STAAR Vocabulary

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What does the word emphasize mean?

Back

Make important or stand out

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What does plot mean?

Back

Events that make up a story

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What does foreshadow mean?

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Clues that help the reader to figure out what will happen later in the story.

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What does conclude mean?

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To make a judgement or an opinion by reasoning

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What is chronological order?

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The order in which events occur, from first to last

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What does convey mean?

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To show, make known, express

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What can the reader infer about the contest? What does infer mean?

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When a reader uses text evidence plus what they already know to draw a conclusion

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What does illustrate mean?

Back

To show or explain

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What does advance mean?

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To move forward

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What is third person point of view?

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The narrator exists outside the story - uses pronouns like he, she, they, them.