6th Grade STAAR Reading Vocabulary Review

What is an affix?

• A character in a story

• The highest point of tension in a storyline

• An additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word, to modify its meaning

• The final part of a story or play, in which the problem of the story is resolved

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the purpose of an author's purpose?

• To account for a person's life

• To persuade, inform, or entertain

• To analyze how two texts, characters, etc. are similar and different

• To provide the setting of a story

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What does "cause and effect" refer to in literature?

• The setting of a story, including background information

• The relationship between two things, where one thing makes something else happen

• The final part of a story or play

• An account of a person's life

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

What is a climax in a story?

• The additional element placed at the beginning or end of a word to modify its meaning

• The reason for or intent in writing

• The highest point of tension in the storyline

• The setting of a story, including background information

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the role of a claim in a paragraph or essay?

• To provide an account of a person's life

• To analyze how two texts, characters, etc. are similar and different

• To be the central idea of a paragraph or essay, and should appear in the first sentence

• To summarize the main ideas in the last paragraph

What does it mean to compare and contrast?

• To determine the meaning of an unknown word or idea

• To analyze how two texts, characters, etc. are both similar and different

• To modify the meaning of a word by adding an element at the beginning or end

• To reach the highest point of tension in a storyline

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the conclusion of a story or essay?

• The additional element placed at the beginning or end of a word

• The highest point of tension in the storyline

• The ending of a story or essay, which summarizes the main ideas

• The central idea of a paragraph or essay

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is context in a story?

• The relationship between two things, where one thing makes something else happen

• The reason for or intent in writing

• The setting of a story, including background information

• The highest point of tension in the storyline

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is a denouement in a story or play?

• The additional element placed at the beginning or end of a word to modify its meaning

• The reason for or intent in writing

• The highest point of tension in the storyline

• The final part of a story or play, in which the problem of the story is resolved

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What are Multiple Meaning Words?

• Words that have the same spelling and pronunciation but different meanings

• Words that have different spellings but the same pronunciation and meaning

• Words that have the same spelling but different pronunciation and meanings

• Words that have different spellings and meanings but the same pronunciation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4