STAAR reading vocabulary

convince

• a brief statement using the main points in a text

• entice, or draw in, persuade

• exaggerate

• opinion of someone

persuade

• convince or argue a claim

• the lesson learned

• the general atmosphere of the story

• exaggerate

dialogue

• the spoken lines between characters, when someone is talking

• when the writer gives a hint of what will happen later in the story

• overreact, dramatic

resolution

• the story comes to a reasonable ending

• the author wants to give information

• the author wants to amuse you or for you to enjoy the writing

• the author wants to tell you how to do something or how something works

main idea

• what the story is mostly about

• the lesson learned

• beginning of the story, characters and setting is introduced

• the general atmosphere of the story

entertain

• the author wants to amuse you or for you to enjoy the writing

• the author wants to give information

• the author wants to tell you how to do something

• the story comes to a reasonable end

explain

• the story comes to a reasonable ending

• the author wants to give you information

• the author wants to amuse you or for you to enjoy the writing

• the author wants to tell you how to do something or how something works

imagery

• where the story takes place

• to convince or persuade

• the turning point of the story

• type of language that appeals to the five senses

foreshadowing

• the lines spoken between characters, when someone is talking

• overreact, dramatic

• when the writer gives a hint of what will happen later in the story

exaggerate

• the lines spoken between characters, when someone is talking

• when the writer gives a hint of what will happen later in the story

• overreact, dramatic