STAAR NONFICTION VOCABULARY WORDS

Passages tell about real-life people, places, things, ideas, or events.

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

The who or the what of a passage + the most important information about the who or the what.

• Details

• Main Idea

The bits and pieces of information that support the main idea.

• Details

• Main Idea

A shortened version of the text tha focuses on the main idea.

• Details

• Summary

The author's attitude toward or opinion about the subject.

• Author's purpose

• Author's Viewpoint

The author's reason for writring.

• Author's Purpose

• Author's Viewpoint

A statement of the author's point of view.

• Author's claim

• Author's style

The author's way of writing and the words they choose to use in their writing.

• Author's claim

• Author's style

Professional or academic language; sometimes uses more difficult words.

• Formal language

• Informal language

Conversational language - words you use with your friends; may include slang.

• Formal language

• Informal language