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6th grade ELA STAAR vocabulary review. #6thgrade #ela #staar #vocabulary #review
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Character
The words in a story.
The turning point in a story.
A person/thing in a story.
Where the story takes place.
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Loaded language
Words that have a different meaning in another language.
Language used to paint pictures in your mind.
Words that are full of emotion to create a feeling.
Telling people what to do.
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Summary
Beliefs you make up on your own.
Saying the same thing in your own words.
Highlights the most important parts of a story/text.
Opinions based on the text.
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Alliteration
Human characteristics for non human things.
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
Repetition of vowel sounds.
Comparison using like or as.
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Hyperbole
Comparison using like or as.
Giving human characteristics to non human things.
Comparison not using like or as.
Exaggeration to make a point.
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Problem/solution
Time order of events.
Sequence for how to do something.
An event that happens and what caused it.
Presents a problem and offers solutions to solve it.
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Excerpt
A passage taken from a book.
The summary of a book.
The back story at the beginning of the book.
Another way to spell "except".
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Autobiography
The story of a person's life that is told by the President.
The story of a person's life that is told by someone else.
The story of a person's life that is told by Beyoncé
The story of a person's life that is told by that person.
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1st Person Point of View
The narrator is not a character in the story.
The narrator is God.
The narrator is non-existent.
The narrator is a character in the story.
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Exposition
the author of the story.
The turning point of the story.
Characters, setting, and main conflict are introduced.
The ending of the story.
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Theme
Language used to prove a point.
How a story sounds.
The moral of a story or the lesson learned.
The feeling a story gives you.
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Falling action
The result of the climax,leading to denouement.
The characters and setting of the story.
The beginning of a story.
The end of the story.
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Chronological
Order of events.
Events and the reason they happen.
Clear problem and solution.
Arranged in order of time.
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Conflict
The turning point in the story.
The main problem of the story.
The beginning of the story.
The end of the story.
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3rd Person Point of View
The narrator is a character in the story.
The narrator is not a character in the story.
The narrator is the writer.
The narrator is non existent.
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Root
The end of a word.
The definition of a word.
Main part of a word.
The beginning of a word.
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Inference
Using prior knowledge and evidence to draw conclusions.
Reading the story twice.
Creating facts from your brain.
Answering all of the questions.
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Fiction
Writing that is not true.
Writing that has true historical events.
Writing that tells you how to do something.
Writing about a person's life.
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Antonym
Words with duplicate meanings.
Words with sane meanings.
Words with composite meanings.
Words with opposite meanings.
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Suffix
One or more letters added to the end of a root word.
The definition of a word.
One or more letters added to the front of a root word.
One or more letters added to the middle of a root word.
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Prediction
Explain or give reason for why something happens.
The big parts of a story like theme, main idea, and summary.
Evidence for the answer is found directly in the passage.
Guessing about what might happen in the future.
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Synonym
Words that have the opposite meaning.
Words that have the same meaning.
Words that sound the same.
Words that are spelled the same.
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Antagonist
The opposition to the main character in a story.
The main character in a story.
The narrator.
The second main character in the story.
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Protagonist
Where the story takes place.
The main character in a story; the good guy.
The best friend of the main character.
The opposite of the main character.
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Stanzas
The paragraphs of autobiographies.
The paragraphs of fiction.
The paragraphs of poetry.
The paragraphs of memoirs.
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Cause and Effect
An event and the reasons why the event happened.
A problem with offered solutions.
How two or more things are alike and different.
Order of events.
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Denouement
The final resolution of the story.
The turning point in the story.
The characters in a story.
The middle of the story.
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Bias
Basing a fact on personal opinion rather than a conclusion.
Basing a conclusion on personal opinion rather than facts.
Basing a conclusion on facts rather than personal opinion.
Basing an opinion on facts.
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Prefix
A word that sounds the same.
The meaning of the word.
What the word means on the street.
One or more letters added to the beginning of a root word.
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Personification
A comparison using like or as.
A comparison not using like or as.
An object, animal, or idea is given human qualities.
Extreme exaggeration.
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Paraphrase
A direct quote.
Express the same message in different words.
Same as main idea.
Picking the most important details.
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Rising action
The problem in the story.
All events leading to the climax.
The turning point in the story.
The resolution of the story.
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Onomatopoeia
Words that imitate sounds.
Comparison not using like or as.
Comparison using like or as.
Giving human characteristics to non human things.
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Setting
The problem in the story.
Words the characters use.
The characters in the story.
The time and place a story happens.
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Sequence
Clear problem and solution is given.
Two or more things likes and differences are talked about.
Pattern where ideas are presented step–by–step.
Time order pattern.
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Myth/folktale
A true story from the past.
A nighttime story.
A fictional story that teaches a lesson.
A story about someone told by someone else.
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Memoir
A fictional narrative.
Also known as a folktale.
An emotional autobiographical story.
A story told by someone else.
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Biography
The story of a person's life as told by the President.
The story of a person's life as told by themselves.
The story of a person's life as told by Batman.
The story of a person's life as told by someone else.
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Climax
The middle of the story.
The turning point in the story.
The beginning of the story.
The problem in the story.
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Plot
The meaning of a word.
Language not to be taken literally.
A series of events that present and resolve a problem.
The message of a story.
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Main idea
Small parts of the passage.
Opinions about the passage.
What a paragraph or passage is mostly about.
Details to help understand the passage.
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Tone
Attitude of the characters toward the author.
Attitude of the setting to the climax.
Attitude of the chapters to the index.
Attitude of the author toward the audience and characters.
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Non–fiction
A story that is true except for a few parts.
A false recounting of events.
A story that is true.
Opinions written on paper.
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Opinion
A personal belief that is not founded on proof.
The thought of a genius.
Nice things you say to someone.
Something that can be proven with research.
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Dialogue
A lecture from your teacher.
Learning a new song in band.
An argument between friends.
The words spoken by actors/characters in a play/story.
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Audience
When will the message be given?
Who is the message for?
How can I hear the message?
Why is the message there?
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Author's Purpose
Persuade, Inform or Entertain
Purpose, Intersect, or Experiment.
Propose, Intense, or Explain.
Porpoise, Invest, or Engage.
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Context clues
Clues that help events make sense.
Hints that help a reader understand a difficult word.
Answers given by the teacher.
Cheating off your friends.
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Stage directions
Another word for the script.
The lines in a play.
The author of a play.
Words that give actors instructions on what to do on stage.
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Caption
Another word for quotations.
A high rank in the military.
Brief explanation or description of an illustration.
That thing in between the hour and minute (:)
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Mood
A topic in the story.
The feeling created by a literary work or passage.
A moral or lesson.
A phrase not to be taken literally.
