STAAR 6th Grade Vocabulary Review (1)

an important lesson that teachers the reader about right and wrong

which organizational pattern orders events by relevance

Overgeneralization or drawing a conclusion based on too little data/not supported by the data

a person write their own life story

Why should you annotate?

where and when the story takes place

this type of nonfiction text informs (teaches)or explains an idea for a reader

when a part of the story goes back in time

small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture

a person writes about another person's life story

"pre-" "un-" "de-" "a-" "anti-" "ex-" "in-" are all examples of

a resource used to find a list of a word's synonyms and antonyms

organizational structure where an author describes cause and effect ("as a result of.." "so..")

The reason the author has for writing. (Examples: Inform/teach, persuade, express, & entertain)

the problem in the story

a person writes about a time in their life, a series of interactions regarding a single theme

giving human attributes to non-human things

the person who is telling the story; the speaker

a comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"

When a reader uses clues from a text plus what is already known about life to draw conclusions

how the problem is solved or fixed; the ending or final outcome of a story

similie, metaphor, personification, alliteration are all examples of this literary device

the main events of a work presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.

puts events in their correct order based upon the TIME in which they happened.

to tell or make known

an event that follows (comes after) and is caused by some previous event

drawings or photographs that help explain what is going on in the text

sentences that give specific facts or examples that help to better understand the main idea

The repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (Ex: Sally sells Sea Shells..)

psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character

words and details that appeal to a reader's five senses

"-ed" "-ette" "-able" "-ful" "-est" "-less" are all examples of...

Clues in the text that help the reader determine (or figure out) the meaning of an unknown word

fiction, nonfiction, and drama are categories or...

the way the story is organized