WorksheetsFourth Grade STAAR Vocabulary
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 42mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Unwilling or hesistant
a)
playwright
b)
reveal
c)
reluctant
d)
awkward
2.
main problem; struggle
a)
accelerate
b)
stern
c)
eager
d)
conflict
3.
the reason the author writes (persuade, inform, entertain)
a)
point of view
b)
author's purpose
c)
author's style
d)
fact
4.
position or perspective from which a story is told
a)
conclusion
b)
genre
c)
message
d)
point of view
5.
Lesson/ theme
a)
message
b)
mood
c)
tone
d)
genre
6.
Logical guess made by connecting bits of information (drawing conclusions, making generalizations, etc.)
a)
SUMMARY
b)
ANTAGONIST
c)
PARAPHRASE
d)
INFERENCE
7.
to restate the meaning of something in different words
a)
GIST
b)
THEME
c)
PARAPHRASE
d)
SUMMARY
8.
the central or universal idea or piece of fiction or the main idea of a nonfiction
a)
THEME
b)
SETTING
c)
ALLUSION
d)
CHARACTER
9.
time and place of a text
a)
CHARACTER
b)
PLOT
c)
SETTING
d)
EXPOSITION
10.
person/animal in a story
a)
PROTAGONIST
b)
GIST
c)
ANTAGONIST
d)
CHARACTER
11.
to imagine or form a mental picture of
a)
stanza
b)
foreshadowing
c)
detect
d)
visualize
12.
text structures (compare and contrast, description, sequence)
a)
the way in which an author presents the information in his/her story or article
b)
the context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs
13.
What does onomatopoeia mean?
a)
noise
b)
sound
c)
sounds that are turned into words
d)
words
14.
Something that has happened or can be proven
a)
Opinion
b)
Message
c)
Fact
d)
Tone
15.
The emotional quality of the passage- conveyed by author's choice of words (ex. scary, sad, exciting)
a)
mood
b)
tone
c)
point of view
d)
author's style
16.
solution to the problem
a)
emphasize
b)
visualize
c)
dialouge
d)
resolution
17.
a short piece of writing taken from a longer text
a)
strategy
b)
chide
c)
excerpt
d)
permanent
18.
be jealous of
a)
figurative
b)
envious
c)
eager
d)
stern
19.
to scold or correct someone
a)
acelerate
b)
chide
c)
feature
d)
coax
20.
give special importance to
a)
feature
b)
detect
c)
emphasize
d)
reveal
21.
not the literal meaning of words; symbolic
a)
insist
b)
permanent
c)
figurative
d)
dialouge
22.
conversation between two people in the text
a)
enhance
b)
permament
c)
visualize
d)
dialouge
23.
serious or strict
a)
stern
b)
permament
c)
enhance
d)
feature
24.
a good or desirable thing; a benefit
a)
dispute
b)
advantage
c)
coax
d)
detect
25.
to point out or show
a)
detect
b)
indicate
c)
visualize
d)
dispute
26.
following an order or sequence
a)
envy
b)
sequential
c)
insist
d)
detect
27.
to put text in italics, or slanted letters
a)
chide
b)
coax
c)
italicize
d)
permanent
28.
a plan of action
a)
resolution
b)
eager
c)
strategy
d)
reveal
29.
wanting to do something very much; excited to do something
a)
excerpt
b)
eager
c)
dialouge
d)
resolution
30.
unchanging
a)
coax
b)
permanent
c)
stanza
d)
reveal
31.
to increase or make greater
a)
strategy
b)
enhance
c)
enable
d)
reveal
32.
a special attribute
a)
strategy
b)
awkward
c)
chide
d)
feature
33.
to imagine or form a mental picture of
a)
stanza
b)
foreshadowing
c)
detect
d)
visualize
34.
clumsy
a)
awkward
b)
dispute
c)
playwright
d)
conflict
35.
to demand something
a)
advantage
b)
insist
c)
dispute
d)
playwright
36.
to disagree or debate
a)
dispute
b)
accelerate
c)
feature
d)
indicate
37.
to convince someone; to make them feel positive
a)
indicate
b)
assure
c)
detect
d)
dialogue
38.
to persuade someone to do something
a)
indicate
b)
chide
c)
coax
d)
resolution
39.
to discover or identify something
a)
indicate
b)
detect
c)
reluctant
d)
dramatic
40.
to point out or show
a)
indicate
b)
figurative
c)
stern
d)
accelerate
41.
to tell something that was secret; uncover
a)
detect
b)
chide
c)
indicate
d)
reveal
42.
the main events in a story: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
a)
establish
b)
plot
c)
conflict
d)
resolved
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