stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
STAAR vocab Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
STAAR vocab
STAAR vocab
26 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
248 plays
Reading
Flashcards
26 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
26
Answers
1
what is compare and contrast?
discusses the similarities and differences of two or more things
the similarities of two texts
cause and effect
two topics that are alike and different
2
What is main idea?
part of the plot
the author's message about the topic
it's found at the end of the text
the moral of the story
3
What is cause and effect?
Problem and solution
a literary analysis
When one thing makes something else happen
a type of text structure
4
What is plot?
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
parts of an expository text
parts of a fiction text
both red and yellow
5
What is an inference?
a hypothesis
an educated guess based on text evidence and background knowledge
Tone and Mood
the way an author describes the events in the text
6
What does the word convey mean?
to explain or show
the moral of the story
to contrast something
to understand something
7
what is supporting details?
Events that occur in a text
Text evidence
Facts or examples which guide us to a full understanding of the main idea
the main idea
8
What do you do if you don't understand a question?
look up the response on google
You guess
look up the vocabulary in the dictionary and make an educated guess
ask the teacher
9
What do you do if more than one answer sounds like it could be correct?
choose both answers that sound correct
skip the question and come back to it
read the answer choices carefully, make an educated guess, choose the best
re-read the text
10
It's raining cats and dogs-
What figurative language is this?
Idiom
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Metaphor
11
What is protagonist?
The sidekick of the main character
The villain
The main character usually the good guy
The narrator
12
The author included the details in paragraph 2 most likely to-
What kind of question is this?
Theme
Text structure
Inferencing
Author's purpose
13
What is Conclusion?
in a story all over
the ending of a story
the climax of the story
What you think might happen at the end of a story
14
I ordered the jumbo shrimp-
what kind of figurative language is this?
Personification
Oxymoron
Idiom
Hyperbole
15
What is climax?
The most exciting part of a story or turn of events
The events after the exposition
The resolution
The conflict in the story
16
What is personification
the characterization of a person
a comparison between two things using like or as
an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings
a figure of speech
17
What is rising action?
The events that happen after the exposition
The events that happen after the climax
The conflict in a story
The events of an informational text
18
What is summary
paraphrasing
the main idea
a brief statement of the main points of something
can only be done in a non-fiction text
19
What is expository?
an exposition
an informational text
part of the plot structure
The beginning of a story
20
I'm so happy I could run 300 miles-
What figurative language is this?
Similie
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Idiom
21
What is figurative language?
language used in poetry
the point of view of a story
language that creates a picture for the reader
figures of speech
22
What is theme?
The conflict of a story
The message or moral of the story
A genre
The main idea of the text
23
what is evidence
the proof that supports an answer
the main idea
can be found within the text
text structure
24
The author most likely wrote this-
What kind of question is this?
Plot
The genre
Author's purpose
Text structure
25
What is antagonist?
The main character after he's gone bad
The bad guy in the story usually against the protagonist
The sidekick of the main character
The lesson of the story
26
Sensory details appeal to-
The reader
The senses
The theme
Colors and imagery
