STAAR Vocabulary

where and when the story takes place

• falling action

• interfere

• setting

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

the problem in the story

• captions

• rising action

• conflict

• disprove / disproving

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

The problem in a story is solved or fixed

• resolution

• exposition

• conflict

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

what a piece of writing (or a paragraph) is mainly about

• Description

• summary

• main idea

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

sentences that give the reader specific facts, descriptions & examples that help them to better understand the main idea

• rhyme scheme

• theme

• moral

• supporting details

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

a short paragraph that tells the main events or most important ideas from the beginning, middle, and end of a story.

• hyperbole

• diction

• paraphrase

• summary

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

The repeated message in a text that helps the reader understand more about life or human behavior.

• theme

• main idea

• moral

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

a type of writing used to persuade (or convince) the reader of the author's point-of-view

• persuasive

• compare and contrast

• fiction

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

a type of writing that tells you how to do something

• fiction

• problem/solution

• procedural

• persuasive

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

10. a fictional story that uses supernatural beings (gods/goddesses) to teach a moral or explain natural phenomena

• historical fiction

• myth

• biography

• folk tale

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D