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Worksheets5th Grade Reading STAAR Vocabulary
Total questions: 102
Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins
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.
the lesson you learn from the story; the overall idea in the story (Family, honesty, friendship, tolerance)
a)
theme
b)
lessons
c)
simile
4.
Groups of lines in a poem
a)
stanza
b)
theme
c)
lines
5.
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
6.
the order that things happen; sequence
a)
chronological order
b)
conflict
c)
alliteration
7.
the problems a character faces in the story; arguing or fighting
a)
conflict
b)
war
c)
dialogue
8.
speaking or conversation
a)
conflict
b)
dialogue
c)
drama
9.
a play
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
drama
10.
clues about what will happen later in the story (hints, allusions)
a)
foreshadowing
b)
genre
c)
imagery
11.
a poem that does NOT have a rhyme scheme (no pattern or rules -- it is free)
a)
genre
b)
imagery
c)
free verse
12.
the type of writing (Fiction, non-fiction, poems, mystery)
a)
imagery
b)
poetry
c)
genre
13.
pictures formed in the mind (using your imagination)
a)
foreshadowing
b)
genre
c)
imagery
14.
Fiction set in the past with true facts from history
a)
historical fiction
b)
fantasy
c)
science fiction
15.
rhyming poetry expressing feeling (like a song)
a)
metaphor
b)
myth
c)
lyrical
16.
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
17.
a story
a)
personification
b)
narrative
c)
lyrical
18.
a book with multiple characters and plots
a)
novel
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
19.
a story that explains why things happen in nature; often has gods and goddesses as characters
a)
myth
b)
metaphor
c)
stanza
20.
Sound words such as BOOM, HISS, POP
a)
parody
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
alliteration
21.
the main events of a story
a)
plot
b)
parody
c)
onomatopoeia
22.
The way the narrator tells the story (First person, third person)
a)
point of view
b)
point of nothing
c)
realistic fiction
23.
a fictional story that could be TRUE or could REALly happen
a)
point of view
b)
fantasy
c)
realistic fiction
24.
repeating something
a)
repetition
b)
dialogue
c)
point of view
25.
the rhyming patter of a poem -- how a poem rhymes
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rhyme ways
c)
rhyme methods
26.
a beat; lyrical pattern
a)
repetition
b)
point of view
c)
rhythm
27.
giving human qualities to a non-human thing
a)
personification
b)
parody
c)
plot
28.
refers to a story that is made up
a)
Fiction
b)
Informational
c)
Drama
d)
Poem
29.
tells a true story
a)
Drama
b)
Fiction
c)
Nonfiction
d)
Poetry
30.
to restate what happens, using your own words
a)
give credit
b)
summary
c)
parphrase
d)
infer
31.
a few sentences that state the main points or events from the entire passage. Something from beginning, middle, and end. No minor details are given in a summary
a)
paraphrase
b)
summary
c)
infer
d)
give credit
32.
narrator tells the story, not a character. (uses he, she, and they)
a)
First-person
b)
Third-person
c)
Third-person limited
d)
Third-person omniscient
33.
when the narrator knows the thoughts/feelings of the main character
a)
First-person
b)
Third-person
c)
Third-person limited
d)
Third-person omniscient
34.
when the narrator knows the thoughts/feelings of many characters
a)
First-person
b)
Third-person
c)
Third-person limited
d)
Third-person omniscient
35.
tells the story of a person’s life and written by someone else
a)
Autobiography
b)
Biography
c)
Informational
d)
Nonfiction
36.
gives facts and information about a topic (like a textbook or newspaper article)
a)
Autobiography
b)
Biography
c)
Informational
d)
Expository text
37.
a form of writing to convince you to do something or to think a certain way.
a)
Persuasive text
b)
Biography
c)
Informational
d)
Expository text
38.
when a person tells a story about their own life
a)
Autobiography
b)
Biography
c)
Informational
d)
Nonfiction
39.
the order of events
a)
summary
b)
sequence
c)
chronological order
d)
cause and effect
40.
the time order in which things happen
a)
summary
b)
sequence
c)
chronological order
d)
cause and effect
41.
a play that tells a story through the words and actions of characters
a)
Poetry
b)
Fiction
c)
Myth
d)
Drama
42.
are stories from long ago that were created to explain things that people observed in the world around them.
a)
Poetry
b)
Fiction
c)
Myth
d)
Drama
43.
what a play is divided into.
a)
Acts
b)
Characters
c)
Scene
d)
Stage Directions
44.
