6th Grade STAAR Vocab RLA (3)

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Inferring

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Using prior knowledge and evidence from the story to draw conclusions.

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Metaphor

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A subtle comparison in which the author describes a person or thing without using 'like' or 'as'. Example: 'A heart of gold'.

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Personification

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Figurative language in which non-human things or abstractions are represented as having human qualities. Example: 'The wind howled through the night'.

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Author's purpose

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The reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.).

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Genre

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The type or class of a work, usually categorized by form, technique, or content.

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Predicting

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Making an educated guess about what will happen next in a story based on prior knowledge and evidence.

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Analyzing the plot development

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Examining how the events in a story unfold and how they contribute to the overall narrative.

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Figurative Language

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Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

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Dialogue

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A conversation between two or more characters in a literary work.

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Mood

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The emotional atmosphere created by a piece of writing, influencing how the reader feels.