STAAR Reading Vocabulary

1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344
Across
  1. 3. the turning point in the action of a story--the problem is solved (highest point of action)
  2. 7. what a piece of writing is mainly about--the BIG PICTURE - it's never one thing!
  3. 11. sometimes authors overstate the facts leading to a false of importance. (We will all be doomed if we don't take a stand now!) (This is a one-time offer. You can't get this price after today.) Key words: always, never, everyone
  4. 12. an expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the individual words (It's raining cats and dogs!)
  5. 13. the reason why something happens
  6. 14. the perspective from which a story is told
  7. 15. a listing of words with synonyms and antonyms
  8. 16. drawings or photographs that help explain the text
  9. 18. giving human qualities to non-human things (Example: the wind whistled)
  10. 22. a practical lesson about right and wrong
  11. 23. words and phrases that create imagery by using the 5 senses (sight, smell, sound, taste, touch)
  12. 24. to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented (put clue together with your good brain)
  13. 25. the struggle or problem in the story that a character must resolve
  14. 27. instructions for actors and stage crew, usually set in italics
  15. 28. the person who is telling the story; the speaker
  16. 29. the repetition of consonant SOUNDS at the beginning of words. For example, Sally sells seashells by the sea shore.
  17. 32. in the time order in which events happened (sequence or time order)
  18. 35. a comparison or two unlike things without using like or as (Example: Her eyes are blue jewels.)
  19. 37. clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word (look above, in, below, and all around the text of the unfamiliar word)
  20. 38. the ending or final outcome of a story
  21. 39. shows how two things are alike/different or how one is better than the other
  22. 40. the reason the author has for writing. (Inform, persuade, express, explain & entertain)
  23. 42. brief statement of the main events of a story (BME-beginning, middle, end)
  24. 43. elaborate exaggeration (Example: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse OR I walked a million miles.)
  25. 44. scheme the pattern of rhyme in a poem (ex. ABAB)
Down
  1. 1. comparison using like or as. Clue: You "smile" when you see someone you like." Example: The car was as cold as ice.
  2. 2. a story written to be performed by actors; a play
  3. 4. writing that is factual, not creative or fictional.
  4. 5. a drawing that shows or explains something...usually includes labels and captions.
  5. 6. the use of words that represent sounds "Pow", "Bang"
  6. 7. a fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or the causes of natural phenomena
  7. 8. a collection of word pictures that appeal to the reader's senses; uses devices such as metaphor, simile, etc.
  8. 9. used to convince or persuade the reader of the writer's point of view
  9. 10. a beginning or coming into being
  10. 17. the point of view that told by an all-knowing narrator from outside the story who reveals what every character thinks and feels
  11. 19. the point of view that told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and We"
  12. 20. when a portion of the story goes back in time
  13. 21. the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot
  14. 26. the point of view that the the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character
  15. 30. the central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life (life lesson)
  16. 31. where and when the story takes place
  17. 33. a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.
  18. 34. to demonstrate that something is right; to defend with reasons
  19. 36. the story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view
  20. 41. a conversation between two persons