STAAR Testing Vocabulary

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Sensory Language

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Language that appeals to the reader's five senses.

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Compare

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To tell how two or more things are alike, or similar to one another.

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Genre

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A distinctive type or category of literature.

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Emphasize

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Making a special effort to point out something in order to draw the reader’s attention to it.

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Text Features

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These help you to locate important information in the text.

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Conflict/Problem

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A struggle between opposing forces in a story.

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Author's Purpose

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The reason an author writes a text, such as to inform, entertain, or persuade.

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Context Clues

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Hints or information in the text that help you understand the meaning of unfamiliar words.

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Stanza

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A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

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Inference

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A conclusion reached based on evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.