Duplicate of STAAR Clue Words Review

To take text apart to look at the different parts.

The writer allows the reader inside of all or most of the characters' minds.

Type of literature

Portion or part of a larger piece of work.

When the story is told as if the author is the main character.

One who writes plays.

Gives the reader an explanation about something (nonfiction).

To make a decision about if something in the text is bad or good.

To reply or answer in words.

A collection of main details that describe what the whole text is about.

What MOST people think or say.

The writer only allows the reader to see inside the main character's head.

To have in mind as something to be done or brought about.

Causes something to happen

The way the people in stories are described.

Tells how to do something.

A play.

The author's message that we can apply to life today; the moral of the story.

When someone understands and can create various media forms.

Shows or tells.

Take a guess as to what will happen later in the story

A Presidential speech is an example of _____________ text.

To make an educated guess based on reason and evidence.

Which of the following is an example of a theme statement.

Determining unknown word meanings by looking at the parts of the sentence around the word.

Conversation between two characters or people.

A fictional story used to entertain the reader.

A brief account giving the main points in a writing.