4th Grade STAAR reading Vocabulary

words that have the opposite meaning (ex: up, down)

• Antonym

• Synonym

• Theme

• Inference

where a story takes place

• Synonym

• Setting

• Character

• Plot

who a story is about

• Character

• Narrator

• Setting

• Plot

the story or article

• Inference

• Selection

• Setting

• Narrator

The lesson or message that the author wants the reader to learn.

• Setting

• Conflict

• Inference

• Theme

the problem in the story

• Solution

• Setting

• Plot

• Conflict

   tells about the whole text in just a few sentences

• Plot

• Setting

• Summary

• Selection

words that have same meaning (ex: small, tiny)

• Selection

• Conflict

• Synonym

• Antonym

ideas based on clues from the text

• Conflict

• Setting

• Theme

• Inference