STAAR ELAR Vocabulary Review

Using clues from the story,

plus what you already know,

to figure out what is not

being said

• Cause

• Inference

• Synonym

• Dialogue

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.6F

TEKS.ELA.4.6C

TEKS.ELA.4.6F

TEKS.ELA.5.6C

TEKS.ELA.5.6F

Words that SOUND the same but have different meanings

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Homophones

• Root Words

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.2B.II

TEKS.ELA.4.2B.II

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.IX

TEKS.MATH.3.3D

TEKS.MATH.4.3D

A type of writing that appeals to

the senses and feelings, has lines

and stanzas, it may rhyme or tell a

story

• Nonfiction

• Biography

• Drama

• Poetry

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.9B

TEKS.ELA.3.9B

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.9B

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

Proving a point or an answer by

finding evidence from the story to

support it

• Drama

• Autobiography

• Fiction

• Text Evidence

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.9C

TEKS.ELA.3.8

TEKS.ELA.4.8

TEKS.ELA.5.8

TEKS.ELA.6.7

The people, animals, or creatures

in a story

• Setting

• Solution

• Characters

• Plot

Tags

TEKS.ELA.CR.2E

TEKS.ELA.R.1B

TEKS.ELA.R.2D

TEKS.ELA.RI.2E

A word that carries meaning and

can stand

on its own without any added

word parts

• Root Word

• Prefix

• Antonym

• Suffix

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

Clues that readers use to find the

meaning of unknown words

• Context Clues

• Text feature

• Narrator

• Free Verse

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4C

A short explanation or description

of a picture located near the

picture

• Main Idea

• Caption

• Summary

• Detail

Tags

TEKS.ELA.CR.2E

TEKS.ELA.R.1B

TEKS.ELA.R.2D

TEKS.ELA.RI.2E

Added to the end of a base word

to change its meaning

• Prefix

• Suffix

• Root Word

• Synonym

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.2A.IV

TEKS.ELA.4.2A.V

TEKS.ELA.4.2B.V

TEKS.ELA.4.2B.VI

TEKS.MATH.4.3C

An extreme exaggeration

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.10G

TEKS.ELA.5.10G

TEKS.ELA.7.12H.II

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B