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STAAR English Vocabulary
STAAR English Vocabulary
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common vocabulary words that are on the STAAR English exams
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sad, depressed
jolly
melancholy
sad
depressed
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Story of a person's life written by that person
biography
autobiography
argument
memoir
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when an author refers back to something that already took place in the story
reminisce
flashback
remember
foreshadow
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an account of the author's personal experiences
biography
autobiography
personal narrative
memoir
5
the universal message of a story
tone
third-person point of view
thesis
theme
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presents information in sequence or in the order in which it happens
point of view
order of importance
cause and effect
chronological order
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a character or force in conflict with the main character
narrator
protagonist
antagonist
conflict
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seeing the worst side of things; no hope. "Glass is half empty"
mood
negative
optimistic
pessimistic
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a struggle between two opposing forces (internal/external)
issue
problem
resolve
conflict
10
a reference to a well-known person, place, or event
chronological order
allusion
antagonist
alliteration
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when an author mentions or hints at something that will happen later in the story
figurative language
flashback
imagery
foreshadowing
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a character narrates the story wih I-me-my-mine in his or her speech
second person
first person
second person plural
third person
13
giving human traits to non-living things
parallelism
personification
pessimistic
point of view
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expecting the best out of a situation. "Glass is half full."
positive
optimistic
pessimistic
monolgue
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a reasoned defense or position or claim
point
cause and effect
analogy
argument
