STAAR Vocabulary

Alliteration means...

• the problem in the story.

• small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture.

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• the turning point in the action of a story.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Author's purpose is...

• the story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view.

• in the time order in which events happened.

• contrast to tell how things are alike or the same.

• the reason the author has for writing.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Autobiography is

• the story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view.

• the problem in the story.

• the literary word based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.

• a story written to be performed by actors.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Captions are...

• the reason why something happens.

• the outfits the actors wear during a play.

• small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture.

• a drawing that shows or explains something.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Climax is...

• what happens because of something else.

• the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot.

• the turning point in the action of a story.

• the problem in the story.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Context Clues are...

• the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot.

• Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word.

• the part of the story which follows the climax or turning point.

• the reason the author has for writing.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Drama is...

• a story written to be performed by actors.

• this type of text informs or instructs the reader.

• the problem in the story.

• the reason why something happened.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Drawing conclusions means...

• clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning.

• poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme.

• combining several pieces of information to make an inference using what the text says and what you know.

• the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Expository text means...

• the part of a story which explains the background and setting of the story.

• when a portion of the story goes back in time.

• this type of text informs or instructs the reader.

• in the time order in which events happened.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Fiction is ...

• the outfits the actors wear during a play.

• a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on facts.

• the story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view.

• the turning point in the action of a story.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D