STAAR Language

The main argument presented in argumentative writing

• Claim

• Relevant

• Author's Purpose

• Support

To make clearer by using more precise language

• Claim

• Clarity

• Predicate

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause

• Dependent Clause

• Phrase

• Complex Sentence

• Predicate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

A sentence with at least two independent clauses

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

• Run-on sentence

• Thesis

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

A clause that cannot stand on its own as a complete sentence

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

• Compound Sentence

• Simple Sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

A clause that can stand on its own as a complete sentence

• Independent Clause

• Dependent Clause

• Run-on Sentence

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

The person or thing that the sentence is about

• Predicate

• Thesis

• Subject

• Text Structure

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The central idea that a piece of informative writing addresses and is organized around.

• Support

• Thesis Statement

• Body Paragraph

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Reasons why an author wrote a text and made certain choices in the text.

• Character development

• Text Structure

• Inference

• Author's Purpose

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The physical and mental traits and usual behaviors of a character

• Character Foil

• Character Development

• Characteristics

• Author's Purpose

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3