5th grade STAAR reading vocabulary

Something that has happened or can be proven

• Opinion
• Message
• Fact
• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

the reason the author writes (persuade, inform, entertain)

• point of view
• author's purpose
• author's style
• fact

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

position or perspective from which a story is told

• conclusion
• genre
• message
• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Lesson/ message

• theme

• mood

• tone

• genre

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

Logical guess made by connecting bits of information (drawing conclusions, making generalizations, etc.)

• SUMMARY
• ANTAGONIST
• PARAPHRASE
• INFERENCE

Tags

CCSS.RF.K.3A

CCSS.RF.K.3B

CCSS.RF.K.3C

CCSS.RF.K.3D

CCSS.RF.K.4

to restate the meaning of something in different words

• GIST
• THEME
• PARAPHRASE
• SUMMARY

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

the central or universal idea or piece of fiction or the main idea of a nonfiction

• THEME
• SETTING
• ALLUSION
• CHARACTER

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

time and place of a text

• CHARACTER
• PLOT
• SETTING
• EXPOSITION

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

person/animal in a story

• PROTAGONIST
• GIST
• ANTAGONIST
• CHARACTER

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text

• ANTAGONIST
• PROTAGONIST
• CHARACTER
• SETTING

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3