STAAR Clue Words Review

To mention or introduce for consideration or possible action

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

Causes something to happen

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

An educated guess based on background knowledge and the text.

Shows or tells.

The way the people in stories are described.

A brief account giving the main points in a writing.

A fictional story used to entertain the reader.

To hold up or serve as a foundation for an argument.

One who writes plays.

To reply or answer in words.

To take text apart to look at the different parts.

To take something for granted

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

Portion or part of a larger piece of work.

When someone understands and can create various media forms.

The order of a text (first, next, finally...)

Gives the reader an explanation about something (nonfiction).

Conversation between two characters or people.

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

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

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

What MOST people think or say.

Type of literature

Tells how to do something.

A play.

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

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

The author's message that we can apply to life today