STAAR Review: Reading Vocabulary

Comparing two unlike things using LIKE or AS.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• homograph

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

This is an issue or conflict.

• problem

• contrast

• context clues

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The reason something happens

• cause

• plot

• synonym

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

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

• suffix

• prefix

• antonym

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

To show how 2 or emore things are similar.

• compare

• effect

• theme

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

When you give a nonliving thing human characteristics

• personification

• solution

• sequence

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Comparing two unlike things NOT using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• falling action

• prefix

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

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

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

• predicition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

This is how something can be fixed or solved.

• solution

• problem

• main idea

• compare

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

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

• context clues

• effect

• synonym

• homophone

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4