• sequence

• onomatopoeia

Comparing two unlike things NOT using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• falling action

• prefix

This is normally the longest part of the plot which explains events that lead to the climax.

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

• predicition

This is how something can be fixed or solved.

• solution

• problem

• main idea

• compare

Clues that surround words that help the reader understand the meaning.

• context clues

• effect

• synonym

• homophone