Setting changes
a)
Acts
b)
Characters
c)
Scene
d)
Stage Directions
45.
provides information such as time and place of the story or description of setting
a)
Acts
b)
Characters
c)
Scene
d)
Stage Directions
46.
a statement that can be proven true or false
a)
Fact
b)
Opinion
c)
Logical
d)
Decision
47.
a statement that cannot be proven because it represents someone’s belief or how that person feels about something
a)
Fact
b)
Opinion
c)
Logical
d)
Decision
48.
form of writing, often in rhyme, that tells a story or describes something
a)
Poetry
b)
Drama
c)
Myth
d)
Fiction
49.
a group of lines in a poem (kind of like very small paragraphs)
a)
Haiku
b)
Rhyme
c)
Stanzas
d)
Rhythm
50.
when two or more lines end with the same sound.
a)
Haiku
b)
Rhyme
c)
Free verse poem
d)
Rhythm
51.
when a poet uses a pattern of line lengths to create the poem. It is a poem that has a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line. Ex. Beat the drum or Blow the horn
a)
Haiku
b)
Rhyme
c)
Free verse poem
d)
Rhythm
52.
this is used to give a special meaning to words and phrases (simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, hyperbole, onomatopoeia). It goes beyond the literal meaning.
a)
Imagery
b)
Figurative Language
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
53.
When the author describes something so well that you get a picture in your head. A poet might describe high, silvery clouds or and old weathered barn to give the readers a vivid picture of a scene. Can you feel it, touch it, smell it, see it, and/or hear it? Has to do with the 5 senses.
a)
Imagery
b)
Figurative Language
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
54.
phrases that do not have a predictable meaning (Ex: When pigs fly)
a)
Personification
b)
Idioms
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
55.
repeating sounds (Ex: Freezing in the frigid forest air)
a)
Alliteration
b)
Idioms
c)
Hyberbole
d)
Onomatopoeia
56.
comparison using like or as (Ex: Her eyes flashed like lightning)
a)
Personification
b)
Idioms
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
57.
also a comparison but does not use like or as (Ex: Her eyes were lightning in the night)
a)
Personification
b)
Idioms
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
58.
giving human traits to a nonhuman thing (Ex: The lilies danced in the wind)
a)
Personification
b)
Idioms
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
59.
extreme exaggeration (Ex: It felt like a million years)
a)
Alliteration
b)
Idioms
c)
Hyberbole
d)
Onomatopoeia
60.
words that are sounds (Ex: buzz, crack, pop, smack)
a)
Alliteration
b)
Idioms
c)
Hyberbole
d)
Onomatopoeia
61.
the events in a story
a)
Plot
b)
Conflict
c)
Resolustion
d)
Theme
62.
a problem or dilemma the character is facing
a)
Plot
b)
Conflict
c)
Resolustion
d)
Theme
63.
how the story ends or the problem is solved
a)
Plot
b)
Conflict
c)
Resolustion
d)
Theme
64.
what the reader can learn from a story (lesson, moral)
a)
Plot
b)
Conflict
c)
Resolustion
d)
Theme
65.
hints in the story about what will happen later in the plot. Ex. If we are told that a character is clever, we can expect that he or she will find a solution to a problem.
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Conflict
c)
Resolustion
d)
Theme
66.
why did the author choose to write this story (entertain, persuade, inform)
a)
Theme
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
Author’s purpose
d)
Resolution
67.
to say how two things are alike, similar, or show what they have in common
a)
Compare
b)
Contrast
c)
Cause
d)
Effect
68.
to show how two things are different, differ, or are not the same
a)
Compare
b)
Contrast
c)
Cause
d)
Effect
69.
the reason something happened
a)
Compare
b)
Contrast
c)
Cause
d)
Effect
70.
the result of something happening
a)
Compare
b)
Contrast
c)
Cause
d)
Effect
71.
these are facts or ideas that back up the overall main idea
a)
Main Idea
b)
Theme
c)
Genre
d)
Details
72.
the most important or central thought
a)
Main Idea
b)
Theme
c)
Genre
d)
Details
73.
a statement based on facts in the story.
a)
Conclusion
b)
Inference
c)
Plot
d)
Theme
74.
a statement you can make based on information in the story. (S+TE=?)
a)
Conclusion
b)
Inference
c)
Plot
d)
Theme
75.
the beginning of a passage
a)
Conclusion
b)
Inference
c)
Generalization
d)
Introduction
76.
how something ends
a)
Conclusion
b)
Inference
c)
Generalization
d)
Introduction
77.
words that have a similar meaning
a)
Synonym
b)
Antonym
c)
Defintion
d)
Word
78.
words that mean the opposite
a)
Synonym
b)
Antonym
c)
Defintion
d)
Word
79.
the meaning of a word
a)
Synonym
b)
Antonym
c)
Defintion
d)
Word
80.
happened by chance
a)
Coincidental
b)
Ironic/Irony
c)
Foreshadowing
d)
Benefit
81.
does not follow logic or reason (a bird that can’t fly)
a)
Coincidental
b)
Ironic/Irony
c)
Foreshadowing
d)
Benefit
82.
something that is good or helpful (beneficial, benefiting, benefited)
a)
Coincidental
b)
Ironic/Irony
c)
Foreshadowing
d)
Benefit
83.
