STAAR Vocabulary

A series of events in a fictional story

• Climax

• Resolution

• Plot

• Supporting details

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.8C

TEKS.ELA.5.8C

TEKS.ELA.6.7C

TEKS.ELA.7.7C

TEKS.ELA.8.7C

An opinion that must be supported by reasons

• Metaphor

• Difference

• Main idea

• Argument

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.7C

TEKS.ELA.5.7C

TEKS.ELA.6.6I

TEKS.ELA.6.7C

TEKS.ELA.7.7C

The ideas and examples an author uses to support an argumentative claim

• Supporting Details

• Supporting Evidence

• Claim

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.SL.5.3

CCSS.W.5.1B

The reason that an author writes ( to inform, persuade, or entertain)

• Author's purpose

• Context Clues

• Main Idea

• Simile

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.8

TEKS.ELA.5.8

TEKS.ELA.6.7

TEKS.ELA.7.7

TEKS.ELA.8.7

A highly condensed version of an author's ideas and facts

• Imagery

• Summary

• Main Idea

• Stanza

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.7D

TEKS.ELA.5.7D

TEKS.ELA.6.6D

TEKS.ELA.7.6D

TEKS.ELA.8.6D

A struggle or problem that sets a story in motion; can be internal or external

• Logical Fallacy

• Refrain

• Conflict

• Plot

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.8

TEKS.ELA.4.8

TEKS.ELA.5.8

TEKS.ELA.6.7

TEKS.ELA.7.7

Language that evokes the senses

• Metaphor

• Opinion

• Simile

• Sensory Language

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.5.3D

A description saying one thing has the qualities of another thing, without using "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Personification

• Refrain

• Metaphor

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.9B

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.9E

Events in the plot that build conflict, leading up to the climax of the story

• Main Idea

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.8C

TEKS.ELA.4.8C

TEKS.ELA.5.8C

TEKS.ELA.6.7C

TEKS.ELA.7.7C

Language that is not meant to be taken literally

• Imagery

• Figurative Language

• Rhetorical Device

• Stylistic Elements

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.8

TEKS.ELA.4.8

TEKS.ELA.5.8

TEKS.ELA.6.7

TEKS.ELA.7.7