STAAR Reading Vocabulary

What is a diagram?

The sentence "The skunk's horrible stench made me sick." appeals to the sense of ___________.

A shortened version of the story that tells the most important events of the story is a ______

The time and place a story takes place is called the ____

The elephant trudged through the thick mud. What does trudged mean?

To find the meaning of an unfamiliar word, what do you do?

You should always go back to the text and look for clues (evidence).

Words that mean the opposite of another word are called_______

The who in the story is the ______________

What does the suffix -less mean

Which is an example of onomatopoeia?

What is a word that means the same as another word called?

A poem that tells a story is called a _____________

How do you feel about taking the STAAR test this year?

The sentence, "The shrill bark of the dog kept we awake." appeals to which sense?

The prefix re means ___________

The lesson or moral to a story or poem is the....

What do you do AFTER reading the stories/selections?

The person who draws the pictures for a story is the ____________.

A caption is an example of a.......

What does the suffix ful as in helpful mean?

What does conclude mean?

A type of story that has characters, setting, problem, solution is called _________

Lyrical poems ______________

The sentence " The gentle breeze felt warm on my skin" appeals to what sense?

Gives us facts and information

A play with characters, setting, stage directions, and scenes is called a ...........

What is CCTIDES?

Glossary, map, sidebar, text box, caption, title, photograph, bold words, headings are all called.......

What do you call the groups of lines in a poem?