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8th STAAR Reading Vocabulary Review
8th STAAR Reading Vocabulary Review
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Myth
factual portrayal of historical events
fictional tale usually about gods/goddesses
poems from a long time ago
true story
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Author's Purpose
author of a play
point of view of the story
how the author feels towards the subject
why the writer wrote something
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Rising Action
leading to the climax
when and where the story takes place
the beginning of the story
after the climax
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Falling Action
after the climax
the beginning of the story
when and where the story takes place
leading to the climax
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Hyperbole
Bam!
Pow!
rhyming words
extreme exaggeration
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Tone
author's attitude towards the work
mood created by the piece
when and where the story takes place
how the character feels
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Setting
part of the story jumps to the future
where and when the story takes place
what happens when you take a picture
part of the story goes back in time
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Synonyms
words that mean the same
words that mean the opposite
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Text Features
told from 3rd person point of view
how the piece is organized
told from first person point of view
diagrams, subtitles, tables, graphs
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Line
rat, cat, sat
paragraphs of a poem
similar to a sentence, but in a poem
Bam!
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Flashback
what happens when you take a picture
part of the story goes back in time
part of the story jumps to the future
clues about what will happen
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Simile
lesson of the story
comparing NOT using like or as
atmosphere created by author
comparing using like or as
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Conflict
the bad guy
the struggle or problem in a story
the main characters
the solving of a problem
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Stage Directions
lines in parenthesis that are read out loud
lines in parenthesis that tell actors where to go
when one person is talking to the audience
conversation between two or more people
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Captions
small text explaining picture
main idea of a story
graph explaining information
illustrations of a kids story
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Main Idea
time and place of a story
main characters
point of view of the story
what it is mainly about
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Metaphor
atmosphere created by author
lesson of the story
comparing NOT using like or as
comparing using like or as
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Common Place Assertion
an opinion
a fact backed up by data
a statement that people assume to be true, but may not be
the dictionary meaning of a word
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Persuasive
meant to inform
used to convince an audience
meant to entertain
tells a story
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Stanza
paragraphs of a poem
rat, cat, sat
similar to a sentence, but in a poem
Bam!
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Figurative Language
something that rhymes
means exactly what it says
means more than its literal meaning
someone's opinion
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Alliteration
when two words rhyme
word that means the opposite
repetition of sounds at the beginning of a word
in the order that it happens
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Chronological Order
in the sequence or time order that something happened
the most exciting part of the story
in order from most to least exciting
from the end to the beginning
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Climax
beginning of a story
the turning point or most exciting part of the story
how the story ends
problem of a story
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Theme
what it is mainly about
central idea or message of the work (lesson)
time and place of a story
point of view of the story
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Personification
person telling the story
giving human qualities to something not human
rhyming words
comparison using like or as
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Factual Claim
a statement that can be proven by facts
an opinion based on one's own beliefs
thought to be true
commonly held belief
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Imagery
comparison using like or as
words that rhyme
words that help you to visualize the story
Bam!
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Comparison
the reason someone writes
fact
shows how two things are alike
opinion
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Dialogue
conversation between two or more people
lines in parenthesis that tell actors where to go
when one person is talking to the audience
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Narrator
main character
bad guy
point of view
person telling the story
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Subtitle
main idea of the whole piece
the main title
the smaller title that goes before a new section
how you alphabetize the story
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Audience
who the piece was written for
people writing the story
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Antonym
words that mean the opposite
words that mean the same
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Expository Text
explains something
meant to persuade people
tells a story
meant to be entertaining
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Exposition
the problem of the story
the end of the story
the most exciting part or turning point
the beginning of the story
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Denotation
the dictionary meaning of the word
emotional meaning of the word
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Summarize
telling the beginning of the story
telling the end of the story
retelling the whole story in detail
precise statement of the main events of the story (BME)
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Suffix
a word part added to the end of the word
a word part added to the beginning of a word
the middle of the word
the whole word
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Moral
comparing using like or as
lesson of the story
comparing NOT using like or as
person telling a story
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Foreshadow
a collection of pictures
flashes back to a previous time
clues that suggest what is about to happen
someone's shadow
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Connotation
emotional meaning of the word
dictionary meaning of the word
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Analogy
Sally sells seashells by the seashore
pen:writer :: hammer:carpenter
Bam!
Hat cat rat sat
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Mood
how the character's best friend feels
when and where the story takes place
atmosphere created by the story
how the character feels
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Prefix
a word part added to the end of the word
a word part added to the beginning of a word
the whole word
the middle of the word
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Resolution/Denoument
how the story ends
after the climax
the beginning of the story
leading to the climax
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Plot
a word part added to the beginning of the word
most exciting part of the story
events that make up a story
solving the problem
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Sensory Details
helps the reader see, smell, taste, touch, hear
clues that suggest what is about to happen
flashes back to a previous time
someone's shadow
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Point of View
the perspective from which the story is told
tells a story
meant to entertain
the main character
