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Worksheets5th Grade STAAR Vocab
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where the story takes place
a)
setting
b)
simile
c)
stanza
2.
a comparison using like or as (Ex.: my dog is as smelly as dirty socks)
a)
stanza
b)
theme
c)
simile
3.
Information or instructions to the actors in a PLAY or other script
a)
stanza
b)
setting
c)
stage directions
4.
the lesson you learn from the story; the overall idea in the story (Family, honesty, friendship, tolerance)
a)
theme
b)
lessons
c)
simile
5.
Groups of lines in a poem
a)
stanza
b)
theme
c)
lines
6.
several words together that begin with the same sound (Ex: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers)
a)
chronological order
b)
personification
c)
alliteration
7.
the order that things happen; sequence
a)
chronological order
b)
conflict
c)
alliteration
8.
the problems a character faces in the story; arguing or fighting
a)
conflict
b)
war
c)
dialogue
9.
speaking or conversation
a)
conflict
b)
dialogue
c)
drama
10.
a play
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
drama
11.
clues about what will happen later in the story (hints, allusions)
a)
foreshadowing
b)
genre
c)
imagery
12.
a poem that does NOT have a rhyme scheme (no pattern or rules -- it is free)
a)
genre
b)
imagery
c)
free verse
13.
the type of writing (Fiction, non-fiction, poems, mystery)
a)
imagery
b)
poetry
c)
genre
14.
pictures formed in the mind (using your imagination)
a)
foreshadowing
b)
genre
c)
imagery
15.
Fiction set in the past with true facts from history
a)
historical fiction
b)
fantasy
c)
science fiction
16.
rhyming poetry expressing feeling (like a song)
a)
metaphor
b)
myth
c)
lyrical
17.
two unlike things are compared -- does NOT use like or as. Ex: My friend is a mule. (This is really saying that my friend is stubborn)
a)
myth
b)
metaphor
c)
narrative
18.
a story
a)
personification
b)
narrative
c)
lyrical
19.
a book with multiple characters and plots
a)
novel
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
20.
a story that explains why things happen in nature; often has gods and goddesses as characters
a)
myth
b)
metaphor
c)
stanza
21.
Sound words such as BOOM, HISS, POP
a)
parody
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
alliteration
22.
a humorous imitation of a serious writing or song
a)
plot
b)
personification
c)
parody
23.
the main events of a story
a)
plot
b)
parody
c)
onomatopoeia
24.
the FORM of a poem
a)
poetic devices
b)
poetic structure
c)
poetic form
25.
The way the narrator tells the story (First person, third person)
a)
point of view
b)
point of nothing
c)
realistic fiction
26.
a fictional story that could be TRUE or could REALly happen
a)
point of view
b)
fantasy
c)
realistic fiction
27.
repeating something
a)
repetition
b)
dialogue
c)
point of view
28.
the rhyming patter of a poem -- how a poem rhymes
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rhyme ways
c)
rhyme methods
29.
a beat; lyrical pattern
a)
repetition
b)
point of view
c)
rhythm
30.
giving human qualities to a non-human thing
a)
personification
b)
parody
c)
plot
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