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STAAR 5th Grade Reading Vocabulary #3

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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 
2.
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 
3.
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 
4.
phrases that do not have a predictable meaning (Ex: When pigs fly)
a)
Personification 
b)
Idioms
c)
Simile 
d)
Metaphor 
5.
repeating sounds (Ex: Freezing in the frigid forest air)
a)
Alliteration 
b)
Idioms
c)
Hyberbole
d)
Onomatopoeia 
6.
comparison using like or as (Ex: Her eyes flashed like lightning)
a)
Personification 
b)
Idioms
c)
Simile 
d)
Metaphor 
7.
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 
8.
giving human traits to a nonhuman thing (Ex: The lilies danced in the wind)
a)
Personification 
b)
Idioms
c)
Simile 
d)
Metaphor 
9.
extreme exaggeration (Ex: It felt like a million years)
a)
Alliteration 
b)
Idioms
c)
Hyberbole
d)
Onomatopoeia 
10.
words that are sounds (Ex: buzz, crack, pop, smack)
a)
Alliteration 
b)
Idioms
c)
Hyberbole
d)
Onomatopoeia 
11.
the events in a story
a)
Plot
b)
Conflict
c)
Resolustion
d)
Theme 
12.
a problem or dilemma the character is facing
a)
Plot
b)
Conflict
c)
Resolustion
d)
Theme 
13.
how the story ends or the problem is solved
a)
Plot
b)
Conflict
c)
Resolustion
d)
Theme 
14.
what the reader can learn from a story (lesson, moral)
a)
Plot
b)
Conflict
c)
Resolustion
d)
Theme 
15.
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 
16.
why did the author choose to write this story (entertain, persuade, inform)
a)
Theme
b)
Foreshadowing 
c)
Author’s purpose
d)
Resolution 
17.
to say how two things are alike, similar, or show what they have in common
a)
Compare
b)
Contrast 
c)
Cause 
d)
Effect 
18.
to show how two things are different, differ, or are not the same
a)
Compare
b)
Contrast 
c)
Cause 
d)
Effect 
19.
the reason something happened
a)
Compare
b)
Contrast 
c)
Cause 
d)
Effect 
20.
the result of something happening
a)
Compare
b)
Contrast 
c)
Cause 
d)
Effect 
21.
these are facts or ideas that back up the overall main idea
a)
Main Idea
b)
Theme
c)
Genre 
d)
Details 
22.
the most important or central thought
a)
Main Idea
b)
Theme
c)
Genre 
d)
Details 
23.
a statement based on facts in the story.  
a)
Conclusion
b)
Inference 
c)
Plot
d)
Theme 
24.
a statement you can make based on information in the story.  (S+TE=?) 
a)
Conclusion
b)
Inference 
c)
Plot
d)
Theme 
25.
the beginning of a passage
a)
Conclusion
b)
Inference 
c)
Generalization 
d)
Introduction 
26.
how something ends
a)
Conclusion
b)
Inference 
c)
Generalization 
d)
Introduction