WorksheetsSTAAR Classroom Vocabulary Review
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 9mins
When and where the story takes place
fiction
setting
town
location
Who is the protagonist?
The bad guy in the story.
The author of the story.
The good guy in the story.
None of these
The lesson learned, the central message, or the moral of the story
None of these
main idea
topic
theme
the problem in the story
conflict
drama
theme
resolution
When the narrator is not in the story and uses the pronouns he, she, or they
2nd person point of view
1st person point of view
3rd person point of view
none of these
the high point or turning point in the story
rising action
plot line
falling action
climax
the events in a story
plot
summary
paraphrase
none of these
a person who writes plays
author
playwright
illustrator
None of these
when lines in a poem are grouped together
stanza
paragraph
rhyme scheme
none of these
the bad guy in the story, the one that creates problems for the good guy
protagonist
character
antagonist
none of these
a problem outside of the character
external conflict
internal conflict
resolution
none of these
when the narrator is not in the story but knows everything going on with all of the characters
1st person
2nd person
3rd person limited
3rd person omniscient
using clues around an unfamiliar word in order to figure out its meaning
main idea
paraphrase
dictionary
context clues
the part of the linear plot where the problem gets solved
exposition
resolution or denouement
climax
falling action
the reason why an author writes
author's purpose
inform
boredom
none of these
to reduce large sections of text to their most essential points
paraphrase
persuade
inform
summarize
extreme exaggeration
hyperbole
idiom
alliteration
onomatopoeia
comparison not using like or as
idiom
figurative language
alliteration
metaphor
stories that are made up
fiction
nonfiction
biography
autobiography
contrast
to look at similarities
synonyms
to look at differences
antonyms
to make an educated guess
cause
infer
details
opinion
to look at similarities
compare
contrast
conclude
infer
stories that are real
fiction
procedural
nonfiction
persuasive
a comparison made using like or as
metaphor
figurative language
compare
simile
through whose eyes you're seeing the story
1st person
point of view
2nd person
3rd person
a figure of speech not intended to be taken literally
hyperbole
alliteration
idiom
onomatopeoia
the repetition of the same beginning sound
alliteration
rhyme scheme
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
words that sound like what they mean
simile
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
alliteration
words that mean the same
synonyms
idioms
vocabulary
antonyms
what a person believes
fact
fiction
opinion
conclude
the way the author feels
tone
mood
perspective
trait
the feeling created in the reader
conclusion
cause
effect
mood
another name for a play
poem
drama
sequential
none of these
events in a story that lead down to the solving of the problem
resolution
exposition
rising action
falling action
the part where characters and setting are briefly introduced
exposition
expository
climax
denouement
what a text is most about
summary
conclude
main idea
details
the person telling the story
author
character
narrator
none of these
giving human qualities to things that are not human
personification
simile
alliteration
hyperbole
when the narrator is in the story and using I
point of view
3rd person
2nd person
1st person
when you relate to the story
make a connection
make a conclusion
predict
none of these
a problem within the character
conflict
internal conflict
external conflict
dilemma
suspension and tension start to build up
resolution
denouement
climax
rising action
if an author writes to persuade you that means he's trying to
show you something
teach you something
explain something
convince you to do something
something that is true and can be proven
informational
fact
opinion
none of these
when you write a book about someone else's life
autobiography
biography
novel
none of these
when you write your own life story
novel
memoir
autobiography
biography
writing about a past memory
narrative
nonfiction
memoir
expository text
when the author give you a glimpse or hints of the future
foreshadow
memoir
flashback
procedural text
when the narrator takes you back in time in order to make something clearer in the present
memoir
narrative
flashback
none of these
in poems, stanzas are made up of
paragraphs
figurative language
lines
rhyme schemes
the pattern of rhyming that a poet uses in poems
alliteration
rhyme scheme
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
