Reading STAAR Academic Vocabulary 1

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What does SIMILARITY mean in a paired passage?

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How the stories are the same or similar.

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What is central idea?

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Details that explain the main idea of the story.

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What does Theme mean?

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The Lesson Learned.

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What does infer mean?

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To predict.

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What does selection mean?

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The story.

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What is a paired passage?

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Two texts that are related and can be compared.

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What does it mean to analyze a text?

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To examine it closely to understand its meaning.

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What is the purpose of a summary?

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To give a brief overview of the main points.

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What does context mean in reading?

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The circumstances or background that help explain a text.

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What is an author's purpose?

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The reason the author wrote the text.