READING STAAR VOC. 4th

Match the following words to their definition

• the problem in the story

• theme/moral/lesson/message

• the lesson, moral, or message you learn from the text

• main idea

• the ending or final outcome of a story

• setting

• where and when the story takes place

• resolution

• what a piece of writing is mainly about

• conflict

Match the following word to its definition.

• used to convince the reader of the writer's point of view

• autobiography

• in the time order in which events happened

• chronological order/sequence

• told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and We"

• first person point of view

• the perspective from which a story is told

• persuasive

• the story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view

• point of view

alliteration

• the repetition of consonant SOUNDS at the beginning of words. Example: Sally sells seashells by the sea shore.

• told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and We"

• the perspective from which a story is told

• the story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view

personification

• giving human qualities to non-human things. Example: The sun smiled down on me.

• the time order in which events happened

• the repetition of consonant SOUNDS at the beginning of words. Example: Sally sells seashells by the sea shore.

  personification

• the lesson, moral, or message you learn from the text

simile

• an expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the individual words. Example: It's raining cats and dogs.

• comparison using like or as. Example: The car was as cold as ice.

• an expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the individual words. Example: It's raining cats and dogs.

• points to or draws attention to

idiom

• Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word

• an expression that does not mean what is says. Example: It's raining cats and dogs.

• a division or type of literature

• small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture