FMS 8th Grade STAAR Reading Vocab
Review
setting - ANS-where and when the story takes place
conflict - ANS-the problem in the story
resolution - ANS-finding a solution to a problem/usually end of story
central idea - ANS-what a piece of writing is mainly about
theme - ANS-The message of a work, the lesson the author wants you to learn
summary - ANS-brief statement of the main events of a story
point of view - ANS-the perspective from which a story is told
first-person point of view - ANS-Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using
the pronouns "I" and We"
third-person limited point of view - ANS-the narrator focuses on the thoughts and
feelings of only one character
third person omniscent point of view - ANS-told by an all-knowing narrator from outside
the story who reveals what every character thinks and feels
alliteration - ANS-the repetition of consonant SOUNDS at the beginning of words. For
example, Sally sells seashells by the sea shore.
personification - ANS-giving human qualities to non-human things
simile - ANS-comparison using like or as. " Example: The car was as cold as ice.
idiom - ANS-an expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the
individual words
flashback - ANS-when a portion of the story goes back in time
Review
setting - ANS-where and when the story takes place
conflict - ANS-the problem in the story
resolution - ANS-finding a solution to a problem/usually end of story
central idea - ANS-what a piece of writing is mainly about
theme - ANS-The message of a work, the lesson the author wants you to learn
summary - ANS-brief statement of the main events of a story
point of view - ANS-the perspective from which a story is told
first-person point of view - ANS-Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using
the pronouns "I" and We"
third-person limited point of view - ANS-the narrator focuses on the thoughts and
feelings of only one character
third person omniscent point of view - ANS-told by an all-knowing narrator from outside
the story who reveals what every character thinks and feels
alliteration - ANS-the repetition of consonant SOUNDS at the beginning of words. For
example, Sally sells seashells by the sea shore.
personification - ANS-giving human qualities to non-human things
simile - ANS-comparison using like or as. " Example: The car was as cold as ice.
idiom - ANS-an expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the
individual words
flashback - ANS-when a portion of the story goes back in time