Crack! Thunder struck and rain poured. Max stared blankly out the window, trying to contain his emotions that raged like the weather. He was beginning to lose it. Dropping the kite from his hand, Max broke out into full sob. His mother comforted him, "There, there, Max. We'll just find something else to do." She began to unpack the picnic basket that was on the counter and offered him a sandwich. Max snapped, "I don't wanna sand-mich!" A flash from the sky lit up the living room. Boom! Mom sighed.
What lines from the text support the idea that Mom and Max were going to go on a picnic?
What lines from the text support the idea that Mom and Max were going to go on a picnic?
a)
She began to unpack the picnic basket
b)
Max stares blankly out the window
c)
Mom offers Max a sandwich
d)
His mother conforted him
84.
Every day after work Paul took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch. Alice would have a fit if the boots made it so far as the welcome mat. He then took off his dusty overalls and threw them into a plastic garbage bag; Alice left a new garbage bag tied to the porch railing for him every morning. On his way in the house, he dropped the garbage bag off at the washing machine and went straight up the stairs to the shower as he was instructed. He would eat dinner with her after he was "presentable," as Alice had often said.
What type of work does Paul do?
What type of work does Paul do?
a)
A lawyer
b)
a construction worker
c)
a doctor
d)
a garbage man
85.
"Life is like a box of chocolates."
This is an example of a what?
This is an example of a what?
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
analogy
d)
example
86.
The details in a passage that support, or back up, the main idea.
a)
main idea
b)
example
c)
important details
d)
audience
87.
letters added to the beginning or ending of a word to change its meaning
a)
act
b)
affix
c)
alliteration
d)
author's purpose
88.
why an author writes [P.I.E. - Persuade. Inform. Entertain]
a)
act
b)
affix
c)
alliteration
d)
author's purpose
89.
organizational structure - domino affect
cause - "why"
effect - "what happens"
cause - "why"
effect - "what happens"
a)
autobiography
b)
cast
c)
cause and effect
d)
climax
90.
the most important parts of a story
a)
autobiography
b)
cast
c)
cause and effect
d)
climax
91.
conclusion
a)
the final event in a story
b)
drama - what is being spoken by the cast of characters
c)
a work meant to be performed on a stage
d)
can be measured, observed, and/or verified by an expert
92.
events in a story after the climax
a)
falling action
b)
fantasy
c)
first person point of view
d)
genre
93.
a person in the story is telling the story
a)
falling action
b)
fantasy
c)
first person point of view
d)
genre
94.
a type of literature - two main types: fiction and nonfiction
a)
falling action
b)
fantasy
c)
first person point of view
d)
genre
95.
historical fiction
a)
genre - a fictional story that is set in the past and based on historical events
b)
figurative language - a large exaggeration
c)
a decision based on textual evidence and your background knowledge
d)
the beginning of the story, where we learn the characters and the problem
96.
personification
a)
figurative language - giving something that is non-human, human characteristics
b)
a type of literature that can have stanzas, line breaks, meter/rhythm, and/or rhyme
c)
genre - a fictional story that could have actually happened
d)
how the story is ended, tied up
97.
poetry
a)
figurative language - giving something that is non-human, human characteristics
b)
a type of literature that can have stanzas, line breaks, meter/rhythm, and/or rhyme
c)
genre - a fictional story that could have actually happened
d)
how the story is ended, tied up
98.
realistic fiction
a)
figurative language - giving something that is non-human, human characteristics
b)
a type of literature that can have stanzas, line breaks, meter/rhythm, and/or rhyme
c)
genre - a fictional story that could have actually happened
d)
how the story is ended, tied up
99.
poetry - the beat of a poem
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rising action
c)
scene
d)
setting
100.
events in a story before the climax
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rising action
c)
scene
d)
setting
101.
stage directions
a)
figurative language - a direct comparison using like or as
b)
drama - tells feelings, settings, or actions in a play
c)
poetry - group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in prose
d)
tells the main points from the beginning, middle, and end of a story
102.
summary
a)
figurative language - a direct comparison using like or as
b)
drama - tells feelings, settings, or actions in a play
c)
poetry - group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in prose
d)
tells the main points from the beginning, middle, and end of a story
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