STAAR Reading Vocabulary

simile

• comparing two things using the word either 'like' or 'as'

• a figure of speech that exaggerates for emphasis

• a comparison without using 'like' or 'as'

• a phrase that describes something in a literal sense

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

fiction

• a story based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact. (Fake)

• a factual account of real events.

• a type of poetry that expresses emotions.

• a documentary film about historical events.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Theme

• A lesson you can learn from the characters in the story

• The setting of the story

• The main character's name

• The author's biography

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

main idea

• the central theme of a story

• what a piece of writing is mainly about

• the conclusion drawn from a text

• the author's personal opinion

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

persuasive

• used to convince the reader of the writer's point of view

• designed to inform the reader about a topic

• intended to entertain the reader with a story

• focused on providing factual information without bias

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

first person point of view

• told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I", "me", "my"

• narrated by an omniscient narrator who knows everything about the characters

• described through the eyes of multiple characters using their names

• focused on the thoughts and feelings of a secondary character

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

inference/infer

• to draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented

• to make an assumption without evidence

• to analyze data without context

• to summarize information briefly

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

compare

• to find the differences between two or more things

• to find the similarities between two or more things

• to analyze the structure of one thing

• to evaluate the quality of one thing

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

paraphrase

• putting a part or all of a text into your own words

• copying text verbatim from a source

• summarizing the main ideas of a text

• analyzing the structure of a text

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

antonym

• words that are opposites

• words that are similar

• words that are synonyms

• words that are unrelated

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4