Grade 5 STAAR Reading Vocabulary 2

to tell about the traits of something

• describe

• dialogue

• simile

• character

write about in detail

• dialogue

• discuss

• entertain

• suggest

describe in detail

• entertain

• emphasis

• explain

• dialogue

organizational pattern that gives a problem and then explains how to solve it.

• Main idea and details

• cause/effect

• compare/contrast

• problem/solution

organizational pattern that gives an event and the cause of that event.

• Main idea and details

• cause/effect

• compare/contrast

• problem/solution

organizational pattern that shows similarities and differences

• Main idea and details

• cause/effect

• compare/contrast

• problem/solution

How the selection is arranged: cause/effect, sequence, main idea

• organize

• conclude

• author

• inform

The person who writes something

• theme

• infer

• author

• sequence

what the author is trying to do: persuade, inform, entertain

• reveal

• resolution

• character

• author's purpose

provide enjoyment

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

• solution