Staar Reading Vocabulary

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. For example, sally sells seashells by the sea shore.

• figurative language

• alliteration

• onomotopia

• imagery

who the piece of text was originally written for. Example: in a letter, look at who the letter is addressed to (Dear Mom)

• audience

• narrator

• author's purpose

• dialogue

the reason the author has for writing (inform, describe, persuade, express, entertain)

• author's purpose

• point of view

• main idea

• theme

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

• illustrations

• captions

• setting

• context clues

the reason something happens and what acutally happens

• cause and effect

• chronological order

• problem and solution

• drawing conclusions

in the time order in which events happened

• sequential order

• chronological order

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

compares how two or more things are alike or different (similarity, same, both, different, however)

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• chronological order

• sequential order

to decide after careful thought

• conclude

• infer

• convey

• consider

the problem in the story

• conflict

• interaction

• motivation

• problem and solution

to think about carefully

• consider

• suggest

• emphasize

• reveal