STAAR Vocabulary Words

to attract attention to or emphasize something important

• highlight

• suggest

• demonstrate

• convey

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

important and meaningful

• develop

• conflict

• significant

• convey

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

to be an important factor in; help to cause

• describe

• contribute

• convey

• paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of

• suggest

• support

• describe

• demonstrate

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

to show or point out

• point of view

• indicate

• purpose

• attitude

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

having to do with seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or smelling

• sensory

• simile

• suggest

• support

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

to say or show something in an indirect way

• suggest

• inference

• conclude

• purpose

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

to express the opposite of what is meant, often humorously

• A) irony

• B) metaphor

• C) simile

• D) hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

a comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• A) metaphor

• B) simile

• C) personification

• D) alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

the main character in a story

• A) antagonist

• B) protagonist

• C) narrator

• D) foil

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C